The fact that I lived in six towns and attended fourteen schools before I met my wife, prepared me for a life of transitions, but I just wasn\u2019t sure about her.\u00a0\u00a0She had lived in one town and three houses all her pre-college years.\u00a0\u00a0Could she handle six towns, fourteen houses, plus travel to all fifty states, every Canadian Province, and fifty-nine countries?\u00a0\u00a0Not only has she done it, she turned out to love it, except that in many places, she didn\u2019t want to leave so soon.\u00a0\u00a0Last week was a delight for her.\u00a0\u00a0Of all the places we have been, Germany ranks way up toward the top.\u00a0\u00a0Joanne even claimed and proved to have distant relatives in Germany.\u00a0\u00a0So last week was extra special for her.\u00a0\u00a0We took my Teaching Assistant Andreas and his wife Anna out to dinner and then to our house for dessert and fellowship \u2013 actually, lots of talk about Germany, since that is their home country. Two nights later we hosted IMB Missionaries who live in Bonn, Germany and who have been serving as Missionary Guest Professors at SWBTS this semester. Again, lots of talk about Germany, especially since I taught for a semester sabbatical plus a few short-term sessions at the Bible Seminary in Bonn. As we approach our sixtieth wedding anniversary this summer, and as our globe-trotting begins to slow down, I give thanks that God matched me with a wife who not only loved to travel but has made friends all over the globe. I am extremely grateful that \u201cwhat God . . .\u00a0\u00a0joined together\u201d (Matthew 19:5) has been a delightfully good thing.<\/p>\n
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