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Family and friends,
As 2008 comes to a close,
Ruby and I have
experienced some good
times, and some sad times. We have seen some changes
which have been very good
and some changes which we
could have lived without,
but some things haven't
changed. God has blessed
Ruby and I this year
beyond description. We
both have very good jobs
as professional drivers
(I'm a bus driver and Ruby
is a shuttle driver), we
both have our health, we
have had a reconciliation
of sorts with one of my daughters...a slow start
but it's a beginning, and
most importantly, we both
have the love of Jesus
Christ and He continues to
live in our hearts and
lives.
As if that wasn't enough,
Planting His Seeds
continues to grow. Much of
the success of Planting
His Seeds rests on my
"family and
friends"....those
beautiful folks who
continue to receive our
"weekly messages". Many of
you have shared your
inspirational stories,
poems, articles and other
writings with me and of
course, many of those
writings appear on the
website. Many of you have
prayed for Ruby and I and
believe me, many of those
prayers have been
answered. In fact, I
have visited with some of
you via the telephone and
mail. And Tom,
we're not forgetting you
and the many times you
have traveled many miles
to work on our computers. You
deserve our special
thanks. You and Sharon are
very special to us! Brent, I'm not forgetting
you either. You have
hosted our site for a long
time and have gone out of
your way to help me and as
far as I am concerned,
you will always be my
host...more importantly,
my friend!
As I state in our personal
statement on the home page
of Planting His Seeds, "We
have made some very good
Christian friends, both on
and off the Internet and
although our sole purpose
was, and still is, to
reach out with our
inspirational stories,
poems, articles, patriotic
messages and other
messages and touch
someone's life and perhaps
encourage them or to help
lift their spirits or just
simply cause them to pause
and reflect on what they
read here, we have found
that more times than not,
WE are the ones who have
found ourselves encouraged
or have had our spirits
lifted by the many
contributions of those who
have shared their
inspirational stories and
poems and so forth with
us." and that statement
still rings true today.
Many of the graphic
designers whose beautiful
sets I use on our site
have also gone out of
their way to help us with
special sets, with needed
advice and have been there
when we needed their
help. Three of them
deserve special mention
here!!! Dot
McEntire, of
Graphics by Dot, Bev of
Moon
& Back Graphics
and MagnoliaD of
Magnolia Designs. They
share in the success of
Planting His Seeds. I regard them as my dear
friends! Thanks
to ALL of you, my dream of
a Christian website
continues to grow.
And, of course, we
can't forget our family,
who not only are part of
our "family and friends"
but have blessed Ruby and
I in many different ways.
Our daughters Daphne and
her husband and their
children, our
grandchildren, Tony, 'Tasha,
Diego, and Shauna and her
children, also our
grandchildren Kianna and
Ricky. And of course
Ruby's favorite uncle,
Kenny and Madeline....also
special mention here of my
sister-in-law Carolyn and
who can forget our very
good friend, Janice
(Carolyn's best friend
too).
So, even though this past
year has brought some sad
times, all in all, it has
been a very good year for
Ruby and I. We look
forward to the new year
with eagerness and hopes
that our site will
continue to reach out and
inspire our readers, to
change the way they may
look at some things and
lift their spirit to new
levels. We thank all of
you, our family and
friends, for all the many
blessings you have
showered us with this past
year and please know we
love all of you.
Ruby and I pray each and
every one of you and your
families have a VERY Merry
and Blessed Christmas and
we pray a most wonderful
New Year for you. We pray
that God will shower you
with His blessings
throughout the New Year.
In God's Love,
your servants,
Rick & Ruby
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