Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2010
I spent the weekend with over 200 women on a woman’s retreat with Irving Bible Church. It’s been a looooong time since I have been on a retreat! I had a great time with my friend Carolyn – we talked, laughed, shopped, ate, talked, laughed, prayed, ate, and then we talked, laughed and ate!!! We [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 12th, 2010
Okay so we did trap the raccoon! The bad news is that he was able to get out of the trap—the good news is that he hasn’t come back! He is one smart raccoon. See I already knew that raccoons were smart because I am a huge fan of Where the Red Fern Grows!! In [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2010
How sad that my life is consumed with capturing a raccoon!! He is still on the loose, only visiting at night to finish off the dog food! We got a trap from the city, but of course we couldn’t set it over the weekend, because they don’t pick up on the weekends and it would [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2010
I have never been to Haiti, but I really want to go. It’s an incredibly poor country and I think the opportunities for ministry are tremendous there. I would love to go and try to add a little laughter to the lives of the children there–after the recent earthquake, it seems that there is great [...]
Posted in Site News, Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2010
I have to admit that I am glad 2009 is over!! It was a tough year for the Rives family, but yet there were so many blessings also! Wray lost his job in January, but was able to find work in March–bad news/good news. His new job doesn’t pay much, but God has continued to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 15th, 2009
It is amazing what you can learn from children! Last Friday night I had another babysitting night to raise money to go to Zambia—and here is what I learned:
1. Polly Pockets are really little pieces. Even when you think you have put everyone away, there is still a little tiny piece stuck somewhere!
2. It is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2009
Wray and I joined Josh and Mindy with her dad and family in Colorado. Billy, Mindy’s dad, has a wonderful house in Buena Vista, Colorado. The weather was gorgeous, the Aspens were breath taking and the mountains were spectacular— God did some of His best work there! We saw chipmunks, deer and elk! Mindy took [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2009
Josh was in Africa — now he’s in Greece! Wray spends most of his days in Dublin. Jacob is in San Marcos, and Wes spends most of his time in College Station (until he starts work). What is a moron on the computer supposed to do if she can’t figure it out for herself —exactly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2009
I’m trying to learn how to blog in a new format—I am not a very literate computer person….help!
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009
Okay, I admit, I’m not really great at math—but I’ve decided that our government is not very good with it either! How can our government have such a huge debt and still hand out trillons of dollars in bailouts? Do they just keep printing money until we get all we need? What is our money [...]