WINTER WONDERLAND

"The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handiwork!" Psalm 19:1

Here we are in the valley, surrounded by the mountains on one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other!!!!! It is awesome here to say the least!!!!! But, first let me log a few more details about our trip. We were in the Cascade Mountains and we came to a little town, Bend, Oregon there Swas so much snow it was just piled up in drifts all over the place, this town was a western town with real cowboys - I was so excited and just praising the LORD JESUS for bringing us this far and that we got to see this place. We filled the truck up with gas, used the facilities, stopped at a Safeway to get drinks and snacks and headed out.......... After a long climb many hrs. later we came to Sisters, Oregon!!!!! WOW, God answered my prayers and I thought I was in heaven!!!!! I have never seen so much snow - it was gorgous and beautiful beyond description - a dream come true. Sisters, Oregon is a ski resort and the place was hopping, this was about 8 p.m. There was so much snow it looked like a different planet - the snow was gorgous and it was everywhere!!!!! After much deliberation, with several people, we decided to go on down the mountain - I was praying and asking the Lord to give Steve wisdom on this decision. He had to be in Corvallis that night to get to work at 7 or 7:30 the next morning. It was hard because the people we talked to said the mountain pass was closed way up ahead. After talking to a young women that said her husband drove it that day and made it home fine we decided that was our cue to go on. So, we did and as we drove to it we noticed all the fir trees everywhere - WOW- it was very dark that night, so dark and the moon just lit up the snow and the fir trees. Anyway we were near the pass and there was 10 feet of snow on both sides of the road , fir trees 50 to 100 feet tall on both sides of the road draped in snow and it was snowing, and it snowed all the way down the mountain. The snow packed on the road was so thick and when we came by a place down the mountain where you pull over to put chains on your tires a police car was sitting there, so Steve pulled in and we talked to him - he said the fork in the road was a few miles down from where we were and we should take the right fork, not the left, because it was closed off due to all the snow. He was sent by God I believe to help us find our way that dark night. What a WINTER WONDERLAND it was!!!!!!! I have never seen any thing so beautiful and I was beyond myself with joy and more joy and thanking the LORD for answering my prayers. There were all these drive way going back into the woods where there were lodges for the winter skiing crowd and they could not get out - the snow plows could not clear it there was to much snow, so they were all snowed in. I was snapping pictures as was Steve, but it was to dark and we couldn't get them, so, we have to go back this weekend to get pictures and see it again. Believe it or not they have had lots more snow. The LORD guided us down the mountain, and I believe GOD'S ANGELS were with us and protected us. It took us 3 hrs. to get down the mountain and we will never forget it because it was a dream come true and a beautiful experience, and I thank the LORD everyday for allowing us to see it and be a part of that beautiful night. So, the pictures attached are of the trip but, I don't have pictures of the above - the most beautiful part - so, we hope to get some this week-end. More later on our arrival and the home we stayed in the first night, and the beautiful 3rd floor apartment we are in now, and will be here until we leave in late March.

"I will extol Thee, my God, oh king. And I will bless Thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless Thee. And I will praise Thy Name forever and ever. I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy Magesty and of Thy wondrous works" Psalm 145: 1, 2 & 5