Today is Rebekah’s birthday!We met Rebekah for the first time when she and my daughter Kelly went to church camp together when they were about eight. When Rebekah was 13 she started coming to Ranch Camp and went on to move into Martha House, where she’s lived since 2006. Rebekah’s the first of the “Crop…
The Evidence of Things Unseen…
We had guests this past weekend at the Ranch, the mom and dad of an 11-year old boy with disabilities. They are in the early stages of building a “place like Down Home Ranch” for their son and others like him. Sound familiar? Does to us! We are contacted all the time (two to three…
That’s My Room!
“That’s mine!” Saturday morning the excitement of Sterling, Kyle, and John finally drowned out the shouts and calls of the work crews managing the pour for the new house on the block—Isaiah House, where the four guys from Joseph House will move when it’s completed. They weren’t the only ones excited. Jerry parked himself at…
Behold What Love!
This past week Jerry and I were invited to St. Helena’s Episcopal Church in Boerne (pronounced “Bernie”) to be part of their Lenten program. Tuesday of course was the big sleet and snow day, but Wednesday dawned sunny if not warm and after a busy morning of meetings we finally broke away and headed out…