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, July 29, 2011

A Little Work and Lots of Play

My sister's family stayed at Leahaven for a week earlier in July.  They put in some hard work to help us.  The guys helped Herb use the tractor, a ladder and a heavy rope to get up in the sycamore tree and pull down a dangerously hanging broken limb.  One nephew mowed the lawn, saving Herb several hours of work.
The farmer who rents the land from us to make hay has fallen behind in his work due to having lost several of his chicken houses in the April tornado.  He finally got someone to come cut the hay for him, although it had already lost some of its quality.  But hay, better some nutrition than no hay at all!
Of course everyone found time to enjoy the lake, even in this downpour which happened while the poor man above was trying to cut hay.
 Since everyone was wet anyway, the torrential rain didn't dampen anyone's spirits.
Later on the sun came out and we got to enjoy a demonstration of kayaking skills.  This was actually a planned capsizing!
Fishing was on the agenda, too, and my youngest nephew caught his very first fish--and ate it for supper, thanks to his brother who kindly scaled and gutted it for him.
There's plenty of time just to relax and enjoy the beauty of God's creation, too.  He has put so much in this tiny corner!