Wednesday Report

Good evening to every one that may be tuning in this evening, and a very good morning to all you early risers I hope everyone is feeling well. I do remember the days when my dad had to let the tubes on the radio warm up before it would actually start to give us something to listen to. Often we would huddle around the radio wrapped in blankets to keep warm and wait for that big brown box to magically start to talk to us. This time of the year my dad was busy making sure he had enough feed for the animals and our family out on the farm. Our families would be getting together to make sausage and do the butchering, fresh fried chickens and fresh vegetables, to be sure we all would not starve over the long cold winter. It seemed in those days survival was all about your life skills and your responsibilities as part of a family and as part of a community and even more so out in the country. On the ranch our mission is to equip people with the skills necessary to succeed in the work place, to cultivate in them a character that contributes to the community and to nurture in them a heart that seeks to honor God in all areas of life, that they may live purposeful and satisfying lives as productive members of the work force, their community and their church. A miracle in the days on the farm was when we would get up in the morning and the old oil space heater in the middle of the living room would still be going. Well the miracle today is that the last load with the rest of our new shop from Bexsons showed up yesterday so all the steel is there. Now we wait for God to provide the foundation to get that building up and closed in because the second miracle today is that we had a shuffle board table donated but we have nowhere to put it. So if you have some room and enjoy shuffle board you can use it until we have room at the ranch for it. P.T.L. I guess we shouldn't be surprised because Phil. 4:19 says it would happen, that we would get the shuffle board table. Give the one next to you a big hug right now and tell them how special they are, go on do it.