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greatest influence, she says, is her husband. Early in their
marriage, after he’d carried in groceries, she saw him
kneeling on the kitchen floor. When she asked him why,
he said simply, “I’m grateful.” He was giving thanks for
the food they had just brought home. “He taught me
gratitude,” she says.
A Mother Teresa quote hangs in their home which sums
up Adell’s life: “We can do no great things, only small things
with great love.” That’s not just something she believes. It’s
how she lives.

Adell has faced illness in her life as well, but her faith has
never wavered. “When you look back on your life,” she
says, “it’s amazing all the ways God gets you through.”
She humbly remembers the physical healing she has
personally experienced.
this story, but I know it from my time in her classroom. Today, when alumni talk about their time at Trinity
A little girl in her class wouldn’t be having a birthday Christian School, they often talk about the Garcias. What
party because her mother was undergoing treatment they are really remembering is the legacy of ensuring
for a brain tumor. Mrs. Garcia opened her home for a that those around them are seen, noticed, and included.
celebration complete with make-up and a scavenger hunt
for her fourth-grade students. Looking back, it wasn’t Adell Garcia isn’t trying to change the world, but she is.
just a birthday party. It was a reminder to a child that She just loves people well which is a beautiful example
they were seen, valued, and loved. Today, forty years of what this weary world needs most.
later, it is a reminder to look for the opportunities that
surround us each day.
Today, Adell’s kindness is found around the kitchen
table and in other informal conversations at Glory Hills
Ranch on Bump Gate Road, a bed and breakfast that
she and her husband Ernie run near Boerne, Texas.
Hospitality was something she learned early. “My mom
and grandmother were very hospitable,” she says.
People may come for a place to sleep at Glory Hills, but
what they leave with is connection. Adell admits she is
naturally quiet and that meeting new people can feel
daunting. But once she meets them, something shifts. She
connects.

“We are preparing meals for people,” Adell says, “but
we’re feeding them in other ways, too.”

Guests don’t stay strangers for long. One of those guests
was a veteran with brain cancer who’d been told by
doctors he only had a short time to live. Adell and Ernie
placed their hands on him and prayed. That was thirteen
years ago, and he is still doing great! A couple from
Germany came. Adell didn’t force conversations or push
her beliefs. She listened. She prayed. She has stayed in
touch. She loves people where they are, always hoping
and praying about their eternal destiny. Serving the Lubbock area and
surrounding communities since 1950.
That’s the thing about Adell. She never needed a stage. We pride ourselves in making our home and surrounding
Her ministry happens in quiet, everyday moments. Her
communities a more beautiful and functional place to live.
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