Today is a  very special anniversary date for Ed and I and also Soaring Wings Ministries.  Six years ago today we drove away from our home in New Hampshire and began our journey to Colorado to begin Soaring Wings Ministries.  

I was 60 years old at that time and Ed was 59 years old.  We had lived in New England all of our lives.  What in the world were we doing leaving everything familiar at 60 years of age and starting out on this journey across the country to live in a place that we knew nothing about?!!  Not only were Ed and I starting a new life for ourselves but we would be starting a ministry for homeless.  In the realm of an everyday, ordinary life it doesn't make any sense to leave friends and family and everything familiar and start out on a journey that is completely unknown; but we don't live our lives in the realm of the everyday or ordinary.  We live our lives trusting and believing in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and I can tell you that He is anything but everyday or ordinary!!!!! 

So in light of what we believe and in who we trust our journey to Colorado made absolute sense.  Was it scary? Yes! Was it hard? Yes! But even though it was scary and hard we began the journey and we did not look back.  There is a magnet hanging on our refrigerator with a quote from the famous actor John Wayne.  It says "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway".  That about sums up how we felt six years ago today.  We were scared to death but we saddled up anyway....and I am so glad that we did!!!!   If we had stayed in New  England where everything was familiar we would have missed being completely dependent on God for His guidance, His blessing and His care.  Remember that when we left the east coast for Colorado we were leaving everything.....I can't stress that word enough,  EVERYTHING familiar.  We had no friends, no family  or knowledge of the area to turn to when we first arrived.  We had no idea where we would be living and where Soaring Wings Ministries would be located once we arrived in Colorado. We were completely dependent on God for guidance and help.  What a wonderful place to be.....completely dependent  on God!!!!!  I wouldn't have missed that for the world!!!! To see and to be a part of God guiding, blessing and caring for us and Soaring Wings Ministries over the past 6 years is truly amazing! I can't begin to write about all that God has done and the miraculous ways that He has provided, blessed and guided.  He was worked in ways that we could never have imagined....truly miraculous ways.   I can write and tell you that God is indeed faithful, trustworthy, loving and good.  How do I know this?  I know this because I have tested it with my very life and have found it to be true.  As you read this don't think that this is just a nice story or that God is involved in our lives and could never be involved in yours too.  God can be 100 percent involved in your lives too.....there is only one condition....you have to give your lives 100 percent to God by believing and accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. There is no other way.  

In closing I want to leave you with two Bible verses. The first one is from Acts 4:12.  It says that "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved".  What does that verse mean?  It means Jesus and Jesus only.  The second verse I want to leave you with is from I Corinthians 2:9 "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him".  

When we left New Hampshire we had idea the wonderful things that God had in store for us in Colorado, but we knew Him and we trusted Him so even though we scared we saddled up anyway.  We wouldn't have missed this journey for the world!!!! We pray that you also will not miss the wonderful, exciting journey of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  Saddle up!!!! 

With joy,

Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
​Wellington, Colorado 

It has been 6 years since Ed and I said good-bye to New England and began our journey west to Colorado to establish Soaring Wings Ministries.  We knew that we were called to serve the homeless in Northern Colorado  and we also knew that we would not be able to do it alone.  We would need help in order to succeed but we had no idea where this help would come from.   Not knowing anyone in Colorado we wondered who these helpers would be.  With each mile that we traveled further west into the unknown, we wondered "How in the world is all this going to work out"?  

As I look back now I wonder not "How in the world is it all going to work out?" but "How in the world could we have not have trusted God more"!  We have had  so many wonderful, hard working helpers over the past 6 years and just this summer alone we had 49 helpers serving here at Soaring Wings Ministries with a grand total of 716 volunteer hours!!!! The helpers ranged in ages from 14 years of age to 67 years of age.   So much was accomplished! The flooring in the addition is almost done as is the beautiful exterior siding.  A lot of weeds were pulled or weed whacked and a lot of new plants were planted along with one tree.  Five beautiful new outdoor benches were built along with a side table for each bench and all the benches and side tables were painted a bright apple red.  Old falling down boards were ripped off of outdoor sheds and fences and replaced with new sturdy boards.  Siding and windows were washed and a new coat of paint was put on outdoor steps, sheds and planters.   I wish that all of you reading this could come and see all the work that has been accomplished and how the work has improved the grounds of Soaring Wings Ministries and the addition to house a homeless family.   We would love to show you the work that has been done and how the helpers have truly made a difference!!! 

Some of our helpers were local volunteers and some of them traveled here from other parts of the country to serve for one week through Week of Hope.  With our Week of Hope helpers we would have them take a break from their work here at Soaring Wings Ministries and put together Blessing Bags for the homeless.  Each Blessing Bag contained socks, toiletry items, food, water, pen, paper and Bible or Bible tract.  Every Wednesday afternoon we would travel to downtown Fort Collins and give out the Blessing Bags to the homeless.  All total this summer the Week of Hope helpers gave out 90 Blessing Bags to the homeless.   Before we traveled to Fort Collins to give out the Blessing Bags, Ed and I would have a devotion time with the Week of Hope helpers.  We looked at verses in the Bible that address the poor, needy and what God commands us to do to help them.  There are a lot of verses that address this issue but one that always stands out to me is from Deuteronomy 5:42 which says "For there will never cease to be poor in the land.  Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land'."  That verse tells me several things. 1) Our work at Soaring Wings Ministries will never be done since there will never cease to be poor in the land.  2) It is not a choice to help the needy but a command and 3) We are to be generous in helping the poor.     The finish line is in sight as far as the completion of the addition, but there is no finish line when it comes to serving the homeless.  There is always work to be done.   The addition is not yet completed, even with the finish line in sight.  A workday is scheduled for Saturday, August 24th.  We'd love to have you become one of the helpers for Soaring Wings Ministries so join us on the 24th if you can.   Of course, lunch is always provided for our helpers.  

Someday I would like to calculate how many total numbers of volunteers we have had here at Soaring Wings Ministries over the years and the total number of volunteer hours.  I know the numbers would be well into the hundreds for volunteers and thousands for volunteer hours.  It isn't really about the numbers but about each one of the individual volunteers who has served.  Each one of the volunteers has been an answer to our prayers for help and each volunteer that served has been part of the process to make Soaring Wings Ministries a home for someone who does not have a home.  I truly believe that each volunteer has served here according to God's plan and that their service here did not happen by accident.  I am so very very thankful for each and every one.   As I think back on 6 years ago when we wondered who our helpers would be, I know now that 6 years ago God already knew.  

With much gratitude,
Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
499 Trinity Lane
Wellington, Colorado 80549

Isn't that an encouraging title?!  Weeks of hope! Who wouldn't want to have weeks of hope?  We all need hope and without it get discouraged, get grumpy, get overwhelmed or sometimes without hope we just give  up.  

Hope is so important and so it is that every summer we looked forward to serving as a host site for teenagers to come and volunteer at Soaring Wings Ministries through a program called Week of Hope.  For 5 weeks this summer we will have a different group of teenagers and their adult leader helping out with Soaring Wings Ministries.  I can hear you now asking "What will they be doing?".  Each week will be different but also similar.  Different in that each week there will be different jobs for the teens to do.  Our list of jobs this year include roof repair on some of the sheds, building outdoor benches, filling in a trench, cleaning the siding on the porch, repairing a broken outdoor chair, staining picnic tables, pulling weeds, planting a garden, demolishing an old chicken coop....the list goes on.  That is just a sampling of some of the jobs they will be doing.  Even though the jobs will be different each week, the schedule will be the same as each Wednesday we will have the teens put together Blessing Bags and then we will all go down to Fort Collins to give out the Blessing Bags to the homeless.  At the end of each week, on Thursday afternoon, we will say thank you to our teen volunteers with a cook out for lunch.  

Our first group of teens and adult leader will arrive on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m.  We have not yet met them and each Monday morning through the summer we watch a van drive down our long road and into our driveway and we wonder what the teens will be like who will  be stepping out of the van and spending each day with us for a week.  I can tell you that each group is uniquely different and I can also tell you that 99.9 percent of the teens are very hard and enthusiastic workers.  

As we have been anticipating the arrival of Week of Hope we have been preparing for their arrival.  We have our list of jobs ready and we have also made sure that we have all the materials ready that they will need to complete their jobs.  We also have our kitchen stocked with food for the picnic each Thursday.  We have been praying for the teens that will arrive and I know that God is preparing us and the teens for the summer here at Soaring Wings Ministries.  Once again you probably are wondering, how do you know that God is preparing everyone for the summer of Week of Hope?  I know because God speaks to me and all of us through scripture.  I spend time reading my Bible every morning and last week each devotional that I read led me to the exact same scripture verse....Matthew 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven".  It is no coincidence that everything I've read spoke about being a light in this world that shines for the glory of God.  

My prayer for the upcoming weeks of Week of Hope is that we can all be a light for the glory of God.  Ed and I want to be a light to the teens and to the homeless and we want the teens to be a light to us and to the homeless as well.  We pray that everything that we do during the next 5 weeks will all be done for the glory of God.  We want other people to see Jesus when they see the work that is being done. 

I ask that you pray along with us for our summer of Week of Hope.  Pray for the teens that they will have fun, work hard and be safe.  Pray for good health and energy for Ed and I.  Pray for our interactions with the homeless.  Pray that our light will shine before men in everything we do so that they will see our good deeds and give PRAISE TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.  

With all Praise to our Heavenly Father,

Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
Wellington, Colorado 



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The last time I wrote a blog, May 21st, it was snowing! As I sit at our computer this morning writing this blog I can look out our window facing east and I am happy to tell you that it is not snowing! In fact it is a beautiful spring morning with bright sunshine, green grass and a clear sky.  We are seeing lots of signs of springs here on the prairie. We don't have fragrant blooming bushes here or budding flowering trees but nevertheless the signs of spring are quite evident.  Mostly we see it in the activity of the prairie wild life.  They are quite busy this time of year! The rabbits are quite plentiful, as are the prairie dogs.  The antelope are always a joy to watch as they leisurely walk through our line of vision.  We quite frequently see a fox and a coyote wander through on the upper ridge before our dogs quickly let them know that they are not welcome here.  It really is a very beautiful time of year and my heart is always full of gratitude for the blessings of living on the prairie.  

Spring is also YARD SALE TIME!  Yesterday we spent the morning at a yard sale to benefit Soaring Wings Ministries.  We have wonderful Soaring Wings Ministries Board Members and yesterday one of them sponsored a yard sale and donated the proceeds to Soaring Wings Ministries.  All total there were three families who donated their unwanted treasures to the yard sale.  It was a win win situation for everyone! Some families were glad to clear out their homes of unwanted items,  shoppers were thrilled with the treasures they found and Soaring Wings Ministries received a generous donation.  For Soaring Wings Ministries it was also a wonderful time to tell some of the shoppers about Soaring Wings Ministries and to spend the morning visiting with our Board Members as we sipped coffee, tea and water.  

So, my purpose in writing this blog is to ask you, Do you have some unwanted items that you would like to get rid of?  Would you sponsor a yard sale and donate the proceeds to Soaring Wings Ministries?  Many people say that they would like to get rid of some things around their house but just don't have enough for a yard sale.  It really is very easy and very nice to sponsor a yard sale and open it up to neighbors, friends and family to donate some items to sell as well.  All you need to do is pick a date, let your friends, neighbors and family members know to donate household items ( I would suggest the you not accept electronics, couches and mattresses as they are hard to sell at yard sales) and ask if any of them would like to help with the yard sale.  It really is a very nice way to spend time with  your neighbors, friends and family and to clean out your houses as well. 

As I shared in my last blog, the bulk of our budget comes from our friends and family.  This is an expensive time of year for us and it is also the time of year when our donations from friends and family are at their lowest.   Will you host a yard sale to help us with our expenses?  If the answer is yes, please let us know.  We will send you some small posters to put up around your yard sale so shoppers will know that the proceeds are going to support Soaring Wings Ministries. We will also send you some brochures to have available as needed.  We would love to see some pictures of your yard sale and hear the stories that will surely come from your interactions with neighbors, family, friends and shoppers.  Yesterday at the yard sale we met a young couple who were soon to become foster parents to a teenager.  We loved hearing their story and loved encouraging them on their road to becoming foster parens as they encouraged us in our work with the homeless through Soaring Wings Ministries.   We also met a gardener who purchased all of our colored glass vases.  We asked her what she was going to do with them and she showed us pictures of her lovely garden decorated with beautiful garden art made with bright purple and blue vases.    

Thank you in advance for all your support of Soaring Wings Ministries.  We are blessed to have so many wonderful encouragers and supporters.  We can't express how much you all mean to us and how much your help makes our work at Soaring Wings Ministries possible.  As I close this blog I see that 3 antelope have wandered into my line of vision.  Two of them are grazing peacefully and the other one is laying down for a rest.  God's blessings are indeed many.  May each one of you see God's blessings in each day.

With gratitude,
Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
​Wellington, Colorado 

Hello from snowy Colorado!  Yes, that is correct.   Today is a snowy day here on the plains in Colorado and anytime there is a significant snow fall my New England roots kick in.  Snow falling heavily from the sky and accumulating on the ground causes me to cancel all of my plans and hunker down inside for what we New Englanders call a "snow day".  I love snow days because it gives me an opportunity to slow down.  So far this morning I have had extended time for prayer and Bible reading.  I have also had the pleasure of lingering over 4 cups of tea and two breakfasts (they were small breakfasts!).  The snow forces me to put all my outdoor chores on hold.....no weeding, trimming, planting or raking.  There is also no point in spending time housecleaning on a snow day because of all the snow and mud that gets tracked in from cats, dogs and humans.  The best part about a snow day is having time to spend with my family at home.  Time with family truly is a gift as we are usually rushing off in many different directions.  So today in Colorado, I am doing what any well trained New Englander would do on a snow day....hunkering down,  being thankful for some time at home and enjoying the day.

Operating at a slower pace during my snow day at home causes me to have time to reflect.  As I have reflected on our life in Colorado and on Soaring Wings Ministries.....I am thankful.  I look out our window at the beautiful, peaceful snow and my eyes are drawn to the addition.  The combination of the clean, bright white snow against the  bright, clean, gray siding of the addition is stunning!!! I am SO THANKFUL for our hard working, generous and wise volunteers who spent their Sunday afternoon putting up the siding on the addition.  They were very wise to start with the sides of the addition that take the brunt of the wind blowing down from the north out of Wyoming as on the plains we are completely exposed to the weather.  The wind can be very harsh at times and so we give a heartfelt THANK YOU to our volunteers who not only made the addition strong and snug, but also beautiful! 

I am also very thankful for my loving heavenly Father and my personal relationship with Him.  We have been hit very hard this winter and spring with multiple and significant health issues.  The health issues seemed to come one one right after another.  It was like strong ocean waves determined to pull us down and drown us.  But I am SO THANKFUL that God hears and answers our prayers for healing and good health.  With God's help we have persevered and are moving forward and ready for the next phase of Soaring Wings Ministries.  

So, what is the next phase of Soaring Wings Ministries?  We have clear and concrete goals and I am happy to share them with you.  1) We have two exterior walls on the addition that need to be have siding put on them.  2) We have flooring that needs to be installed in the addition.  3)  We have trim work that needs to be put up around the windows and doors.  3) We also have kitchen cupboards and cabinets to be installed.  4) We have closet doors that need to be put up. 5) We have a dirt road that needs to have rocks brought in and then graded. 6) We need a septic system installed before we can use the addition for bedrooms.  

There are many other chores and tasks to be accomplished at Soaring Wings Ministries but the six that I have listed above are the most immediate ones and the ones that we are looking to have accomplished this summer.  All the tasks that we look to accomplish this summer take time and money.  As I sit here at the computer Ed and Meredith are busy working on grant requests that  will soon be submitted; however, all that we have learned from professionals in the field of non-profit fund raising indicate that the bulk of the funds for small non-profits do not come from grants.  They are absolutely right!!!! The bulk of our budget since the inception of Soaring Wings Ministries has come from family and friends who believe in the work being down here in Colorado and who see the progress that is being made and who want to be part of the amazing miracle of Soaring Wings Ministries.  The checks that Soaring Wings Ministries  receives in the mail are mostly $25.00, $50.00 or $100.00.  Those checks are our bread and butter and over the past 3 years they have helped to build the addition for a homeless family.  So please keep those checks coming! Please do not think that any check is too small.  Remember the story in the Bible of how God took a meager 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish and fed 5,000 people.  (Matthew  14:13-21). God is able to do much with a little! Truly Soaring Wings Ministries is a miracle because  the founders, staff, Board Members, donors, supporters and prayer warriors are ordinary people.  The miracle is that God can use ordinary people to accomplish much!  It is so exciting to see how he has provided and grown Soaring Wings Ministries.  We do indeed serve a loving, powerful, gracious and faithful God.  

To each one of you who have had a hand in this journey of Soaring Wings Ministries we thank you! God has used you in a mighty way! I pray that each one of you will draw closer to God and see more of Him and what He is able to accomplish when we relinquish our will to His.  I also hope that if you have not yet been out to Wellington, Colorado to see Soaring Wings Ministries that you would be a able to find  some time to come out for a visit.  We would love nothing more to tell you and show you all that God has done! 

My snow day is quickly winding down.  (The snow never lasts long where we live in Colorado!) As I finish writing this blog the sun is pushing hard to break through the clouds and the snow on the ground is already getting heavy and slushy from melting.  I am so thankful that I was able to spend part of my snow day with so you through this blog.  My snow day and my time spent writing this blog has been a blessing to me and I hope that it is a blessing to you, the reader, as well.  

May God bless you all and most importantly may He guide you all into a closer relationship with Him.

Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
499 Trinity Lane
​Wellington, Colorado  80549





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Have you ever had it happen to you that as you read your Bible, listen to a sermon or read a book, that you notice a "coincidental" theme?  It really gets your attention doesn't it?! I really believe that it is not a coincidence at all but rather it is one of the ways that God communicates with us and guides us in our daily lives.  

This idea of a "theme" has happened to me over and over again recently.    The "theme" that I have heard for several months could be titled...."Stay The Course".  I have found it very comforting and very reassuring in light of our work for Soaring Wings Ministries and our work with the homeless in Northern Colorado.  Recently the Bible passages that I have read and the sermons that I have heard have focused on obedience.  As we are obedient we can expect that we will be required to take risks and yet in our obedience and risk taking we can depend on God's faithfulness and provision.  This theme on obedience carried on for several weeks in my Bible reading and devotional readings.  Our obedience to God's plan requires us to stand firm, to continue on and to do so without fear.  Our obedience to God does not require perfection.  It doesn't require that we have everything all planned out from beginning to end.   We can be assured that God has a plan and that he will guide us as we are obedient to Him.   How comforting to me and all of us at Soaring Wings Ministries that our God is so mighty, so powerful and so faithful that He works through us, even in our weaknesses, to provide for Soaring Wings Ministries! 

I can tell you that from the very beginning,  our journey to grow and develop Soaring Wings Ministries has been a journey of obedience.  It has also been a journey of risks as we ventured out to be obedient.  We have never had all the answers or known how God would provide.  What we do know, beyond the shadow of a doubt,  is that God has a plan, God guides and God provides!  

As we move forward to complete the addition for two homeless individuals we still face unknowns.  Who will God bring along side us to help put  up the exterior siding on the addition?  Where will the money come from to install the septic system?  How will God guide us to the people who will be living in the addition?  These are all unknowns to us but we know who we serve and we know Him to be faithful.  So we remain obedient and we remain steadfast in our work at Soaring Wings Ministries.  

Very soon we will be entering into spring and summer which are always busy, fun and expensive months for Soaring Wings Ministries.  We look forward to these months and can't wait to see how God will continue with His plan for Soaring Wings Ministries and to see how God will answer our prayers for provision and guidance.    Please keep Soaring Wings Ministries in your prayers.  Also please come and visit us on the beautiful plains of Northern Colorado.  We would love to show you with tangible evidence that indeed God is faithful and indeed God does provide!  

I want to close this blog with these Bible Verses from the first chapter of Joshua. Beginning in verse 7 it says, "Be strong and very courageous.  Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever we go.  Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.  Then you will be prosperous and successful.  Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go".  

What does that verse mean to me and to all of us at Soaring Wings Ministries.  It means STAY THE COURSE!

​Written by:
Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
Wellington, Colorado 

Our days here at Soaring Wings Ministries are busy and full.   Most days it is hard to find time to get everything done that we need and want to do.  Because of our busy days I often get up very early in the morning to read my Bible and to spend time talking to God.  It is usually quite early in the morning, sometime between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.  I truly love this time, in the quiet of the early morning, spending time alone with God.  

 I have found that as I read my Bible, God will speak to me through His word.    My Bible reading recently took me to Isaiah 58.    The words in Isaiah 58 are convicting and also comforting.  I loved reading this passage because I had just finished praying for Soaring Wings Ministries   This Bible passage reassured me that we were on the right path with Soaring Wings Ministries and that we should be encouraged as we continue on with our work here for God.  It was also very comforting to know that if we follow God's ways and are obedient to what pleases Him then He will guide us and He will satisfy our needs.  I also felt convicted reading this passage because it told me how important it  
is to God that we care for those in need....that we care for those in need well...not just with minimal effort.  After reading Isaiah 58 I prayed that our work here at Soaring Wings Ministries would be pleasing to Him and that we would truly care about and care for the needy and the oppressed around us.

 I am sharing Isaiah 58 with you as I believe it is best to let God's words speak to you rather than my own words.  


Isaiah 58

"Shout it aloud, do not hold back.  Raise your voice like a trumpet.  Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house or Jacob their sins.  For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God.  They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.  'Why have we fasted', they say, and you have not seen it?  Why have we humbled ourselves and you have not noticed?'  

​Yet on the day of your fasting,  you do as you please and exploit all your workers.  Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists.  You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.  Is this the kind of fast I have chose, only a day for a man to humble himself?  Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and lying on sackcloth and ashes?  Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:  to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?  Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter - when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?  Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.  Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say:  Here am I.

​If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness and your night will become like the noonday.  The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.  You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.   Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.  

If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as  you please or speaking idle words, then  you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause  you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob".  The mouth of the Lord has spoken. 

I pray that God will help us to be faithful in our work here at Soaring Wings Ministries as we seek to be pleasing to Him in all that we do.   I also pray that God will bless you and guide you as you follow His ways.  My prayer is that God will be pleased with all of our lives and that we will all find joy in our work and joy in the Lord.

Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
​Wellington, Colorado  


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Five years ago today we left the deep woods of New Hampshire and began our journey out west to Colorado.  As I reflect back on our journey,  I remember that it was a hard one.  It was very difficult to say good-bye to everyone and everything that was loved and familiar.  It was even more difficult because we were heading to a place that was totally unfamiliar and to a place where we knew no one.  

Fast forward from August 27, 2013 to August 27, 2018.  Today we are quite settled in Colorado and completely appreciating the beauty of our surroundings.  We have a vast view of the Rocky Mountains and skies that are painted with beautiful sunrises and sunsets.  The peacefulness of Soaring Wings Ministries is quite striking to just about everyone who comes here.  We have a small, cozy house on the prairie and we quite regularly see antelope grazing from our porch or window.  If we travel down the road a short distance we can often see buffalo peacefully grazing on the prairie grasslands. We are often treated to the comical site of a jack rabbit loping across the road.  The jack rabbits are fast so we don't get to see them very long but their huge feet and huge ears always make us laugh.  When we left New Hampshire 5 years ago I never imagined that we would live in such a beautiful, tranquil area.

Not only has he given us a beautiful home for Soaring Wings Ministries but He has blessed us with so many, many wonderful new friends.  These friends have welcomed us into their lives.  They have encouraged us, supported us and believed in our work here at Soaring Wings Ministries.  That these friends would accept us and our work so openly is a huge deal because most of them have lived here in Colorado all their lives and they have lovingly made us part of their lives.  We've also made new friends from all over the United States, not just Colorado.   When we lived in New Hampshire, I never imagined that we'd have good friends from Albuquerque, New Mexico.  We are so blessed to have such wonderful, supportive, encouraging friends from all over the west!!!

We have also been blessed by so many visits from friends and family back east.  Each time one of them comes for a visit our spirits are lifted.  We laugh about all the differences between Colorado and New England......frozen lobsters versus fresh lobsters right off the boat,  all the ice cream that New Englanders eat year round, Dunkin Donuts coffee versus Starbucks.  It is as if our visitors bring a little bit of New England to Colorado with them each time one of them comes to visit.  They also leave us with encouragement to keep going and to complete the work that God has given us to do. 

I think one of the biggest blessings that we have received over the past 5 years is that we are all walking closer with our Lord.  When everything and everyone is new you quickly learn to depend completely on God for everything!  I could tell you story, after story, after story of how God has answered our prayers.  There have been so many times when all we could do was to leave our needs and requests at the feet of Jesus as they were beyond our means and capability and then after praying to trust in Him to answer our prayers according to His will.  When we first arrived to Colorado and needed a home for Soaring Wings Ministries that we could afford....God provided.  When we needed an architect to provide building plans free of charge....God provided.  When we needed a team to put up the framework for the addition....God provided.  When we needed volunteers to help with the building of the addition....God provided.  When we needed the roof to be installed before winter.......God provided.  When we needed protection for the unfinished addition throughout an entire winter......God provided.  When our funds were depleted during our busy summer months and we needed more funds to continue......God provided.  When we needed a plumber......God provided.  When we needed an electrician.....God provided.  When we needed to borrow a backhoe......God provided.  When we needed help installing wallboard.....God provided.  When we needed funds to purchase the siding......God provided.  

Over and over and over again God has proven himself faithful.  I can tell you without a doubt that we serve a living, loving , faithful, powerful God. Do not ever question whether God exists.....He DOES!   Do not ever wonder if God hears your prayers.....HE DOES!  Do not ever think that God doesn't care.....HE DOES!  And if God calls you to something bigger, beyond your capabilities, as He called us to Soaring Wings Ministries do not doubt that He will guide you each step of the way.....HE WILL!

In closing, I want to share this Bible verse with you.  It is from Lamentations  3:22-23 "The Lord's loving kindnesses indeed never ceases. For His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning.  Great is your faithfulness".  We absolutely know God's word to be true.  We have tested it with our very lives and know that indeed God is faithful.

His servant on the plains,
Anita Rennells
​Wellington, Colorado

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It is hard to believe that my last blog posting was in April of this year, but that should be seen as a positive fact rather than a negative one because since May we have been busy, busy, busy working on the addition.   We had a total of 72 volunteers here at Soaring Wings Ministries this summer which resulted in a total of 1, 192 volunteer hours.  That is a lot of volunteers and a lot of volunteer hours and we are so very thankful for each and everyone of our volunteers!  We praise God for blessing us with hardworking, generous and cheerful volunteers!  Because of them, Soaring Wings Ministries SOARED this summer!  The addition is no longer looking like a construction zone but it is looking more and more like a home.    ​

You know the saying, "One picture is worth a thousand words" so I am sharing some pictures of what the addition looked like back in April and some pictures of what it looks like today.   In the pictures you see below show that the walls are up and ready for paint.  Installing the drywall, mudding and sanding was a huge, slow, tedious, time consuming project and we are so grateful for our determined volunteers! They worked hard, did not give up and with  finishing touches from a professional drywall company the walls came out beautiful! The shower was also installed which may sound like a simple project but the first shower did not fit through the door and so it had to be returned and another shower purchased.  We were also able to purchase all the interior doors and they were installed by one of our summer volunteers.  Meredith and Ed worked hard to install the bathroom floor as the toilet was being installed by our friends from Albuquerque, New Mexico who gave up some of their vacation time to install both the toilet and the shower for us.  We truly were blessed to have so many wonderful, generous people serve here at Soaring Wings Ministries from all over the country and from Colorado.  Now that the flurry of summer is over and the volunteers are heading back to school, college and work we have a few moments to reflect on all that was accomplished this summer.  We love walking through the rooms in the addition just to look at the walls.  They truly are beautiful and we are filled with gratitude as we look at the addition and see all that God has accomplished.  We do indeed serve a mighty God! 

Please continue to be in prayer for the addition and for Soaring Wings Ministries.  We need to purchase and put up the outside siding on the addition before winter.  We continue to remain debt free in the building of the addition and we move forward with the addition as God provides the funds.

 If you feel led to make a donation to Soaring Wings Ministries for the siding it would be greatly appreciated.  A check can be mailed to Soaring Wings Ministries at 499 Trinity Lane, Wellington, Colorado 80549 or you can make a donation via PayPal at this site.  

​We are so very excited for all that God has done this summer and we are so very grateful for His blessings and guidance over Soaring Wings Ministries.   

To God be the glory for all He has done.

Anita Rennells
Soaring Wings Ministries
Wellington, Colorado