Saturday, May 27, 2006

Friend needs prayer

My best friend and his wife live in Oelwein IA, where he pastors a small Presbyterian church. He's been one of my best friends for almost a decade...which is a long time for me. I visited with him the other week when he was in town for Presbytery. During dinner he told me he thinks his dad is having an affair. John's dad used John's computer to check his email. When John got back on his dad forgot to close the site he was on. John said based on the site his dad was on there was little doubt that his dad was having an affair. John, confronted his dad. His dad said he was not "having" an affair but that he "had little projects in the works".

John's parents have been married for a long time and have been through a lot in their time together. Part of what is happening is the empty nest syndrome, where all the kids have gone and now it's the two of them and their life now is now what they expected it would be.

If you have not heard about John here's his life in the last two years:
Married...moved from Austin...church problems...wife diagnosed with MS...bought a house...baby was born (incidentally the kid has the coolest God-father)...church going broke...beginning to circulate PIF...father having an affair...

John needs prayers from all of us...please keep him and his family in your prayers...

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