This is a story about the MAN I am fond of calling my best friend. We do not talk everyday nor every month. But when we do talk it is like we are young boys again.
I would like to start in the beginning...I had just moved to Georgia and I was 15 years old and going through a tough time because I had just moved in with my lovely Aunt Jean and Uncle Henry who took me in while my parents were going through a messy divorce. I met this guy who could not have been more different in a lot of ways than me. He was one of those guys that everyone likes and I was a shy guy who had a hard time making friends. He must have sensed that and he reached out to me. He had the most wonderful family with two great Sisters and two great parents. His life was the complete opposite of mine. How we ended up being good friends I will never know except that providence brought us together.
We spent a great deal of time together in our work, school and interest in music. Then he had a major change in his life and he met the most wondeful girl Lisa and a few years later they got married. At this time my friend John started going through a transformation that was amazing to watch. I think he was a guy who always was a believer in Christ but with the help of Lisa he took that belief into action. He would volunteer for as much involvment in the Church as I think he could fit into his busy life while trying to raise a young family and make a decent living at the same time.
As John got older he started doing even more volunteer work. He has made numerous trips abroad for mission work and has raised the two most lovely children I think I have ever met. It is unusual to have a friend that not only do you like but you look up to as a true hero. John Schilling is in fact a hero of mine. There are very few people in life that you meet that have the characteristics of honesty and morality that as a peer you wish you could be as good as they are. I do not know how he became the Man he is but I am truly honored to call this Man my best friend.
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David - what an awesome blog! Now stop wondering how this happened...I will tell you. It is a God thing - it is not a one way street either. You have been there for him when he needed you most -- your relationship amazes me and I feel blessed to share in it. God has been hard at work in all our lives for a very long time-- he brought us all together and then, with Leslie...and isn't that cool that you and Leslie share such an awesome marriage...another God thing.... He loves you, John and I love you, our kids love you, Leslie & your kids love you, your family loves you, your other friends (Dave and Shannon especially)love you....maybe you need to look in the mirror and see another true HERO! See who we see. Love you! Lisa
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