Welcome to another exciting episode of The River Foundation Podcast! On our show today, husband and wife duo Wes and Roni Perry join us for a chat about marriage, family, and balancing your faith and career. Wes and Roni Perry are long-time friends of Jess and Angela Correll, and currently serve on the board of the First Southern Family of Companies. Wes is the co-founder, along with his two sons, of PBEX and previously served as the Mayor of Midland, Texas for six years. You won't want to miss the sweet story of how they met or how they came to adopt their daughter.

Episode Highlights:

[1:22] "I was the straight and narrow girl, and he was the wild child."

[3:02] "I had never done that with any girl before I met her."

[4:31] We hear about Wes & Roni's "religious to relationship conversion".

[6:21] In 1981, the town they were living in "went from a peak to a bust", and suddenly Roni and Wes find themselves reevaluating their life.

[7:21] Roni explains how they came to have their eldest daughter. "At 12 her mother died, and she was put in foster care..."

[9:10] "Maybe we should have left her there..." Roni describes some of the more challenging moments in their adoption story.

[11:01] Wes and Roni tell us about their work outside of the church, and the impacts that work has had on their own lives.

[13:00] Wes believed that God loved this certain sector of people more than others. Once that belief was shattered, he reassessed his career path.

Episode Resources:

Book: Go Outside

Website: PBEX