sorry this is about a week overdue, but i was in training all week last week for my new job and it was busy. i have listed the first five, here are my last five (these were in no particular order)
6. my dad - if you could hear my dad tell his story, i am pretty sure, you would just sit there with your jaw on the floor, but in the end you would have the biggest smile on your face, because he is a great man of God who has the biggest heart i have ever seen. seriously, he would literally give the shirt off of his back and i can't think of anything he would not do for people. i think this is definitely his best quality and i know i got my servant's heart from him. it would be so awesome if we could do a mission trip together, one day!!! when i was seven, my mom and step-dad (this is who i am talking about here, by the way) got married, and i know that i was not the easiest seven year old to take on. i could write a small novel about the hardships he faced, but i will give you a brief summary:: he had to move out of his home or left his home with his biological mother (his biological father died before he was born i think) and he was graciously taken in by a sweet, Christian lady who had quite a few kids herself (Granny Finger is all I knew as), he dropped out of school after the eighth grade to work, so he actually never learned to read past a middle school level, and i know there are many other things... the point is, he never let any of this stop him, he learned to read when i was 14 years old, he started his own business as a painter/pressure washer and stains cabinets and while there may be slower times in this economy, he is successful, he has provided everything that he and my mom could for my sister and me, and for that i can never say thank you enough, he has loved my mom the way the Bible says. seriously, one of the most amazing men i have ever had the pleasure of meeting, and the best part, God chose to make him my dad:)
7. connie and darren turner, stuart and sherry mullen, cindy and mitch cline, david and edie carpenter, and many others - younger, Christian couples at BCBC from when i was younger. seeing these couples portray what a Godly couple or Christian marriage looks like was a great example to a very young and impressionable girl. in a day or world where divorce is so prevalent and people do it all the time, it was very encouraging to see these couples and many others making it work and truly in love and putting God in the center of their marriages.
8. momaw and popaw abby - my grandmother's parents... momaw abby was the best, most hilarious women and popaw abby had a true heart of gold and laughed all the time. they loved each other and respected each other.
9. momaw saine - she was such a woman of God; everyone looked up to her. one of the most spiritually wise people ever. you should hear what people had to say about her. she sent all of us birthday cards on our birthdays with a bible verse. she journaled and prayed for our family so diligently.
10. the beams - their family has been dealt quite a few blows with cancer and they have handled this with great faith and they are have not let this dampen their spirit. hayley had thyroid cancer, frankie (the mom) had breast cancer, her sister patricia had cancer and unfortunately passed away from it, holly (hayley's twin) had a thyroid and breast cancer scare, but PTL all was clear, alisa (their older sister) had a thyroid scare recently, frankie's mother had breast cancer, johnathan, their brother had colon cancer at like 25, i am sure there is more, but they have rallied together and love each other that much more.
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