Texas Floods

Several have contacted us, wondering if PG was affected by the flooding that occurred in Texas in July. The flooding happened in central Texas about 250 miles west of here. We did receive a lot of rain, but nothing compared to the flooded area. Fortunately, PG is located at one of the highest points in this area, so flooding here seems very unlikely. Both our lake and pond have overflowed their dams during hurricanes, without damage. No such overflow happened in July.

Changes at Pecan Grove

• Clarence Mounce had been a resident at PG in late 2022 and early 2023 due to a brain tumor which caused significant headaches. The tumor was treated with radiation, and the headaches improved, allowing Clarence to return to the work. After Happy convention this month, Clarence returned to PG as a resident. We are very pleased to have him back! Here he is with Chris Newman who brought him back from Happy.

• Two of our staff, Shawn and Anita Bass, decided to move to Michigan to be near and work with her siblings there. They finished working here and moved initially in with her daughter while waiting for their place in Michigan to be ready.

• Salena and Abigail contracted Covid! Fortunately, no one else got sick. Salena went to visit her family while recovering. Abigail is recovered and returned to work today. Val Killam is coming to help in August. Hopefully by the end of August everything will get back to normal.

• We hired Jerry and Becky (Farring) Grosskreutz from Kentucky to replace Shawn and Anita. They have been here some in July. Becky went to Fargo to help her mother, Ruth, while her sister, Priscilla, has a knee replaced. Jerry is working here until mid-August when they will go back to Kentucky to move their things here. Here they are and then Jerry with the residents he took shopping.

Birthday

Marie had a big birthday this month, she turned 93! She had many well wishers in attendance including Kent and Linda Opel. Here are all the smiling faces at the table and Marie with her cake.

Visitors

Emma and Ronald had some visitors from South Houston. They brought the grandmother of the two children who had come all the way from Venezuela to see Emma. They knew many companions of Ronald and took pictures with him to show to his old companions. Ronald really perked up talking about the men he cares so deeply for. The couples names are Jarlet and Yaneth Sanchez with their son, Santiago, and daughter, Sofia. Yaneth’s, mother, Magdalena Venediz, was the one who came from Venezuela. Here they are with Emma and Ronald in the entry way.

Pedro and Sary Rodriguez and son, Peter, Rodriguez came with Ana Laura Olivares to visit.

Brent Newman (Ken’s brother) visited several days. Here he is with Ronald.

Candice Sandon with children AJ, Miles and Bryanna visited grandma, Elsie.

Theron and Angela Schroeder and their children Everett, Lewis, Camille, Phoebe came to visit grandma, Elsie.

Andre and Julia Bilbao and their children, Ainhoa, Joanna and Angelo, from Singapore, came to visit. Andre is originally from France. Ken, Kathy and family knew his family when they lived there. Later Andre lived with the Newmans here in Willis for a year in 1995-96.

Dominique and Mimi Mille’s family was together, including their son, Pierre, with children Emma and Bryce, and their daughter, Elisa and husband Ian Herd, and 4 children Isaac, James, Eli and Anaies. They know Andre from time he spent with them in Vietnam.

Dickie and Patty (Maki) Beeman came for a visit.

Lounell Claybourn came to visit and took Emma and Ruth to the nursing homes to see Alice, Gilbert, Fern and Joyce.

Lorianne (Dalrymple) Burrows and her sons, Lochlan and Devon, visited from New Zealand. We didn’t get a picture of Lorianne, but here are her sons with the Furrow kids…. Burrows and Furrows 🙄.

Resident Journals

Ronald Elliott

Ronald seems to get his days and nights mixed up more frequently now. We’re afraid he will soon need to go to a nursing home.

Emma Perez

It seems to never fail that Emma will have at least one visit per month. She has so many close friends who want to call, text, email, or visit her. She returned from her two week trip to the valley with many stories of her time there, and her appreciation for the families.

Esther Duncan

Esther was so excited when she found out her good friend Joyce Watkins would be at Happy convention this year. She asked some neighboring friends if it were possible to ride along in their car, which of course they said yes. She came back saying “Happy was a convention of restoration” and how pleased she was to see some profess and others get baptized.

Marie Mounce

Marie also wanted to attend Happy this year. She knew Clarence would be there and was coming back to be with us, so she wanted to hear him speak. We’re glad she was able to attend.

Clarence Mounce

We saved Clarence’s his old room for him, right across from Marie’s. He does well with getting around, driving, and visiting.

Elsie Schroeder

Elsie still does well, and as always can be found at the puzzle table. Her granddaughter, Candace Stanton came with her three children AJ, Miles, and Brenna. The boys love to fish and Brenna enjoys being with her grandmother at the puzzle table.

Ruth Henderson

Ruth went to the Mountainair convention. It was good she could get back to NM where she labored recently. She stays about the same, quietly helping and keeping her sense of humor.

Doreen Beyer

Doreen stays much the same. She does a lot of to help and encourage others.

Gwen Farmer

Gwen also stays the same. She speaks often of Korea, and would find it easier if we spoke Korean in our morning bible studies!

Nursing Home Residents

Gilbert, Alice and Fern are in Park Manor Nursing Home in Conroe. Gilbert and Alice are much the same. Fern has improved somewhat, so they are getting her up into a wheel chair for some meals. Here is Alice with Fern and Gilbert with Ruth.

Joyce Naber is in the Willis Nursing Home. She is very happy there, and always happy to see visitors. Here she is today with Kathy at a hymn sing they were having.

July 4th

We celebrated the 4th of July with everyone on the farm and their families. Of course there were snacks and fireworks involved. Here is everyone sitting to watch and a shot of the fireworks.

Thanks for your interest in us here!

Ken and Kenny