30 Years later

In the  fall of 1976 I went to Bible College in Toronto, Ontario Canada.  The name of the school is Toronto Baptist Seminary.  They had basically the same classes for everybody but if you already had a Bachelor's Degree and wrote a Thesis that was accepted you received a Masters Degree. I have recognized that I did not finish because I am not very good at Languages. You see I failed Greek twice and didn't even try Hebrew.  That convinced me to be interested in History.  I was pretty good in History but then I have to admit my classmates were those that had failed at languages also.  By the end of the second year I had fallen madly in love with Elizabeth. We decided that she would graduate and then we would get married and go to school somewhere else for me to finish my degree.  By the way, even though she wasn't good at Hebrew, we are both good at relationships - we have been happily married ever since that spring.  But then I have to get back to the main story.  If things had gone as we thought they would, I would have been ordained the fall of 1980.  It never happened.  We heard about making "shipwreck" from our Principal Dr. G.A. Adams several times a month.  It was something that really laid heavy on his heart for the students who did not see the course through.

We have not made any wrecks out of any ships, so far.  Everything hasn't been perfect, but it has been a blessing.  We were allowed to be part of a multitude of life-changing experiences doing our part in the Great Commission.  We have seen people follow Jesus on several continents; we have grown in grace and in the Word; we have studied many courses and read many books and read through the Bible many times.

September 15th, 2010 I was ordained in Smyrna, TN at LifePoint Church by wonderful friends and with three other men my sons' age.  It was a moving experience.  The following Sunday we were commissioned along with the Goen family, to go to Brussels, Belgium as missionaries, something we have been preparing for all of our lives.

I guess that we are slow learners, but we have learned patience along the way, knowing how to wait upon the Lord.  Please pray and support us along the rest of the Journey with Him!