While dating, Dan and I attended Hope Baptist Church, where we had many great friends. We still stay in touch with some of these friends today! Don and Sue Howlett were two of our closest friends in the dating years, and continue to be close friends, and wonderful supporters for both, Dan and me.
We purchased our first house in June of 1969 for a mere $9000. Prices sure have increased, haven't they?! It was a large house, just down the road from Dan's mom, in Kansas City, KS. There was a sweet lady, Mary Supica, who lived next door, and treated our family as her own. We continued visiting her throughout the years after we moved.
In 1976, we began attending Elm Grove Baptist Church in Bonner Springs, KS. At the time, it was a wonderful little country church, and continued to grow during the thirteen years we attended. The pastor, Sandy Seaba, was one of Dan's very best friends. They could do a double-play in the church's softball league like no other! They always enjoyed their memories of softball together. Up until a few years ago, we enjoyed celebrating at the Outback Steakhouse with Sandy, and his wife, Debbie, every year for our anniversary. They were married just one week before us!
In 1977, we purchased 3 wooded acres in the country in DeSoto, KS. Two of Dan's brothers, Jimmy and Larry, helped build our new house. This is the house we lived in together for 36 years, and raised our family. There are so many special memories! While building our new house we lived in a small, old farmhouse in another part of DeSoto, and at the edge of a cornfield. It was an adventure of chickens, dogs, cats, baths in washtubs because of frozen pipes, clothes lines, and raising our children. It was a lot of fun!
For a few years, after leaving Elm Grove Baptist Church, we helped a friend, Don Call, begin a church in Eudora, KS. It was a growing experience, and one we are grateful to have.
For the past 22 years we have attended Overland Park Baptist Temple in Overland Park, KS. This church is our home, and we are blessed with a wonderful pastor, staff, and friends.
As you can see, throughout our years together, our faith in God has been very important. We have relied on Him heavily throughout the years, but maybe not so much as we are now...especially me. People often remark on the strength they have seen in me throughout Dan's illness, but I know that strength doesn't come from me...it comes from God. He is carrying me through. He is carrying Dan through...even on his most difficult, agitated, confused days. We rest in Him.
Ginger ~ loving wife to Dan
We purchased our first house in June of 1969 for a mere $9000. Prices sure have increased, haven't they?! It was a large house, just down the road from Dan's mom, in Kansas City, KS. There was a sweet lady, Mary Supica, who lived next door, and treated our family as her own. We continued visiting her throughout the years after we moved.
In 1976, we began attending Elm Grove Baptist Church in Bonner Springs, KS. At the time, it was a wonderful little country church, and continued to grow during the thirteen years we attended. The pastor, Sandy Seaba, was one of Dan's very best friends. They could do a double-play in the church's softball league like no other! They always enjoyed their memories of softball together. Up until a few years ago, we enjoyed celebrating at the Outback Steakhouse with Sandy, and his wife, Debbie, every year for our anniversary. They were married just one week before us!
In 1977, we purchased 3 wooded acres in the country in DeSoto, KS. Two of Dan's brothers, Jimmy and Larry, helped build our new house. This is the house we lived in together for 36 years, and raised our family. There are so many special memories! While building our new house we lived in a small, old farmhouse in another part of DeSoto, and at the edge of a cornfield. It was an adventure of chickens, dogs, cats, baths in washtubs because of frozen pipes, clothes lines, and raising our children. It was a lot of fun!
For a few years, after leaving Elm Grove Baptist Church, we helped a friend, Don Call, begin a church in Eudora, KS. It was a growing experience, and one we are grateful to have.
For the past 22 years we have attended Overland Park Baptist Temple in Overland Park, KS. This church is our home, and we are blessed with a wonderful pastor, staff, and friends.
As you can see, throughout our years together, our faith in God has been very important. We have relied on Him heavily throughout the years, but maybe not so much as we are now...especially me. People often remark on the strength they have seen in me throughout Dan's illness, but I know that strength doesn't come from me...it comes from God. He is carrying me through. He is carrying Dan through...even on his most difficult, agitated, confused days. We rest in Him.
Ginger ~ loving wife to Dan
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