The women’s retreat has been fully booked for over a couple of months with a good number of names on a waiting list. It has been exciting preparing for this weekend and waiting for it to arrive. Now I sit and ponder whether or not we should cancel the event as a major snowstorm heads to the area. It is difficult to grasp that reality as we enjoy nearly 70 degree temperatures today. How can it be possible that two to three feet of snow could fall from Friday through Sunday in Northern Colorado just across the Wyoming border?
This has been my seventh winter in Wyoming. Fortunately, in all of my travels across the state, I have only had to cancel a few events during those years due to inclement weather. If I remember correctly, all of those cancellations have occurred in the month of April. Here we are again facing another possible cancellation in mid-April. (We have had snow on Mother’s Day the last two years. I hope this isn’t the third consecutive year for that too.)
I know Florida endures hurricanes, but there are times when I can envision my ministry taking place in The Sunshine State. While I sit and dream about that possibility for a little while, I will pray for guidance in what to do for this weekend. I want to be prudent in keeping everyone safe, but I don’t want to cancel unless it is absolutely necessary. I have known a time or two when the weather forecasters have been wrong. Could this be one of those times? Did I mention, it is almost 70 degrees outside right now?