Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.3.08 in Personal, Travel
I am writing this note at 4:08 AM. That’s a lot earlier than I planned to get up this morning, but I’m sitting by myself at the table in the kitchen because our caravan for Dallas leaves at 5:30 AM. We’re getting an early start to try to beat the heat as much as we can. These are exciting days for our family. Josh starts Dall…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.23.08 in Personal, Travel
The number 1 question I get is, “Why Tupelo?” Answer: Because my brother Alan owns a cabin in the woods (on property that used to be a church camp) that was vacant. He was glad for us to stay there. The Number 2 question is, “Do you miss the pastorate?” Answer: We miss the long-term relationships with peopl…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.11.08 in Personal, Travel
Since this is my final day at home for three weeks, I decided to make a list things I need to do today. In no particular order . . . 1) Haircut.2) Ride my bike with Bert Duncan.3) Show Mark how to do make mp3 files from cassette tapes of my Christmas and Easter sermons.4) See if I can find those cassette tapes of Paul Smith teaching on 1 Corinthian…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.25.08 in Evangelism, Personal
Today I had the unique pleasure of giving my testimony at the MEF Bible Conference in Colorado Springs. It was unique because this year for the first time, they are asking the speakers to take a few minutes to share how they were saved. It was unique in another, deeper sense. Although I came to faith in Christ 39 years ago, I have rarely told …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.22.08 in Devotional, Personal, Travel
We’re up early this morning because we’ll be traveling all the day, partly because we’ve got a long way to go and partly because there is no quick way to get from Tupelo to Colorado Springs. All week long we (I mean Marlene mostly) have been packing and getting things ready for this first leg of our summer conference schedule…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.21.08 in Devotional, Personal
On June 4 I wrote an entry called We Need Another Miracle, Lord about our dear friend Heather Bosgraf who had surgery that day to remove a tumor at the base of her brain. Though the surgery was successful in removing the tumor, she never fully regained consciousness. An MRI late last week showed that the cancer was spreading and had returned to the…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.16.08 in Personal
I am writing this note at 11 PM, having just arrived back home after a very long day. A little over 12 hours ago, I left Tupelo with B. J. Lundy who graciously agreed to come along for the ride. All told we drove almost 10 out of the 12 hours, from Tupelo in northeast Mississippi, driving almost the full length of the state, all the way to Saraland…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.10.08 in Bible Study Resources, Books, Devotional, Personal
*Yesterday my new laptop computer arrived. It’s a Micro Express IFL 9025 that got a good review on the PC World website. It’s amazing how far the technology has come since I bought my last laptop 20 months ago. *One thing you forget is how long it takes to set up a new computer. I’ve spent hours last night and today transferr…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.4.08 in Personal, Prayer
Late last night I received an email from Michele Hoekstra saying that our dear friend Heather Bosgraf is having surgery today to remove a tumor at the base of her brain. When we were in Chicago ten days ago, we heard that Heather had not been feeling well, but it didn’t sound serious. “So much has happened today,” Michele said whe…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.2.08 in Civil War, Personal, Tupelo
This morning we are going to visit Shiloh Military Battlefield, about an hour and a half north of Tupelo. We’re making the trip because Maria and Kevin (Vanessa’s mother and step-father) are visiting from California. They arrived last Tuesday after driving five days across the country. Maria came to Tupelo in Ma …
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