Happy Birthday, Chris

Chris, it's been about ten years since you moved

to the Fraser Valley in order to

spend time with a girl you got to know in College

a few years earlier.

You made your agenda quite clear . . . and I always

liked that about you.

I remember one of the first times you walked into the

front door and called out, "I'm home."

As a single guy, living on your own, our home

became your home for suppers and laundry.

Yes, I got to fold your socks and underwear,

just like I did for the rest of the family.

It was easy to have you around, because you never

acted like a guest.

I loved it when you'd check to see what was cooking or

just sit down at the piano

and play old Keith Green songs for fun.

At the wedding, the following year, we said that we lost two kids,

not just one.

Chris, you're not a kid anymore! You have grown in favor with God and man in so many ways. You've dreamed dreams and are living them out as you serve overseas. You are a great dad and a wonderful husband and son-in-law!

We wish you God's continued blessing and protection.

"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:30,31

Happy Birthday!
Love, Mom and Dad