Today is a wonderful day for me.  I celebrate 24 years of marriage to the most wonderful woman I know.  Its hard to believe it has gone by so fast.

I met Sandy at her dad’s church (Kenneth Cofer, Trinity Hill Baptist Church) one Wednesday night when I came to hear a good friend preach in the service.  She was extremely shy and didn’t say much.  I went back to the church for their Labor Day picnic with my church and got to talk to her for just a moment.  It felt like everyone there was trying to put us together.  I called her later that week, or thought I was anyway, but got her brother’s house instead.  Somehow in all the mess ups and shyness we ended up married a year later on the 8th of September 1984.

I think about all the things we have shared and enjoyed together.  We lived in the 100 year old house that her dad grew up in for the first 4 years we were married.  She was used to her dad coming home at the same time every day and had to really adjust to living with someone who was gone before sun up and home after sundown.  She is a tireless worker that has made sure our home was always happy and a joy to come home to.

If you know Sandy, you know that she is always giving of herself.  She thinks of others constantly and is my secret weapon.  She has been there standing with me through everything I have ever faced and has built me up more times than I can count.   I honestly do not know how I could have done anything without her.

She has a laugh you can hear in a crowd and is usually having fun in whatever she is doing.  There are few things that make her as happy as working with kids or holding babies.  The picture is of her holding a little boy at the Efata Ministry in Lima Peru.  She has a way with children.  We have had the pleasure of traveling around the US and to many foreign countries.  The Lord has blessed us with 24 years, three wonderful children and a fine daughter in law.   I thank the Lord for His goodness.

Sandy, I love, respect and admire you.  You are truly a virtuous woman.

Happy Anniversary

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