May 2017
If You’re Teachable, You’re Fixable
Dear Friends of Fixable Life Inc. (Ron & Nancy) As many or most of you know, we (Ron and Nancy) have had our share of “bumps in the road” during these last few years. Regardless of these, our passion for helping those who suffer from life’s traumas and abuses or are going through marital or family conflict has only been intensified with our inability to travel to conduct seminars. Therefore the work we can still do is in our home and with the pen or computer. Recently, Chana, who has run the warehouse and sent out product, and her husband Vic, have decided to retire. Ellen and Jim, who sponsored the writing and printing of The Journey and were our partners until 2008, cannot run what they called Life Renewal Institute and continue with their busy careers. So out of necessity, product is being transferred from the Pennsylvania location to (us) Ron and Nancy in New Mexico. We are so grateful to Jim and Ellen and to Vic and Chana for their years of committed service to the hurting. Karan and Eric Griffith, extremely well versed and experienced facilitators of Binding the Wounds, The Journey and Created For Success, have committed to be our “right and left hands” in the sending out of ordered products and in being the travelers who will go for us to conduct seminars. When was the last time you went to a seminar? Did you learn anything about yourself? Did you follow up by attending a recovery group in your area? Has your life been improved? How about recommending a seminar to your friends or family members, or helping to sponsor a seminar for your church and/or community? Think of the great refresher blessing you would be to yourself and the life-changing instigator you could be for your family, your church or community. There are some innovative ways to have a seminar in your area!
How are things changing “at the office? Hosting a seminar:
Have a facilitator open with his/her story of recovery and then use the “Binding the Wounds – A Live Seminar” and show it on a big screen. At the end of each video, answer the questions that you can answer, and have others written down. At the end of the seminar, SKYPE with Rockeys for a live Q&A period. This has been done with great success!
Another thought is that Karan and Eric are willing to travel to your area to conduct a seminar with the above format. They use their amazing recovery story, answer questions in between each segment, and SKYPE with us at the end. Since they are EXCELLENT facilitators, they can even conduct a facilitator training so that you and your group are prepared to follow up with either The Journey or Binding the Wounds small group recovery program.
Conducting a small group with one of our books: This has been done successfully in many locations – even long distance by SKYPE or CONFERENCE CALL!
Suggested books: Shadows of Acceptance Shadows of Belonging Heart Connection Free At Last Each of these books have inexpensive workbooks for participants to use for personal understanding and reflection.
Refer interested parties to www.fixablelife.com. There you’ll find a series entitled Connecting the Dots, which is really our Binding the Wounds – A Live Seminar. It can be purchased one segment at a time or the entire series. This can also be purchased in DVD so it can be shown to a group, and viewed repeatedly. However you choose to partner with us is great. We are just super anxious to get the word out that people are recoverable . . .
Ordering Product: call 1-575-973-7793 OR order online @ Fixablelife.com. Hours: 10 AM to 6 PM, Mountain Time. The Website: is being updated to make it easier for you, the customer. Unfortunately the wheels of progress run slower than we would like, but we shall do our best to get it updated very soon. We expect to add a few features for articles of interest in regards to the mind-body connection, etc. and additional videos of interest for your educational pleasure. See the list of product that will be available on the Fixable Life website later in this newsletter. We look forward to that being accomplished soon. Inquiries for Seminars: call Nancy @ 1-575-973-7793. Nancy will be making the arrangements of Dates, times and prices for Karan and Eric. Questions: for Ron and/or Nancy can be sent via e-mail to nancy@fixablelife.com. You should expect replies within 72 hours. Please be patient with us as these changes are made to our website – change sometimes comes quickly, but in this case, not really rapidly. So many people have begged us not to stop our work for the wounded and hurting. It remains quite painful for us that we cannot travel any longer, but time and age wait for no one, and sicknesses do befall us, like it or not. Our attitude about our “hitches in our git-along” continues to be a question to God – “What are you trying to teach to us about ourselves, that our mobility to continue the work You gave us to do, has been curtailed?” One of the answers we hear, is “SLOW DOWN!” so by necessity we have had to do so. We look forward to serving you as best as we can from our mountain-top home, and pray that you will continue your own recovery, recommend it to others, and be a sponsor of this ministry in any way you are able. God Bless You All!
If you are teachable, you are Fixable!
Ron and Nancy Rockey
This is the month that we celebrate Mothers. Some of us still have ours, and some have Mothers who have passed from this life or with whom we have no contact. Of course you remember your Mother, as do we. Ron’s Mom was a happy-go -lucky woman who lost her husband when he was only 50 years of age. She was left to finish raising her children alone, and she still had three of them at home when her husband passed away. Her older daughters were an incredible blessing to her, so much so that she lived with her second-born daughter and her family most of the time until her death. That daughter took her and her three remaining children in when Ron’s father died. She was a fabulous professional baker, and her recipes are cherished by both of our daughters and me! My Mom was a proper lady, a nurse and a loyal daughter to her parents, caring for them until their deaths. She was a snuggly Mama, but could certainly demand strict obedience from her one and only daughter. She had endured World War Two while my father was overseas, giving birth to their son, and then having to lay him to rest after his brief 10 days of life. While delicate in appearance, she was a very strong woman, who remained caring for her Mother long after her husband’s death. I cherish memories of her velvet hands, her generous and loving spirit and the smell of her perfume, as well as the way she expressed her love to me. What do you see of your Mother as you look back over your years of life? Were you or are you close to her? Was she a perfect human being? (Of course that would be impossible because no human is perfect) Did she have her faults? Were you ALWAYS treated the way you thought you should be? Are you critical of her now – perhaps even after her death? If she is still alive, do you have a warm and tender relationship with her? You know, every Mother can look back over her life, over her years of parenting, and she can wish that she had done things differently. In my case, I wish I had spent more time with my two precious daughters than I did when they were young. I should have given more time to them and neglected the church members where we pastored more than I did. I should have been less concerned about perfection and appearances, and given the girls more grace to just be kids. I should have laughed and played with them more. I should have spent more time cuddling with them and less time worrying about what our home looked like – if the place was vacuumed and dusted enough. I should have read to them more, rocked them more, sang to and with them
more. I should have been far less demanding. I could go on and on with what I should have done. But how is it that they turned out to be such wonderful women? God’s grace! Do they have their resentments of me regarding what I should have done when they were young? Yes! Do they love me anyway? Yes! Have I apologized for not being the BEST mother I could have been? Yes. Do they understand that I learned to be a perfectionist from the previous generations? Yes. Do they understand that congregations usually demand more than what a Pastoral Couple can give, and that her Dad and I were trying to meet the expectations? Yes. Unfortunately, that does not erase the pain they felt then and the pain that still comes up once in a while. Do I see them as often as I would like to? No. But you know what? They are both busy professionals, happily married with adult children of their own. They are both dedicated to their families, their careers and their friends, and we taught them that. I am proud to say that I am their Mother, imperfect and sometimes needy, but even though we gave them away in wedding ceremonies, they are still mine, and are loved dearly – on Mother’s Day and every other day of the year. That Mother’s love, imperfect as it is, is always strong and will endure forever. So I ask you now . . . What relationship do you or did you have with your Mother? What relationship did or do you have with your children if you are a Mother. And I challenge you as this Mother’s Day comes around, to do whatever is necessary to make your relationship the very best it can be, as a son or daughter and as a Mother. And if like me, your Mother is in her grave, at least recall all of the positive memories of her that you can, and thank the Lord for them. Both the good and the bad are a part of who you are.
Alaska - Anchorage Contact: Ron Latsha Phone: 907-842-5653 Alaska - Fairbanks Leaders: Adrienne Lee Canada - Canadian University Leaders: Wanda J Johnson Class: The Journey Contact: Wanda Phone: 403-392-7093 Canada - Nanaimo, Vancouver Where: Prison Colorado - Canyon City Where: Canyon City SDA Church When: Tuesdays, 4 pm Leader: Fonda Harris Contact: email Colorado - Denver Colorado - Longmont (30 miles N of Denver) Leaders: Matt & Amy Miller Contact: Matt, Amy New Mexico - Ruidoso Class: The Route Where: Private Home When: Sabbath Afternoons Contact: 575-336-8095 Oregon - Newberg Leaders: Sherri Mahurin Contact: Sherri Oregon - Portland Class: The Mode Where: Healing Hope SDA When: Thurs, 6:30 pm Contact: 503-253-8595 Texas - El Paso Class: The Journey Where: St. Clements Anglican Church
Belonging Heart Connection Free At Last Shadows of Acceptance Shadows of Belonging
Binding the Wounds – A Live Seminar (10 part video series) Binding the Wounds – 22 week videos and workbooks (English and Spanish) The Journey – it’s 4 components
The Passenger, Videos & Workbooks The Mode, Videos & Workbook The Route, Videos & Workbooks The Destination, Videos & Workbooks Created For Success – an in-depth program for engaged or married couples Journey to Nai – a 13 session program for teens
They will be listed on the website once it is updated, which will be soon.
Email: Ron, or Nancy Phone: 575-973-7793
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Wyoming - Cheyenne
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