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Posted in Bay Area, Contra Dancing!, Eugene, OR, Hawaii, Life in Central IL on December 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

I, Rachel Anna, am sharing that Mark and I have gone separate ways and I will no longer be publishing news on this blog. All the things that I have been posting about are true and I will continue cherishing, but now as a single person.

I hope that Mark will make his own posts on this blog as the Aloha Garden Of Peace is the name of his property and it is his “baby”. We agreed to part as friends. We agreed to be grateful for the good times that we had together and to forgive ourselves for the mistakes that we made individually or together.

I have moved back home to CA. For occasional updates from me, you can check out my new/old blog http://www.rachelanna.org. I haven’t posted there in years, but I’ll get around to it again soon. I am looking forward to embracing all the big life changes that I have written about in recent posts.

Whether temporary or more long term, Mark is working at Peace Haven in St. Louis.

With unending love for all,

Rachel Anna

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Testimony of neck pains healed!

Posted in Bay Area, Contra Dancing! on August 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Rachel, Castro Valley, CA – 8/13/2014
I wrote this testimony on Saturday, in the middle of a contra dance weekend. (Contra dancing is similar American square dancing, but in long lines instead of in squares.)

I experienced Love’s grace tonight! Just before lunch, while contra dancing with 300 other people, I fell hard, so it seemed, on the gym floor. It took me a while to really be pain free, but I danced the whole day, anyway, and didn’t miss one dance (except for when I helped set up snacks). Every dance has one partner and lots of neighbors. With every partner and every neighbor that I danced with, I asked how they were. When they asked me, I answered honestly that I was grateful to be there, that God is so very GOOD and Life is great and I was thrilled and delighted to be dancing! By the beginning of the evening dance, I could tell the partner that I was dancing with before lunch that I was completely pain free! He and several others rejoiced with me in this freedom. I was also bold enough to voice the Truth to those with challenges that they seemed to be dealing with. God is sooo good!! I thank God for the strength and grace to dance and my mother for her support and prayers! Now as it is after 1 am, it is high time I went to sleep! There will be another 12 hours of dancing tomorrow!!! Much love and gratitude to God and the UNIVERSE!!

Epilogue: I was able to enjoy the dancing Sunday as well, again completely pain free. This alone was quite a demonstration as many dancers would sometimes tell me of their [seeming] pain. As mentioned before, I boldly shared the Truth with them and they told me that they appreciated the help.

Thank you so much for these GLOBAL, all-encompassing services!! I love them so much and I am sooo grateful that the time allotted to listen to the replay has been extended!! Thanks again!

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Update :)

Posted in Bay Area, Hawaii on June 15, 2014| 4 Comments »

Hello Friends!

It has been a long time, again, since a post!

This past spring, Mark and I were together on a Christian Science nursing case, 24/7. One of us would get a break once a week for about 24 hours. We were on that case from early February until mid April. We escorted our client to San Francisco and stayed over for a 2 1/2 week surprise vacation. While in CA, visiting my parents, I learned of a position that I had to apply for. It fit me so well, that I couldn’t pass it up. So now I am the director of a new childcare program for children of staff at Fern Lodge, a Christian Science nursing facility. I love children and Fern Lodge and here is an opportunity to be with both!

Mark flew home to Hawaii May 5 and is working and building on our land. Mark and I stay in touch by phone and FaceTime, and Facebook.

Love to all of you!
Rachel

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