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RancherGal4Him
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Hey ya'll!
Thought I'd drop in and write a little something about myself. I was just looking for a good Christian forum, and found CF's extensive... library of forums. Hehe. I've had a little bit of debate on staying, due to some controversy in the Teen section, but after the exchange of a few PMs with an excellent member of the forums, have decided to stick around and check out the other portions of the forums that CF has to offer!
Well I'm 14 years old, and have always been a Christian. My parents are Christians, though I didn't begin to know Christ intimately until the previous October, when I began to attend Youth group.
Now, I live out on a ranch (obvious from my name), but we'll get to that in a minute. So, with the price of fuel constantly climbing higher and higher, we have to watch our trips to town, and make attempts to coordinate all of our errands and business in town, into one or two small trips per week. Thus, we have not the privelage of attending church. But, that is alright. I can attend Youth at my best friend's church, and the youth pastor is simply phenomenal. He has Brett & Jessica working alongside him, and Joshua sometimes does it, and everybody just pitches in during the hour and a half, so it's great! It refuels me for the next week.
I have always lived on large cattle ranches. I was born on one down in West Texas, and born in the great and mighty town of... Pecos. **can you detect the slight traces of sarcasm?** I lived on that ranch until I was 2, then we moved to one nearby, and here I resided for the entirety of my childhood. 9 years we lived there, and it was the best place a kid could grow up. We had no close friends of the human race, rarely visited town. In fact, town was an hour away, but it was very small, therefore we drove 3 hours one way every 6 or 7 weeks to buy groceries. My older brother and I spent our days riding horses, roping goats, hunting rabbits, exploring canyons and the mountains, and traversing across the pastures on expeditions. What the life! We lived in the West Texas mountains, which means scenery that would literally steal your breath. My Daddy ran this ranch of about 38,000 acres, which included a large sum of cattle and horses, alone with only his two children as helpers.
At age 11, our boss sold the ranch. This is probably the most devestating time in my life, thus far. I know Momma felt distanced from God, Daddy was grumpy those few months, and Tyler and I simply confused and worried about leaving our home. But move, we must. So we uprooted ourselves from home and, kicking and screaming, were dragged down into the New Mexico plains.
Now, we are but 2 hours from beautiful NM Mountains. But we can only see one large mountain, and it is very far in the distance.
I had lived in the mountains my entire life, and Momma and Daddy for 13 years for theirs. It was simply tragic, I tell you- from the fabulous mountains, to... flats. No scenery what-so-ever, and a sky so big and blue we became sea sick, or nearly. But the Lord was able to help us along, and 3 years later, here we are, and this place is our home!
The ranch I live on is 128,000 acres and is home to about 1400 head of cattle, and we continue to build the numbers up. We have about 40 head of horses, and 1 hired hand besides my Daddy, who resides as Foreman. I've come to realize that Texas was the place for my childhood, and here, my adolescence. The blessings have been many- the Lord never fails to provide!
I have been homeschooled since the 2nd grade, and have only a few friends, but they are the best I could have. I spend my days doing school, riding my horse, roping the dummy, gathering cattle, practicing piano, and worshiping the Lord. I strive to life my life for Him, which is a struggle with each passing day, but becoming more and more my heart's desire.
Well I guess I should close out this novel. Sorry, when i start writing I tend to go on and on and on. Thanks for reading, and I hope I can meet lots of friends here!
-Caitlin
Thought I'd drop in and write a little something about myself. I was just looking for a good Christian forum, and found CF's extensive... library of forums. Hehe. I've had a little bit of debate on staying, due to some controversy in the Teen section, but after the exchange of a few PMs with an excellent member of the forums, have decided to stick around and check out the other portions of the forums that CF has to offer!
Well I'm 14 years old, and have always been a Christian. My parents are Christians, though I didn't begin to know Christ intimately until the previous October, when I began to attend Youth group.
Now, I live out on a ranch (obvious from my name), but we'll get to that in a minute. So, with the price of fuel constantly climbing higher and higher, we have to watch our trips to town, and make attempts to coordinate all of our errands and business in town, into one or two small trips per week. Thus, we have not the privelage of attending church. But, that is alright. I can attend Youth at my best friend's church, and the youth pastor is simply phenomenal. He has Brett & Jessica working alongside him, and Joshua sometimes does it, and everybody just pitches in during the hour and a half, so it's great! It refuels me for the next week.
I have always lived on large cattle ranches. I was born on one down in West Texas, and born in the great and mighty town of... Pecos. **can you detect the slight traces of sarcasm?** I lived on that ranch until I was 2, then we moved to one nearby, and here I resided for the entirety of my childhood. 9 years we lived there, and it was the best place a kid could grow up. We had no close friends of the human race, rarely visited town. In fact, town was an hour away, but it was very small, therefore we drove 3 hours one way every 6 or 7 weeks to buy groceries. My older brother and I spent our days riding horses, roping goats, hunting rabbits, exploring canyons and the mountains, and traversing across the pastures on expeditions. What the life! We lived in the West Texas mountains, which means scenery that would literally steal your breath. My Daddy ran this ranch of about 38,000 acres, which included a large sum of cattle and horses, alone with only his two children as helpers.
At age 11, our boss sold the ranch. This is probably the most devestating time in my life, thus far. I know Momma felt distanced from God, Daddy was grumpy those few months, and Tyler and I simply confused and worried about leaving our home. But move, we must. So we uprooted ourselves from home and, kicking and screaming, were dragged down into the New Mexico plains.
Now, we are but 2 hours from beautiful NM Mountains. But we can only see one large mountain, and it is very far in the distance.
I had lived in the mountains my entire life, and Momma and Daddy for 13 years for theirs. It was simply tragic, I tell you- from the fabulous mountains, to... flats. No scenery what-so-ever, and a sky so big and blue we became sea sick, or nearly. But the Lord was able to help us along, and 3 years later, here we are, and this place is our home!
The ranch I live on is 128,000 acres and is home to about 1400 head of cattle, and we continue to build the numbers up. We have about 40 head of horses, and 1 hired hand besides my Daddy, who resides as Foreman. I've come to realize that Texas was the place for my childhood, and here, my adolescence. The blessings have been many- the Lord never fails to provide!
I have been homeschooled since the 2nd grade, and have only a few friends, but they are the best I could have. I spend my days doing school, riding my horse, roping the dummy, gathering cattle, practicing piano, and worshiping the Lord. I strive to life my life for Him, which is a struggle with each passing day, but becoming more and more my heart's desire.
Well I guess I should close out this novel. Sorry, when i start writing I tend to go on and on and on. Thanks for reading, and I hope I can meet lots of friends here!
-Caitlin