Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.28.07 in Personal
The Men at Rooster Ranch This Morning This morning most of the men in the wedding party took a trip to Rooster Ranch, which is located somewhere north of Atwater. We drove past miles of almond groves and fields of sweet potatoes to get there. The website calls it a “licensed upland game bird club located in the confluences …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.27.07 in Personal, Travel
I am writing this note from the Courtyard by Marriott in Merced, California. We arrived here late yesterday afternoon after a seventeen-hour trip from Tupelo that started at 2:30 AM with a two-hour drive to Birmingham, a flight to Chicago, a lengthy delay at Midway Airport where we met Josh and Leah who had flown in from Ve …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.25.07 in Personal
Today is John Sergey’s 90th birthday. Just a few minutes ago I called to wish him happy birthday. I first met John and Helen in 1989 when we moved to Oak Park. Back then he was 72 years old, and he and Helen were still traveling to Russia at least once and sometimes twice a year. In the 1930s God called him to ministe …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.23.07 in Personal
This is Monday of wedding week. By this Saturday our entire family will be in Atwater, California (in central California, in the San Joaquin Valley, between Modesto and Fresno, more or less due east and over the mountains from San Jose) for the wedding of our son Mark and Vanessa Friesen. Already the westward migration has …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.22.07 in Devotional, Personal
I was glad to go to church this morning because we celebrated the Lord’s Supper as the climax of the worship service. And instead of being tacked on or hurried through, the entire service led to us to the Lord’s table. We began by singing songs that reminded us of Christ’s death on the cross. The pastor pr …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.19.07 in Personal
The phone guy just left after spending a few hot and sweaty minutes getting our phone service working again. After checking things outside (ok) and inside (no dial tone) and after venturing into the attic (temp around 125), he discovered a broken wire from the box in the attic to the jack in our bedroom. Took him maybe five …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.3.07 in Personal, Travel
Today was all about one of the finest ladies I have ever met—Miss Eva Lodgaard. I met her soon after becoming the pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL. During her student days at Moody Bible Institute in the early 1940s, she attended the church in Oak Park. In January 1945 she left Chicago to begin her work wi …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.30.07 in Personal, Tupelo
Here are a few pictures of our new home in Tupelo plus some pictures from a family get-together today. Andy and Betty and Megan and Kathleen came over from Florence, Alabama for lunch. Alan joined us later. The backyard view shows the house as we bought it. If you look at the picture of Dudley and Gary, you can see the shad …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.22.07 in Personal
We are enjoying happy days in Tupelo because our entire family is together again for the first time since last July. Josh and Leah arrived on Tuesday, Mark flew in on Wednesday, I came home from Dallas yesterday morning and Nick drove over in the afternoon. Last night we ate pizza, looked at family pictures, laughed, told s …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.18.07 in Personal
*After a hectic weekend, we are mostly moved in to our new home. But the process of moving is ongoing, at least for several more weeks. At this moment Marlene is out with Linda Hale, purchasing a bedroom set for the guest bedroom and a sofa sleeper for what will become my office.*This is necessary because at this moment on …
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