Saturday, April 20, 2013

A Tribute to Daddy

My precious and amazing Dad! It was December 19th of 2012 that Dad passed from this life into His eternal home with the Lord. He was 85.

This man who through much adversity and many adventures in living discovered that the joy of the Lord was His strength - every day. That the time spent on this earth was not to be without purpose.

There are so many memories we have of growing up with Daddy. One of my favorite things was that, of four daughters all of whom he loved equally, I got to share his birthday! He was a fun-loving adventurous spirit that liked to push the envelope.

A few favorite memories:

Swimming with Dad in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast. A crazy storm had come up and the waves were huge. Dad and I got out there on a small but sturdy raft. The waves were crashing over us and we had a blast...over and over we went out there laughing in our adventure until we crashed into a piling covered with barnacles. My leg was cut in several places but after looking at each other for a minute we said - "let's go for it" and got back out there! Good grief! There could have been sharks and I was sending them an open invitation for lunch...on me!

When we drove to Gramma and Grampa McComb's cabin there were three ice cream stands on the route. We always stopped for one along the way but one time we stopped at all three and we had a contest to see if we could make ours last til the next stop.

When he would come home from work he would chase us all around the house acting like a dangerous monster, laughing and roaring. Much to our delight we would run and hide and laugh and get caught and tickled and off we would go again.

Surprising our two daughters by having Dad come to the house early on a school day and announce "I'm going to Disneyland" and much to the children's delight we piled into the car and off we went for a wonderful day!

So many favorite memories that I could share if room allowed!

Dad loved his precious savior and Lord Jesus whom he dedicated his life to serve. His most recent ministry for the past several years was as an ambassador for Gospel for Asia. He loved this ministry and the work they accomplish to bring the good news to Asian countries through the work of indigenous missionaries that need our support. The children who are touched by the Bridge of Hope program of GFA held his heart tightly as he sought families to support these precious little ones who needed a helping hand.  Daddy loved his family and showed us all, by his example, to be grateful, to count our blessings and most of all to love the Lord and seek to serve Him in truth with all our hearts. I speak for all the family with these words: "We love you Daddy. We love you Grampa!"


1 comment:

  1. Oh I miss grandpa. He was such a wonderful man! I remember the Disneyland day and will never forget it. What fun we had and what a great grandpa he was!

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