He is so excited about what he will experience there.
He was on staff at "the ranch" for six weeks
Among his duties was working the wrangler breakfast everyday. He woke up at 5:00 AM each morning in the California mountains near the Oregon border. He loaded all the ingredients to cook breakfast for 20 people onto a 4 wheeler and headed up one of the mountains.
The guests would come on horseback an hour or so later where he and other staff would be waiting to cook omelettes to order with cheese grits, coffee and juice.
(JH Ranch is owned and operated by people from Birmingham, thus the Southern breakfast. They got so many questions about the grits David explained they were a Southern staple at his welcoming talk each morning)
The ranch has no cell phone or wi-fi service. No internet, TV or even mail --not so much as a sports illustrated can be accepted by campers.
After an hour ride the guests climbed off their horses and were served breakfast
Evan Zeiger, a fellow staff member, would give an inspriational talk each morning.
Evan lost both his parents this past spring in a plane crash. His faith in God is unswerving and he is so busy asking and counseling others he seems to never concentrate on himself.
When the guests leave, the staff members sit down to their own breakfast looking over the Mountain valley below.
When finished they load up their 4 wheelers and head back for their next task which might be coaching a group of 15 year olds or facilitating a ropes course. He had a wonderful experience there and tells so many stories of healing. Various programs include teens, parents and couples. One boy was camping under the stars and said he was asking God if he was really there--and just at that moment saw a star go shooting off across the night sky.
According to Christopher Bacon---" I can still believe that a day comes for all of us however far off it may be, when we shall understand; when these tragedies that now blacken and darken the very air of heaven for us will sink into their places in a scheme so august, so magnificent, so joyful,that we shall laugh for wonder and delight."
My middle George will leave for college in the fall. It is easy to be sad for me but I gain strength thinking of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
When Mary sees Jesus on his way to crucifixtion, his blood is mixed with sweat from the exhaustion of the weight of the cross he says to her, "Behold, I make all things new"
Don't look at what you see. Remember what you know. Remember what the angel said. Remember the prophecies. Don't forget that I was born to die. For I am the final sacrifice I lay the path to eternal life upon this road to death. And because I die, you-and all who come afterward will live. I make all things new. And that includes you.
"The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them" psalm 34:7
