I wrote in late August about finding a vacation house in Colorado, owned by Margret and Dieter Sebastian, where we stayed in 1975. If you haven’t read that or have forgotten, please read it now…

Even at the time, I felt like the dog who chases cars: if he catches one, what will he do with it?! “If I find this house, what will I do with it?” Answer:

• Take a picture of it
• Check it off my list of goals
• AND…write a blog about the process – “coincidentally” finding a lady who grew up in that house!

And, I have now found the answer to why God led us to find that house at this time. Look at this blog comment from September 20:

I am Burkhard Schneider from Frankfurt, Germany. I am a nephew and the godchild of Margret and Dieter Sebastian. Since I was too young, I never happened to visit Margret and Dieter at their lost (and now found) house. But that has been a dream of mine for 50 years. And guess what: My wife and I are flying to Denver this Wednesday and we wanted to enjoy fall foliage in Rocky Mountain National Park and perhaps find the house on the way from Denver to Estes Park. This afternoon I was visiting my cousin who had been there in 1976 at age 16. She did not have the address. Back home I went to my cellar tonight and finally dug up an old letter by Margret to my late mother from November 1976 which bore the historic address. The address was not in Allenspark which I recall was always referred to as their residence, but Lyons, CO. However, I could not locate the address in Google Maps. So I googled “Lyons + Margret + Dieter + Sebastian” and that’s how I found your three-week old post which is a very sweet commemoration of Dieter and Margret. A lot of lovely coincidences! Could you possibly pass me the exact coordinates of the house and the phone number or email of Rainia so that I can fulfill my mission? You would be making me so happy!

Thank you and have a great day.

After I responded, he wrote:

Thanks for finding the house and posting your story just in time. I am still shivering about the  path of coincidences. Hadn’t I gone back to my basement Sunday night after visiting my cousin and her mother to finally find a letter from 1976 with the old address… 

Gives me shivers too.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3.5, 6, NKJV)

Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it”… (Isaiah 30.21, NKJV)