A Memory from 1970

I was thinking about the Sign Post for Troy. We were married in September of 1970 just before the fall semester started at the University of Idaho. Troy is a small farm community about 7 miles away from the University and I (Rod) had found this cozy little place on a farm. It was a 10 x 70 foot (yep, that's 700 sq. ft.)trailer house and we set up housekeeping as husband and wife there. It was a sweet place to live and we felt like real grown up people. Since I had been raised on a farm, I felt very much at home there. I was 19 and my sweet beautiful wife was...I'll just say a little older than me!  We were able to live in this lovely little house for just under one year. Plans changed for Chris's schooling and we had to head south to Boise, Idaho by June of 1971.  While we have very fond memories of our first year as married people, the best thing that happened to us during that first year was our coming to know the Lord Jesus Christ. We had acually met at a little Baptist church in Moscow, Idaho because my roomate and Chris's roomate took us to church with them there. We kept going as a young married couple and the church people took us in so to speak and loved us and were very kind to us. Our Pastor there was named Bendon Ginn. He and his wife Dot were very patient with us and always treated us like someone very special to them. I often think of them and marvel that God put such nice people in our path to help us come to know Him.  In the spring of 1971, we went to a revival service there and both of us, at the same time, realized we were "religious," but we had never personally asked Jesus to forgive us of our sins. So we did!  We were baptized a short time later and then by June we had to leave these very wonderful people and headed off for a great adventure. I didn't know it at the time, but I found out that following the Lord is quite an exciting life. My current pastor once said to me, "once you've tried supernatural you will never want to go back!"  He of course meant the spiritual life (which is supernatural) we have in following the Lord. And it is true. I have never wanted to go back and The Lord has done many miraculous things in our lives ever since. He continues to do so even today.  More adventures later.