Wife of Craig, mom of Sarah, Jessica, Kyle, Lisa, Curt, and Cole, mom-in-love to Todd, Andrew, Vanessa, and Emily. Called Grammy by JC, Jayci, Trinity, Cambria, Titan, Braden, Adelaide, Cory, Whitney, Melissa, Ian, Mila, Lukas, Julie, Kate, and Susie, and Great Grammy by Elsie Mae. Black Lab Pepper rounds out the family!
Thom Reed is a long-time family friend (25+ years.)
When he was one of Craig's students at the University of Illinois, he used to come hang out at our home. Our kids loved to have him around; one of my favorite memories is when we went back to school shopping for Family Home Evening at Kmart, and Thom came along with us. As we walked through the aisles, other kids looked at Thom (who's is 6'5" or so) with wide eyes, whispering, ""Shaquille O'Neil! It's Shaq! Wow!" which cracked us all up.
He now works for the Church and is responsible for the Freedmen's Bureau Project, a project that reaches out to the African American community and helps them trace their roots through slave records.
Thom is one of the best of the best. Recently Sarah asked him to talk about what it means to him to be truly converted to the Lord, and this is what he had to say. It's about five minutes long, but a truly touching testimony.
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