After days of on again-off again rain and cold weather, Saturday morning, April 2nd, dawned gloriously beautiful–warm sunshine and beautiful blue skies. It seemed that God had saved this most glorious of days for us here at Renewal Ranch as we officially “opened” our first bunkhouse doors.
The Dooleys and Dave Hinton were on board to provide lots of good singing.
Atlas shares his testimony. He ended it with this sentiment–”my life which I thought was a hopeless end, is now an endless hope.” God bless you, Atlas. We love and appreciate you so much.
Dr. Larry Pillow, who serves as the chairman of the board of directors and campus chaplain, gives a Word from God.
His daughter, her husband and four children got to be present today–such a beautiful family!
James Loy, director of Renewal Ranch and his wife, Laura, recognize the board of directors and their selfless work in helping make Renewal Ranch a reality.
The perfect day ended late afternoon with some relaxing time on the front porch of the bunkhouse, relaxing in rocking chairs (some of us) and singing and humming along with Shepherd as he entertained us with his great country singing.
Thanks, Shepherd, for always being willing to share your God-given talents.
We also want to recognize Michael Taylor and his precious parents, Bill and Kay. While we were relaxing, they were cleaning up and finding places for lots of leftover food.
And speaking of food, we need to give David Stobaugh of Stoby’s Restaurant in Conway a great big “shout-out” for the delicious bar-be-que lunch they provided for everyone. It was wonderful!
And Merida, the cake you provided for dessert was the best, the very best–thank you so much!
As the maintainer of this website, I know there are so many people behind the scenes providing so many things that I don’t know about–please know that if you contributed in any way to making our grand opening a great success, our hearts are full of gratitude to you. And readers of this site, please feel free to speak up in the comment section and recognize any who I left out. Thanks–
Thank you, God, for a glorious and awesome day. To You be all the glory forever and ever!
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