Howard Payne University: 1971 – Bachelor of Science/Elementary

I have served here at FBC for over 6 years as Senior Adult Minister and felt that God placed me here for a purpose. My husband, Jimmy, and I came to this area seven years ago after serving nearly 16 with the International Mission Board. We lived in Guatemala during those years.   My husband is the Director of Missions in the Frio River Baptist Association. Jimmy and I have been married for 37 years and have two grown children and four wonderful grand children. God has used us in many places to further His kingdom and we feel very honored to serve Him. 

Serving our Lord in this position has kept me on my toes. Senior Adults are a great group of people to work with. You can learn so much from them because they give so freely. My goal is to keep our group growing spiritually, and striving to seek God’s plan in each of their lives. Through my ministry, I want to give each person a challenge to keep seeking God’s Will for their lives and to continue to serve the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and body. We do have some good times as we gather together to eat, play games, visit, cook, go on day trips or whatever we feel like doing. God is so good to let us have these good and fruitful years to enjoy after raising our family. 

I like to play card games, cook, crochet, and read Christian romance novels. My greatest joy is when I can hold and love on my four grandchildren. Our son, Lantz and Amber, have one son, Connor (8).   Our daughter, Marci and James, have three children, Taylor (7), Emily (6) and Micah (4). I’ll take as many as they give me.