Leahaven: March 2016

A Time to Say Goodbye

Having served in the pastorate and as foreign missionaries, we know how draining full-time Christian service can be. In 1987, we returned from the mission field spiritually "beaten up". God provided a place of refuge where we could be restored in the beauty of His creation. In 2007, He granted us the fulfillment of our dream to provide a place that we could share with full-time Christian workers in need of a spiritual retreat. And that is how Leahaven came to be.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows."

II Corinthians 1:3-4

In 2020 due to Covid 19, we regretfully suspended our Leahaven ministry. In the past two years the Lord has led us in a new direction, and He has shown us that now is the time to say goodbye. We are grateful for God's many blessings and so many precious memories. Thank you to all who have supported and encouraged Leahaven's ministry. We covet your prayers for the future.

Friday, March 25, 2016

March Flowers and Spring Sunshine

Spring has come early to Cloudland Station, and green is creeping up Lookout Mountain to hide its winter gray. Forget April showers bringing May flowers--we have March flowers in the woods around the house! Here are some that my granddaughter and I found last week.

Creeping or Mountain Bluet

A Trillium whose color remains to be seen.

Glade Violet

Wood Violet

Rue Anemone

Fine-leafed Toothwort

Morning sunshine glows through the trees around Wishing Bridge Pond, warming the deck of the ferry.

Maples around the Covered Bridge glow pink and red in the afternoon sun. The beauty of Creation proclaims God's handiwork every day in this special place.