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Ooooooooooooooooooooooklahoma!

Rachel — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:48:32 +0000

The choir is performing a Broadway Revue this Saturday night with music from Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Sound of Music. Here we are practicing, with yours truly in the front row (the perks of being petite). I’ve got just about all the music memorized. Now if I could just find a costume . . .

Picture courtesy of Tanya and her cell phone.

Golfing for Ecuador

Rachel — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:30:43 +0000

This weekend Roger and I worked at a golf tournament hosted by my parents’ church, Wilmer United Methodist. The tournament was organized to raise money for the Ecuador mission team, of which Roger, my mom, and I are all a part. My dad organized the event, and the team gathered sponsors and teams. We worked for about 2 months sweet talking restaurant owners, store workers, friends, and family into sponsoring. We set a goal to get 50 sponsors, and we ended up with 46 – not too shabby!

But then the weather struck. Friday night and early Saturday morning it stormed! The wind blew, thunder rolled, and lightning lit up the sky like a fireworks show. You may not know much about golf, but golfers tend to stay in if there’s lightning – seeing how golf clubs are essentially mini lightning rods you hold in your hand.

But all across Wilmer 20 Ecuador team members and their loved ones were praying the storm away. And at the 10:00 am start time for the tournament, the storm left. Then to spice it up, the sun showed up. We took it as a sign that God wanted some golf to be played!

Roger and I signed up to set up the sponsor signs, so we grabbed a golf cart and headed out to the back 9. It was nice driving around and setting up the signs, because no players had made it to the back of the course yet. It was actually kind of peaceful. We even saw a baby turtle sunning at a tee box – so cute!

When we got back to the club house, golf teams were already signing in. We hung out at the first tee to see the teams get started and then greeted them again when they rounded the corner to hit the back 9. Everyone had a great time, and the weather stayed beautiful the entire day. The tournament was a success!

More pictures from the golf tournament.

A good change of pace

Rachel — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:03:48 +0000

In July Roger and I are going on a mission trip to Ecuador with my parents’ church in Wilmer. To help raise money for the trip, the church is hosting a golf tournament in Mobile. I was tasked with designing the sponsor signs.

These signs will line the golf course during the tournament. The top half will include the designs you see here and the bottom half will have the sponsor’s name. It’s nice to put my professional skills towards something meaningful (not that documenting the import process for a risk management information system isn’t totally worthwhile).

If you know anyone who would like to sponsor or play in the tournament, let me or Roger know. A list of all sponsors will be handed out at the event, and sponsors who donate at least $100 will have a sign. To play, it’s $200 per 4-person team (so $50 per person). The tournament is March 28 at Azalea City in Mobile, AL. All money raised goes directly to the Ecuador mission to cover travel and lodging costs, supplies, and materials.

Sounds of Christmas

Rachel — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:48:19 +0000

I’m singing in the choir Christmas program at our church. Don’t get excited – no solos or interpretive dance. I’m in the choir part of the group.