The Wilderness Woman's Introduction to The Kim Andrews' Story
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Except for a 4-week lull in late summer, 2011, and a few days in the fall, I have had a full-to-overflowing Guesthouse for many past months! I was enjoying assisting the guests through their fasts, making new and yummy recipes for them, and the "full-house income" that was allowing me to make new Homestead improvements and to pay off some outstanding bills. I never thought I would actually enjoy the day when The Guesthouse stood empty! But the 4-week lull did me great good while I prepared for another 2 months of a full-house in November and December.
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When Kim first called, I sensed I was talking with a very mature, very focused, very experienced woman of about 40 and was shocked after about an hour of getting to know each other through 3 phone calls that she was only 25! She knew we would hit if off before I did! She had spent just enough time on www.naturecurerawfoodhealthretreat.com to be able to imagine the profile of the ideal candidate for Our Hygiene Homestead in The Woods and to catch my spirit as The Wilderness Woman with The HighJoy Horse! In fact, she announced during our first talk: "I WILL BE YOUR PERFECT GUEST!"
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I thought to myself... "That is quite the claim." Since the website opened in May of 2010, I had enjoyed many who fit that bill. But Kim has won the prize!
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She continued: "I grew up in Alaska with no electricity and no running water." (When I was 56 and High was 6, we had lived in Canada for a full year on a trail ride ranch. And I had no electricity and no running water -- the most adventurous year of my life!) "I started riding when I was 5 and had no saddle." (I started at 6 and had no saddle, either.) "I work for my father in his mechanic shop." (I, too, was a mechanic's daughter and had worked alongside him and ran parts for him and kept books for him until my early 20s.) "And I will be the 'easiest keeper' and 'lowest maintenance' guest you have ever had." (Those are both horse terms that should not be thrown around lightly!) "All I need is a place to hold up, a private room to be by myself for a time of fasting and prayer. I just need DSL Internet and a comfortable bed. You don't even need to check on me most of the days. And I can fix my own meals after the fast." (All of this I knew I could provide.)
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Kim and I discussed what the $1,000 a week place in Hawaii she had checked out would cost her = $6,000 + airfare. Frankly, I just could not resist the idea of having "THE PERFECT GUEST" to offset the 1 out of 4 who comes through complaining and grouchy, no matter what I do and no matter that they are getting half the price and many times over the comfort and amenities of the pricey places! Unable to avoid the temptation of having "THE PERFECT GUEST," I called her back and knocked $1,000 off the $500 a week rate. And Kim? Smart, young woman that she is? She jumped at the offer! We had both made the reservation process fun for each other! And I knew in my heart from our 3 calls that The Eagle's Nest was about to serve a mighty purpose for this tender soul.
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Draw nigh to God,
and
He will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners;
and purify your hearts,
ye double-minded.
James 4:8.
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"THE KIM ANDREW'S STORY" to follow leaves out sooooo much of her stay here.
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And I do not want to detract from Kim's spiritual account with reports of how tasty the beverages were, how fun and fancy the meals were, how some of the 25 days of Kim's fast my visit was less than one-minute while she waved me away to tell me she was fine, how spectacular the tail-end of the fall colors were here in Concrete just for Kim, how long and pleasant were Kim's reported walks throughout the fast, how mildly irritated some of the guests were that Kim seldom came out of her room to visit and help them distract them from themselves, how delighted she was with some of The Wilderness Woman's gifts, or how blessed she was to have handed to her GOD'S CHOSEN FAST and FAST YOUR WAY TO HEALTH and THE WEIGH-DOWN DIET. 
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Nor will I go into detail about how Kim without her trusty scale to keep track of her weight lost or about how she arrived not looking overweight at all. I won't detail how she did not look like she had lost that much in a 25-day fast -- until I spied her from the rear-end! Her jeans were soooo baggy! During Kim's very last day here, when she was about to leave in such baggy jeans that I could not resist but take her into town special in to Value Village This is my favorite 2nd-hand store. Here  Kim was thrilled to pay only $30 for 2 Levi jackets and 3 pairs of Levi jeans -- all size 5! She was thrilled because she had been pricing just one pair of new jeans at $50 and found that same pair here -- looking brand-new!
 
I was so happy drive Kim into the big, new bus and train station to see her off. She was headed out to see her mother in Idaho before deciding what else to do with her healthy, happy life -- all to be lived with God's wisdom to guide her! Well, me at 25? I was a lost soul, headed for hell. I was lost but now am found. Kim's mother will be treated with a lovely gift from The Wilderness Woman and The HighJoy Horse, too! Live foods and fasting are anything but new to Kim's mother. How nice to have educated parents to guide these young people! If the rest of the younger generation were a lot more like Kim in sober-minded health habits and staying firmly grounded and rooted in Scripture, I would feel a lot better about what our world is coming to!
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In the end, Kim was indeed, just as she had promised... "THE PERFECT GUEST!"

Because (except for the Internet and telephone time), she rested or slept almost all of the time...