Anniversary Day!!!

Happy Anniversary to my beautiful bride.  I love you so much Stephanie.
This is our newest grand baby Libby.  I am so thankful for the care that Stephanie has given to me and our family and those that God has put in her path over these 30 years.
A simple man serving a great God and the local pastor of Stillwater Community Chapel (stillwater-chapel.org). We are in our 39th year of full time ministry. God directed us to this local body of believers on the Western Range of the Rockies to grow with them in mission and mindedness of Christ.

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