Posted in Africa on Jan 28th, 2009
I’ve received lots of kind words, emails, and concerned phone calls over the last couple of days—thanks for everyone’s kind words and thoughts on our little job situation. I use the word little because that’s really what it is—don’t get me wrong, I’m still battling worry, but the Bible is very clear about worrying about [...]
Posted in Site News on Jan 24th, 2009
It’s always easy to say that God is taking care of things when everything is going well–it’s another when things aren’t going so well! Things aren’t going so well at the Rives house—after 12 years, Wray’s position was eliminated at work—a sucker punch for sure!
I know that God knows all things and that He is [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 19th, 2009
Imagine orphaned or abused children with no where to go, and no one to turn to—that is exactly the plight of many children in Africa. For 84 children, those days are almost over!! Seven houses at the Tree of Life Village will be ready for occupancy in late May in Lusaka, Zambia. It is a [...]
Posted in Site News on Jan 14th, 2009
This weekend I am going to take my mom and my aunt to visit their sister in Austin. Several other of my aunts and cousins are going to be there too. My mom comes from a large family that is very close—they love to all get together. Sadly the last time we were together was [...]
Posted in parenting on Jan 12th, 2009
Okay so I’m old!! Yesterday my baby boy turned 21! I guess my children are all officially adults. One of the things I’m realizing as the mother to adult children is how the pendulum ever so gently swings—I was once the teacher and now they are teaching me a lot of things. Not the least [...]
Posted in parenting on Jan 6th, 2009
I have been listening with interest at Oprah’s recent musings on her weight gain—the battle of the bulge happens to a lot of us!!! Many of the overweight women that she has had on her show in recent years have said that they were so busy taking care of their families that they did not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 1st, 2009
I don’t know if there are any rules to being a blogger. Today on the front page of the Dallas Morning News was a story about 4 women in Frisco whose blogs have raised some eyebrows. They made fun of other housewives and talked a lot about sex. It sounded to me that they were [...]