Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
A MOMENT OF TERROR, A LIFETIME OF RENEWED HOPE: If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all. They are meant to make you useful in His hands and to enable you to understand what transpires in other souls so that you will never be surprised at what you come across. - Oswald Chambers Not unlike the September 25th deer strike, Laura Dooley and I have gone through many life experiences that we would never imagined for ourselves 30 years ago. The one constant: our ever-present, loving God. He works all those experiences: the good, the not-so-good, and even the terrible, for our good, for our equipping as His ministers, and ultimately, for His glory.
Monday, September 25, 2023, started like most others – a cup of coffee, a hug from my wife, and a crisp 80-mile morning motorcycle ride to Helena for a pastors' breakfast.
There were no foreboding thoughts as I rode down the mountain toward Whitehall. In fact, I have no mental recollection of what happened next and how close a call I was about to have with eternity.
At 7:03 a.m., my phone sent an automated message to 911 that a crash had been detected. It also texted my wife, Laura, with a map of my location. The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department, Jefferson Valley EMS and Rescue, and the Mon...
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