Houston Rivers Update

Hola Familia!!

We hope everyone is doing well. From the recent posts it sounds like everyone is blessed, and that makes our hearts glad :)

Things are cooking down here in Houston. Literally, it is so hot you can fry an egg on the side walk. Pops must have taken the decent weather with him back to Kansas. Speaking of which... it was such pleasure having him visit the city, seeing the sites, and eating great food. Of course there was pie... with whipped cream.

   

 


He even went shopping at the Galleria for 2 hours. Rivers wanted to keep going, but Pops and Q were ready to throw in the towel. Thanks for letting us borrow him Momma Wandean.

Here is the latest and greatest with the Rivers 2.0 Team

Rivers

• Lots of travel coming up (Outreach in New Orleans starting July 15 and training in NYC starting July 22)
• Lee's Birthday July 27... secret surprises pending
• Lee was recently elected as Chairman of the Generation Study Abroad Marketing and Outreach Committee, and he will be featured in a promo video coming soon to theaters near you :)
• Lee has been taking longer bike rides... we may need to upgrade the bike soon with some higher gears
• Both went and took our photos to update passports for our Europe trip in the Fall
• Lee recently became the proud Uncle of Landon Ramsey Rivers.

Q

• Training in El Paso, TX on Economic Justice for Survivors
• Preparing a variety of paper/poster presentations on the following topics: Male Victims of Domestic Violence; Mental Illness & Intimate Partner Violence; and of course Minor Sex Trafficking. The goal is to submit proposals at various conferences in Texas to train and educate advocates in the field
• Selected for the Planning Committee for the 2014 Big Dipper Dash for Human Trafficking Awareness Month in September
• Was recently selected to assist in the training of over 50 Assistant Attorney Generals in the State of Texas on Family Violence Criminal Cases
• Recently joined one of the choirs at church - Psalms of David (POD) Ministry. Good times!
• Hosting a Ladies Book Club at the end of the month
• New Hobby: Spending time on Facebook looking for recently posted pictures of Landon to add to our Wall of Landon in our living room.

Well, that about wraps it up down here in the Bayou City. We are trying to stay cool, but not get in the habit of being stuck in the house during the warm summer. Anyone else up for a visit, just let us know!! 

Hugs,

~ Uncle Lee and Aunt Q (formerly know as just Lee and Q)