saying good bye

i have always said that there are 2 people responsible for my amazing husband. 2 people mentored chris, directed, counseled him. as a young man, as husband to be and then husband, as a godly father and now children's pastor.

one was his natural father. vati was the one who taught chris how to be a great husband, how to love his wife, care for the house, communicate with me (it's a constant work in progress). protect, secure, love, cherish and love me continuously. chris grew up watching the best in action.

one was his spiritual father. mr. power took chris under his wing at a pivotal point in chris's life. chris has been saved for a few yrs and was looking to grow deeper. mr. power hooked his arm over chris's shoulder and guided him from a young man into adulthood. mr. power showed chris god's love in his teaching, guidance, advise, love, stories and many, many mugs of coffee. i know for a fact that chris is the man of god that he is because of mr. power's hands on influence in his life.

i was introduced to mr. power shortly after chris and i started dating. i immediately loved him and felt accepted.

for the last 5 yrs. the powers have been a huge support to us. from our newly wed days to the struggles on conceiving to our advise council as children's pastors. no one knew of the phone calls, many emails, prayers, love and laughs that mr. power gave us as we began our journey as pastors. if it was not for his godly insight, advise, wisdom and mentor ship, we would not have been able to start jump the way we did. we did more than tap into his fountain of knowledge.

mr. power went home to partay it up in heaven saturday night. i do have peace knowing where he is today but oh how i will miss him. going to ontario and stopping by was always a 'must do' on the list. how i will miss that. i will miss the emails, the calls, the advise and love.

mr. power, thank you for all that you did for us. we love you, oh how we miss you and we are looking forward to visiting with you again one day....and i am sure chris will bring the coffee and his tools to fix something for you!!

thank you for showing me how to just simply love people.

Posted by mel at 9:50 AM