We live in the beautiful Treasure Valley of Idaho near the Owyhee mountain range and the Snake River. Our home sits on 22-acres ranging from sage brush filled hills to pastures that feed our sheep and allow our dogs to roam freely.

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As for our outdoor passions on our farm, we love having our golden retriever, Rapture.  She is the most sweet-temperate companion that lives to please, always ready for attention and adventure.  When Rapture has puppies, she does her job effortlessly.  There is a lot of activity in taking care of the puppies. They are a joy to play with, snuggle, and train. Our hearts are so blessed as we see amazing families come to our farm to pick one of our precious puppies and then give it a wonderful home. We miss each one that leaves our farm and often reminisce about them.

 

We also enjoy our sheep and it is also very exciting when they are lambing in the spring.  Soon after birth the lambs, they start dancing around, playing with each other, often racing and jumping in the fields. 

 

Many of the outdoor activities our family enjoys include hunting, archery, fishing, dirt bike riding, four-wheeling, and hiking in the mountains while foraging mushrooms and huckleberries.  

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Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.

Psalm 40:5,10

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We have many passions as a family in the outdoors, but our first passion is to glorify and honor our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We are so grateful that God made a way, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the cross, for us to have eternal life. God, not only created us, but everyone is created in His image with a purpose and plan for each one of our lives.

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But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.” (Isaiah 43:1)

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We are not exempt from "bad" things that happen to all people in the world because the devil is alive and well to kill, steal, and destroy everyone that is made in God’s image.  God, however, promises that if we allow Him, He will go before us, walk beside us, and come from behind us to guide us, protect us, strengthen us, and comfort us.  There is nothing that goes unnoticed by Him and He has promised to always be with us. His love for each one of us is limitless.

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“And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”(Deuteronomy 31:8)

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We are eagerly awaiting the Lord's return to take us to our eternal home in heaven.  This can be true for you also as you surrender your life to Him.

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

 

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:12-13)