What can I say, the Lord must have thought I was pretty special to put such wonderful men in my life! Starting with a dad that was sold out to God, 11 wonderful brothers 5 of whom are great men of God, a wonderful Son that has been such a blessing to me, and a wonderful son in law that we love dearly  as well as 2 beautiful grand sons  we get to watch grow into great men!
.....but I met the best man of all back in 1977 in Saint John, New Brunswick. It all began one cold wintery night  we went on a sleigh ride with our church family! Our next real date alone, was at the Saint John museum, ( he hadn't been serving the Lord that long, and thought "where do you take an apostolic girl on a date") I think the museum was a great spot! He showed to me from that day on his respect and love for me! To take such thought into where and what to do on a first date showed me he had great integrity! He has been a loving husband and a great provider to our family through the years!His faith and love for God has proven stronger and stronger as time moved us on in life!  I remember one time while we were in bible school, we needed money for a bill, he prayed and the next week we recieved money from an anonymous source, he hadn't told me about the need or anyone else until after he recieved the blessing! We needed a car, and he had his eye on a little brown Vega, ( now that car alone has many funny stories, but that is another blog all together, lol )he really felt it would be a good car for us but we didn't have the money to purchase ( and it was believe me, smile)! Again we were in bible school, he once again never mentioned a word to anyone, wasn't long a friend from the school went to him and offered to lend him the very amount of money that was needed to get that car without ever asking for it! That car lasted us a long time, and Wayne always said it lasted us because God gave it to us! We have many stories of how God stepped in and made a way! A faithful man is hard to find, this man is faithful in all ways! He not only is a faithful husband to me, he has been and still is a faithful saint of God! He has the full respect of his children because of his great example as a Godly man, he knows the Word Of God because he has studied it, he is faithful in his relationship with Him! He is a best friend to our boy, he has shown him how to stand for God on a work site and proclaim the gospel there when the opportunity presents itself! Anytime they ever left a construction site most knew that he was a christian, what a wonderful example for a son!
Yes.... here we are 34 years later, his faith has not wavered, he is now a wonderful papa that loves his grand babies! Are good men hard to find? Yes, but when God gives you one it makes all the difference in the world.

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