Tithing

The time came to sell Cheno. He is a horse we bought from Randy Pitchford a few  years ago. He is a good horse but he wasn't working for Lucy and Carly for rodeo. As Traci Aipperspach said, "Cheno knows how to get fired from every job."

So we found a buyer - Tyler Bevans. Tyler is so happy with Cheno.

We sold Cheno for the same price we bought him for - $5500.  So we do pay tithing on that money? Is it an increase?

I suggested we did pay tithing and test this principle:

• Malachi 3:10

  10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

The next day Austin decided we should pay tithing and gave me $500 cash to pay tithing.  So we took it to church and paid our tithing.

The next day we had a southern circuit rodeo (Monday was Family Day).  At the end of the rodeo, our family had earned $567 in prize money. That has never happened before.  We are lucky to break even with our entry fees.  The very next rodeo we had earned $165 in prize money.  We were definitely blessed that day for paying our tithing.

On another note, we sold Cheno so we could buy another horse for Lucy.  Austin saw a flyer for one he wanted to try from British Columbia. The  owners brought that horse for us to try that same day.  But during the rodeo, a horse named Happy ran the barrels.  Monica Wilson said to Austin, "You should buy that horse, It is for sale."  A family from Saskatchewan had brought it to the rodeo for another family to look at.  After a day of negotiating, the other family didn't want Happy and Austin bought her.  She is the perfect horse for Lucy!!!

Basketball, uh huh, basketball, oh yeah

Basketball is definitely one of the four seasons at our house.

Hanna was on the grade 8 team this year with Coach Erica Burt.

She rocked this year!

Hanna was the high-point shooter most games. I think her highest game was about 25. Her signature move is to steal the ball and go for a fast-break. The trick is if she can put up a soft lay-up or not.

Her team went had a fun weekend in Strathmore at a tournament. Her team was undefeated and won the tournament. They were the only 8th grade team - the rest were 9th grade.


Her team ended up 2nd place in the division and 2nd place in zones.
We loved watching her this year!