It is great grief that I post this. Our precious 26 year old son, Josh, was killed Friday night. He was riding his motorcycle and a car turned left into his path. There was not enough time for him to avoid it. He died instantly. He leaves behind a wife who is expecting their first child in June. We covet your prayers at this very hard time. For those who wish to know, these are the arrangements:
Arrangements for Josh Rothgaber
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Reception and viewing 12 noon to 3 PM
Service at 3 PM
Gundel Funeral Home
415 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
Telephone: 717-393-1776
Burial at the Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Millersville, PA
We would invite you to join us for a buffet dinner. We would appreciate knowing (but it is not necessary) if you plan to join us for the buffet meal following the interment so we can make accurate arrangements. Please RSVP to nadachap@gmail.com.
Many of you know we travel and live in our motorhome (with a mailing address in South Dakota) and so you have asked how to reach us in Pennsylvania. CHAP has graciously allowed us to use the office address as a home mailing base while we are here in Pennsylvania. We will be camping somewhere near the CHAP office. The CHAP office address is:
Doug and Nada Rothgaber
c/o CHAP
231 N. Chesnut St.
Palmyra, PA 17078
It is hard to express our feelings - our grief is so overwhelming. As I write this we are in our second day of driving back to Pennsylvania. Praise God for email and cell phones! The outpouring of everyone’s love and prayer has just overwhelmed us. We felt we needed to drive home as we plan to stay for quite awhile and we knew Vicky had the support of her loving parents. We have been back and forth on the phone and email with her frequently as she makes the arrangements. It seems God is slowing our journey as we dealt with extreme weather (high winds, sideways rain, and tornado warnings) in the Dallas area yesterday which slowed our travel to 30 MPH for almost 2 hours and today our emotions are just over-flowing as the reality of the situation starts to over-take us. We have had to stop several times as the grief just overcomes us and we need to pray and cry out to God. We have been blessed with a daughter-in-law, who even though she is in distress, is able, with the help of her parents, to know what she wants and to make the arrangements for Josh.
If you are so inclined, CHAP is setting up a Memorial Fund to help with the many needs the family will be facing in the coming days. Cards & Gifts can be sent to:
The Josh Rothgaber Memorial Fund
c/o CHAP
231 N. Chestnut St.
Palmyra, PA 17078
About Me
- Nada and Doug
- Welcome to the travels of Doug and Nada. We love the Lord and are traveling full-time in our motorhome with our German Shepherd, Homer. Homer is the star attraction wherever we stop and he gets us talking and sharing with many people. DON'T FORGET: YOU CAN ENLARGE EACH PHOTO BY CLICKING ON THE PHOTO! The newest blog post is at the top and they go back in time as you scroll down. If you want to see each photo larger, you can just click on the photo and it will enlarge. If you decide to leave a comment, don't forget to sign it so we know who left it. ;-) Folks: This site is under continual construction as we travel and see this beautiful country. Check back for more updates and photos. Thanks for visiting with us! May God bless your day!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
10/13/2010 - Traveling to San Marcos, TX
We are traveling to San Marcos, TX today. I'll post more once we get there. I am having trouble with the map showing our route so I will need to work on that once we are settled.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Titantic – Branson, MO
We went to see the Titantic Museum today. It was quite interesting and quite moving. Each person is given a boarding pass with the name of an actual passenger. You look for your passenger as you make your way through the museum.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Branson, MO
We are now in Branson, Missouri. We'll be here for another week and a half. This place is a lot like Pigeon Forge, TN - a family oriented entertainment and vacation location - but Branson is SO MUCH more hilly than Pigeon Forge! We feel like mountain goats going up and down. The traffic was horrible today on our way to church as many folks were apparently leaving after being here for the weekend. I'll post some photos in the next couple of days.
Our winter friends from Mission, TX, Eddie and Ann, have a summer home about 2 hours from here in northwest Arkansas. They are going to drive over to Branson on Tuesday and we'll enjoy catching up since we last saw them the end of February. Doug and Eddie play softball together in a Winter Texan league.
Our winter friends from Mission, TX, Eddie and Ann, have a summer home about 2 hours from here in northwest Arkansas. They are going to drive over to Branson on Tuesday and we'll enjoy catching up since we last saw them the end of February. Doug and Eddie play softball together in a Winter Texan league.
Chateau on the Lake, Branson
The Chateau on the Lake, the location for next year's HSLDA conference, is a beautiful location and looks to be a very elegant hotel. Here are some photos of where we will be a year from now.
Above, driving up the hotel's entrance road.
Below, the view from the hotel's parking lot looking out over Table Rock Lake.
Above, driving up the hotel's entrance road.Below, the view from the hotel's parking lot looking out over Table Rock Lake.
Windermere Baptist Conference Center, Roach, MO
We made a quick trip through Windermere Conference Center on the Lake of the Ozarks to see where next year's Alliance Conference will take place. It sure is out in the country! Here are some scenes from around the Camp.
Land of Lincoln - Springfield, IL
On our way south from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we stopped in Green Bay for a night and then drove to Springfield, IL. This was Lincoln's home town when he was elected President. The town in also the capital of Illinois so there is the Old Capitol and the New Capitol. They have done a tremendous job of restoring the town and it is quite quaint.
Above is the train station and below is the entrance to the Lincoln Presidential Museum. This is a tremendous museum with lots of high tech features. Wear a sweater, though, because the temperature is always kept at 70 degrees for the artifacts. Brrrrr! for us humans!
The museum takes you through 2 phases of Lincoln's life. First, is his childhood through to the election and second is his presidency and assassination.
Note: That is Doug standing with Lincoln and his family in the photo above. Below, the Old Capitol where Lincoln served before becoming President.
Above is the Lincoln home as it looked when the Lincolns lived there. Below is formal parlor where the Lincolns would have welcomed guests.
Above is the dining room and below is the family room. All furnishings are authentic to the Lincoln home and are either the actual furniture they left there when they moved to the White House or are reproductions of the authentic furniture. Note how busy the wallpaper and rug is.
Above is the Lincoln bedroom where Abraham Lincoln set. That is his actual wardrobe and dresser. In the photo you can see Lincoln's desk where he many times worked into the night. It was common at that time to have a bedroom suite with separate rooms for the husband and wife. The younger children slept in the mother's room.
Above, you can see a special feature, a potty chair, that Lincoln had made for his wife who did not like to use the outhouse. Below is Mary's bed.
Below is Lincoln's tomb.
Above is the train station and below is the entrance to the Lincoln Presidential Museum. This is a tremendous museum with lots of high tech features. Wear a sweater, though, because the temperature is always kept at 70 degrees for the artifacts. Brrrrr! for us humans!
The museum takes you through 2 phases of Lincoln's life. First, is his childhood through to the election and second is his presidency and assassination.
Note: That is Doug standing with Lincoln and his family in the photo above. Below, the Old Capitol where Lincoln served before becoming President.
Above is the Lincoln home as it looked when the Lincolns lived there. Below is formal parlor where the Lincolns would have welcomed guests.
Above is the dining room and below is the family room. All furnishings are authentic to the Lincoln home and are either the actual furniture they left there when they moved to the White House or are reproductions of the authentic furniture. Note how busy the wallpaper and rug is.
Above is the Lincoln bedroom where Abraham Lincoln set. That is his actual wardrobe and dresser. In the photo you can see Lincoln's desk where he many times worked into the night. It was common at that time to have a bedroom suite with separate rooms for the husband and wife. The younger children slept in the mother's room.
Above, you can see a special feature, a potty chair, that Lincoln had made for his wife who did not like to use the outhouse. Below is Mary's bed.
Below is Lincoln's tomb.
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