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…
“This is me”
This morning we had a few visitors who braved the sleet and snow to visit the Ranch. When we entered the Learning Center Chris, as he often does, approached them clutching his photo album. He proffered the album to a woman in the group, and she asked his name. “Chri-to-pha,” he answered and immediately opened…