Our 27th wedding anniversary!
Today, Walter and I celebrate our anniversary.  Both our children at home are gone to weddings today.  So we will have a day to ourselves and maybe enjoy a special dinner out.  I have a new dress for just such an occasion as this!
I want to give tribute to my wonderful husband, Walter Selke, for being so faithful to our marriage covenant.  His love and commitment to Jesus first and then to me has been the third strand in that cord Solomon talked about in Ecclesiastes.
We have been through a lot in our 27 years together.  We both plunged into marriage and full-time ministry, spending our engagement months raising support.  Then just six months into our new life, we became pregnant with our firstborn.  Spending 4 months in training for our ministry, we came back to Regina with me 8 1/2 months pregnant and our first mortgage to pay.  Crazy first year!
Since then, we had our second son and a daughter all by our 5th anniversary.  We moved into a larger home in north-central, continuing to serve in the inner city.  The next year, we started Healing Hearts Ministry.
Almost 22 years since the inception of the new ministry, God has done amazing things.  How we have survived people coming and going, through our home and through the doors of the community centre, the Garnet House and now through our HH Ministry Centre on Angus Street, is only by the grace of the Almighty!  We have been discouraged, exhausted, distressed, anxious, confused, and afraid.  BUT we have also been encouraged, strengthened, calmed, full of faith, truth and boldness...all because that third strand of the cord has been Jesus Christ.
Today, we celebrate our marriage.  We celebrate our family.  We celebrate His ministry.
And we pledge to continue to "Trust in the Lord" with all our hearts as we anticipate the future.
I love you, Walter.  Thank you for so many great years!
XOXO