Category Archives: friends

Attention Military Marriages–Be Our Guests!

Posted on January 22, 2014 by rickandjan
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A Weekend to Remember, even if your marriage is almost perfect…

Posted on January 21, 2013 by rickandjan

Christmas 2011 our  gift to our our newly-wedded son and his wife was a Family Life Weekend to Remember.  At that point Mike and Steph had been married for six months and it seemed like a good investment in their … Continue reading →

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John’s story–Our story

Posted on January 4, 2013 by rickandjan

Over the past year were involved in a Bible study on MacDill AFB. It has been such a blessing to be back in fellowship with military families and we were blessed to have graduates of three service academies and representatives … Continue reading →

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Where did the summer go?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by rickandjan

It is now officially fall and I still can’t figure out where the summer went.  That could possibly be because it still feels like summer in the Tampa Bay area since there are no leaves changing colors or temperatures dropping–yet.  My … Continue reading →

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“The Unknown Soldiers” Blog

Posted on May 1, 2012 by rickandjan

“The Unknown Soldiers is a blog by Tom Sileo, an award-winning journalist who worked in newsrooms for eight years.  He is a nationally syndicated columnist and communications director at the Travis Manion Foundation. Tom’s weekly newspaper column, also titled ‘The … Continue reading →

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Moving On!

Posted on April 17, 2012 by rickandjan

We had a big day on Saturday–although it might not sound or feel like a big day to anyone else. Last Saturday Kaitie got a new car. It’s not really new new, but it is new to her. She now … Continue reading →

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Roadtrip: Maxwell Air Force Base

Posted on February 18, 2012 by rickandjan

Last weekend Rick and I took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama to represent  Military Ministry at a Weekend to Remember conference.  We were invited to attend because of the high number of military families that would be represented at the conference; … Continue reading →

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The Memory Tree

Posted on January 21, 2012 by rickandjan

I used to think that taking down the Christmas tree was just a lot of work and I tried to get other unwilling family members to do it.  But this year I learned to enjoy it and even treasure the … Continue reading →

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Prayer Matters

Posted on November 3, 2011 by rickandjan

I love Skype. Especially since we moved away from so many important people. And for a long time we knew no one in Tampa Bay. Because of Skype and Facetime and Gmail chat I can talk to friends and see … Continue reading →

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Friends Deployed

Posted on September 26, 2011 by rickandjan

The War on Terror has become a bit more personal for us in the past few weeks. While Rick was working with OCF at Quantico, he had the blessing of ministering among the new lieutenants at The Basic School. Since … Continue reading →

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