On a recent trip up through Alabama and Tennessee, we were able to spend time with some more life impacters.
Jeanne and I first became friends at BMA summer camp when I was 11 and she was 12.
Oh the pages and pages we have written as we fueled that friendship,
sharing the tales of youth, young adulthood, marriage, family, and ministry.
She has poured godly influence in my life since that time many years ago.
In 1986 we moved to Huntsville with four young children - ages 6, 5, 3 and 6 months old.
Kelly was one of those dear friends who invested in our family's life.
Thanks for the many hours of keeping kids entertained!
How can she look just like she did back then?
Pat and Charlie poured into our family in so many ways.
They poured special love and concern into the kids life, especially during the days
of my dad's illness and his entrance into eternity.
Charlie took his first foreign mission trip with us to Guatemala.
and continues influencing others in missions today as a pastor.
Nita and I shared life. There weren't many of us mothers of four children around.
We kept each other "sane" though our kids often wondered about that sanity, but we knew.
Don't think I could have made some of those days without her!
Doug and Kimber were a young couple who often took Rebecca on special outings.
Guess we have them to "thank" for her becoming such an Auburn tiger.
Kinda of hard for us Georgia bulldog parents!
But then she must have influenced them as well...
here they are posing with four of their seven children.
Vicki is the sister of a long time friend, Cathy.
David and I attended Cathy and David's wedding not many months after our own.
I remember well when Cathy asked us to pray for her sister,
that God would bring His choice of a husband to her.
Then about 15 years later after moving to Augusta,
we met Vicki and Bill, God's perfect choice for her.
Oh, the influence these dear friends have made in our lives!
Kim and Jerry were a young couple who first impacted our lives in Augusta.
We have followed with special interest as God blessed them with David and Andrew.
It has been exciting to watch as God continues to direct their paths and use them to impact others.
As we returned home, we enjoyed a tasty lunch break at the Blue Willow in Social Circle.
We are thankful for those who have invested in our lives,
impacting us and our children in the ways of God.
impacting us and our children in the ways of God.
