Coeur D'Alene Idaho

Last year we went to Coeur D'Alene to check out the Koinonia House and Study Center. Could Chuck Missler be for real? His perspective on the Bible from an Information Technology bent, with historical and intellectual study yet taking the Bible seriously and believing in its complete inerrency. Bill and I have been taking classes for a year. We are so sold on this great ministry. We are both commited now to be involved.

The best part is meeting students from all over the world taking the same classes you take. You know these people without prejudices that in-person relationships must overcome. We stayed with my online friend and her lovely mother. It was the best part of my trip - to meet her - to share in person with her and to be blessed with a place to stay and wonderful food and hospitality that I thought only grew in the Deep South. In addition was another couple we had connected with through classes who grew to be even more enjoyable - real heart friends. The conference was good but the fellowship was divine.


I must confess I seldom feel committed to anything. When I move, I don't try that hard to keep in contact - with a few rare exceptions. Not that I don't care about others - I do. I just find staying connected requires a discipline I don't have. I think I am ready now to commit - not only to a ministry but to friends.
Here is CindyO and me. She signs her emails CindyO - I love it. I love her dogs. I love her servant heart. I love her beautiful smile. I love her commitment to the Lord. Here she is! With 87-year old Betty who cooked and hosted us.


Idaho is amazingly beautiful. There were deer in the front yards, reaching to eat the buds from the trees. Not just one or two - a half dozen or so. While taking a boat tour of the glazier-created lake, we saw two American Eagles take flight across the mountain crest. It made me cry to watch them - I had a sudden sense that with their flight toward the clouds and out of sight, my liberty and freedoms in this United States are disappearing. I grieved for all of us - for my grandchildren who will not know what it means to shrug your shoulders and laugh and say "Only in America!", for my grandparents that had so many hopes for the future in this country - my great grandparents leaving Germany to find liberty within the welcoming borders of the United States. I must cling to my King - I must know the Kingdom of God - because it shall be the home of my loyalties.

This turns me back to Chuck Missler and K-house ministries. Yes, the time is right for me to commit!