6 months ago yesterday the Nelsons dropped me off at the Lucas House on Colorado Blvd in Idaho Springs thus commencing my mountain mission to proclaim the Kingdom of God.
The minute we opened the door problems arose, mainly the basement was flooding as a pipe burst sometime before we arrived.
The heat was off and it was a cold 20 degrees inside. The gas was off too. Oh well, I thought. It was better than camping in the timber!
After moving in and saying goodbye to the Nelsons I trekked over to the coffee shop downtown and introduced myself to Donna one of the baristas.
Eventually, I got to know many of the downtown business people, the local homeless people and scores of other townspeople as well as the pastors of the local churches.
I had many opportunities to proclaim the Kingdom here in Idaho Springs especially in the church pulpits and I took each one as this is my full time job now.
I have made many life time friendships more than you would think possible in just 6 months.
Now, thanks to Bruce Bell's generosity he and I are building a 10 x 10 wood cabin for me to inhabit up on his mountain top 3 miles east of town in Hidden Valley.
I will winter in that cabin and begin writing a book memorializing my journey which started in April of 2014. I will be completely off grid up there with no electricity and no plumbing/heating. I will have to snowshoe down the 3 miles into town to get groceries/supplies and to connect to the internet.
I will miss the Lucas House but I have grown too soft living in town. I plan on writing and reading and cutting a lot of firewood for the wood stove.
Plus, Bruce Bell has many projects for us to complete before Spring.
Looking forward to meeting only my bare necessities while up in my cabin dissolving life into only what is absolutely required for life and nothing more. I need time to write, read and pray. I am still undecided on what path to take next year and am hoping that my alone time will bring clarity.
Once I can afford to purchase a donkey I will get started going door to door in York Gulch and Spring Gulch. But, I will need more contributions.
In the meantime, Grace and Shalom to you all!
Pics show the floor/foundation of my cabin up on Bell Mountain. Last pic shows a replica of Henry David Thoreau's cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, MA.
BR Schoenbein- July 22, 2015 Wednesday
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