Wednesday, January 19, 201, Day 4

                                                                          FROM SADNESS COMES JOY

About ten years ago, we had a niece with cystic fibrosis who passed away at Toledo Hospital.  A former member of Heritage Church called Pastor Fry to come help with the family and he was wonderful.  After his visitations we decided to go to his church for a couple of services basically to thank him.

After our second week in attendance, I found that I would be hospitalized for an angioplasty.  I called a couple of my friends to let them know.  Within 30 minutes, the Pastor called and said he would see us at the hospital in the morning.  I was stunned.  A little later his wife called.  I was thinking who are these people who really don’t know me and they are calling and caring about me.  It was amazing.

We have been at Heritage Church from that point on.  Both of our children met their spouses here.  My son came to a hobo dinner and met Andrea.  They married and gave us two grandsons.  One is in heaven and the other everyone knows, Jett.  God has been good.   Adam Keel, proposed to our daughter, Erin, in front of the entire congregation and they were married one year later.   They have now given us a beautiful granddaughter.

We have been so blessed at Heritage that I cannot imagine being any place else.

Ken Quigg
Chairman of Council