Transported

It has been a while since I have contributed to this page. The past few months have been a time of loss and healing - as well as a retreat from this writing. It was a great shock to get the phone call that my brother-in-law, riding home from his cottage on an unusually warm and beautiful Saturday afternoon in October, had struck a deer with his motorcycle and was instantly transported to heaven. He loved creation, and often remarked that he hoped that he died while out on a hike or ride outdoors - for him that would be the best way to go. We believe that all things happen within, not outside of, God’s plan, that death is not the final answer, and rejoice that LOVE WINS. We miss him, but are happy for him to be reunited with his son Brian who was killed in a car accident when a junior at Calvin College, with his dad, and his grandfather Poel.