Welcome to Rivers of Roses

Hi, my name's Leathitia and I'm the founder of Rivers of Roses. I love Jesus and the freedom and joy it brings when you follow Him wholeheartedly. My life is about 3 things: The calling Jesus gave His disciples to carry on His work to love your neighbor, heal the sick, cast out demons and spread the gospel, biblical motherhood and homemaking. My heart overflows from all I have learned these past years and so I love to share what I've learned with other women so they can experience this for themselves.

When I was about 8/9 years old my mom gave her life to Christ and somewhere, somehow I also received Him. He chose me before I even knew Him. All I remember was that my heart was overflowing with love for God and that I just wanted to help others. I have a very clear memory of me going to bed at night and as I laid my head on my pillow I would say: "Goodnight God, I love you and I know You love me too.

My life ever since has been filled with very beautiful and very difficult moments. I battled depression most of my childhood and went through many valleys, but I always loved God and always wanted to be close to Him. I even biked to the beach by myself at 5 am in the hopes that Jesus would meet me there during one very hard time in my life.

I've always had this deep longing for more of Jesus. I knew I physically could feel the Holy Spirit since I was a little girl and I didn't care for worldly things. I just wanted Jesus, but it always seemed like I was never at the right place at the right time. I didn't see miracles happen or was ever in a room where there was any movement of the Spirit. I read about them and heard about them, but that was it.

I did experience God's guidance throughout my life in every area. I told Him I didn't want to date anymore. A husband or a single life I told Him. Not much later after the Lord spoke to me about my now husband.

I was able to see demons and would get attacked regularly, but the Lord taught me how to send them away and I grew in spiritual warfare. I had many prophetic dreams for myself, my friends, and my church but didn't wasn't trained and had no one to train me so I just simply did not know what to do with all I received and often felt like there must have been something wrong with me. I always felt like the odd one out.

And then the Lord called my husband and me out into the wilderness. We left everything behind in a week's time and traveled to Spain. We didn't know what to expect. All we knew was that God told us to stay there no matter what for 3 years.

The 3 years in Spain ended up being the hardest years of our life. We went through trial after trial. But it was all worth it. The Lord pruned us, cut off everything that didn't belong there, and had to completely renew our minds. We thought we were well-seasoned Christians when we came to Spain, but we later realized that we came as babies and God had to do what He did to help us mature. We never had someone train us, so the Lord trained us Himself. We felt forgotten and like the odd ones out, but the Lord revealed to us our giftings and helped us grow. The Lord restored our marriage, and our family and helped us out of bondage. Together with Him, completely led by the Holy Spirit, we were able to restore our temple. Our hearts and our home. My Intimacy with Jesus has grown so so much. The thing I had longed for all my life, more of Him, I had finally received. To be able to sit at His feet daily and learn from Him. To feel Him walk into a room and fall on your knees in worship while you're cooking.

I didn't even know that this was what I was looking for. I was chasing after the gifts, but I got the Gift giver instead. The best gift I could have ever asked for. And with that new deep intimacy with the Lord also came spiritual gifts. I felt like I had found the well of Living water and I just wanted to float in it and never leave. I had no ambition to get out and do anything. The moments were too precious. But then the Lord spoke and told me that loving Him meant loving others. That meant taking what I have been given and using it to serve others.

And that brought me to where I am today. The Lord has equipped me to equip others.

Of course, there's much more to the story, but you can follow me on Instagram or come have a cup of coffee to hear more parts of the story.

I pray that this website blesses you and equips you to run your own personal race with Jesus. He is so so worth it and He is waiting for His bride. He wants to reclaim her, spotless and made new. All you have to do is reach out to Him and take that fist step. He'll leap 7 back to you.