Heart Hope by Olga

At first glance it seem a bit silly, but as I watched the firefighters in full uniform running to the trailer, grabbing the ladder and racing with it to place it against the firehouse it became clear that they were practicing maneuvers. I imagine that in a large metropolitan area they get plenty of opportunities every day to carry out missions by the number of calls they receive, but in our small community they have to simulate the situations, so they will be fully prepared when the calls come in for something out of the ordinary. In life we must practice before we get into certain situations too. It is important that we think through and plan out how we are going to act and react when trouble comes our way.  Troubles can come in many forms and fashions, but today I want to focus on the temptations we face. This was brought home recently when a young girl was in a situation that made her uncomfortable. She is not married and has made a commitment not to have sex ...

The women of The Vail Church are getting a bad reputation with firefighters...well not really, but I wanted to get your attention. Last weekend we had our women’s retreat at 4 Eagle Ranch. Some of us were staying at the main house overnight. Dinner had ended. Laughter and fellowship had abounded. Next it would be sharing and prayer time. But it was a cold evening and a chill was in the air, even inside the beautiful house. A fire in the fireplace might be nice as well as a dose of heat. One person went to turn on the gas fireplace while another was going to regulate the temperature for the heating system. Both were unsuccessful. The fireplace instructions were hard to decipher, but the main problem was with the heat. The complicated controls were not marked clearly and instead of turning on the heat our friend pushed the button that had the flame on it, not realizing that it was really the fire alarm. The flashing panel warned us to put in the code, but the instructions di...