The month of October has special meaning to Pat and Del Bertsch its our anniversary month. Our anniversary is the 23rd. of October. How I met their mother is still the best experience that I ever had.
I was working for my friend Marv in the freight business. He was my sponsor in AA so we had a good relationship. I didn't expect that he would become my father in-law nor did he. I had walked by his desk hundreds of times, saw Pat's picture there, but never payed much attention. One day as I walked past the desk I had a prophetic moment. The Lord said "you and Pat will get married someday." I never thought that was possible! She was married and so was I.
I met the person I was married to while I was in treatment for alcoholism. She continued to pursue drinking, I was trying to stay sober. All the problems of drinking were present in that marriage, and they were getting worse instead of better. I was talking to Marv one day, and decided that divorce was my only option. I asked if I could have a pay advance to start the process. He agreed, still neither of us ever thought that we would have a father son relationship.
After my divorce was final, I went to work one day and Marv asked if I would take a truck and go with Pat to Brookings and pick up her personal belongings. I was taken by surprise. He hadn't mentioned Pat was having problems. I agreed, but first I was to go over to his mothers house and pick her up. He's the boss. I followed his request.
While driving to Brookings I got to know her a little bit. Small talk, likes/dislikes, and what kind of music she like. Just visiting. Her dad called her one day, and asked if she would like to go along to get a load off turkeys. She thought that he was talking about going to Canada. She said no. Sow I said to him let me call her, I explained that we were going about 40 miles from town, she agreed to go along. Our first date, a truck load of turkeys, her father, Pat, and Del.
After we got back to town I offered to cook supper. She agreed. We enjoyed the outing. I liked her and she liked me. I invited her to a AA Christmas party. When her father heard about it, he was not pleased, and I decided not to take her. The next week she started to work for her father. I got to see her every day, we would get a bite to eat and talk. One day after we had been together a short time, I got bold and told her that we would get married.
The odds off us making by our standards slim to none, in Gods standard we couldn't fail. When the Lord spoke to my heart about Pat, he had a very special purpose for us. He always knows the right time and the right person. I thank God every day for our special relationship
I was working for my friend Marv in the freight business. He was my sponsor in AA so we had a good relationship. I didn't expect that he would become my father in-law nor did he. I had walked by his desk hundreds of times, saw Pat's picture there, but never payed much attention. One day as I walked past the desk I had a prophetic moment. The Lord said "you and Pat will get married someday." I never thought that was possible! She was married and so was I.
I met the person I was married to while I was in treatment for alcoholism. She continued to pursue drinking, I was trying to stay sober. All the problems of drinking were present in that marriage, and they were getting worse instead of better. I was talking to Marv one day, and decided that divorce was my only option. I asked if I could have a pay advance to start the process. He agreed, still neither of us ever thought that we would have a father son relationship.
After my divorce was final, I went to work one day and Marv asked if I would take a truck and go with Pat to Brookings and pick up her personal belongings. I was taken by surprise. He hadn't mentioned Pat was having problems. I agreed, but first I was to go over to his mothers house and pick her up. He's the boss. I followed his request.
While driving to Brookings I got to know her a little bit. Small talk, likes/dislikes, and what kind of music she like. Just visiting. Her dad called her one day, and asked if she would like to go along to get a load off turkeys. She thought that he was talking about going to Canada. She said no. Sow I said to him let me call her, I explained that we were going about 40 miles from town, she agreed to go along. Our first date, a truck load of turkeys, her father, Pat, and Del.
After we got back to town I offered to cook supper. She agreed. We enjoyed the outing. I liked her and she liked me. I invited her to a AA Christmas party. When her father heard about it, he was not pleased, and I decided not to take her. The next week she started to work for her father. I got to see her every day, we would get a bite to eat and talk. One day after we had been together a short time, I got bold and told her that we would get married.
The odds off us making by our standards slim to none, in Gods standard we couldn't fail. When the Lord spoke to my heart about Pat, he had a very special purpose for us. He always knows the right time and the right person. I thank God every day for our special relationship
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