A Jon Post
Well… we’re leaving Arizona on Monday. Here come the last times I’ll do some things… at least for the next 2-3 years. That gets hard some times.
Last time I see my brother Joseph. What a man he is. He got married on Sunday to a fantastic girl that he will love wildly for the rest of his life. What a man he is. I hugged him and cried as I let him go. He’s on his honeymoon now and I won’t see him before we go.
Last time I get together with all my brothers. This group of LionMen. This band of warriors. These poets of love, deed and their Christ. I love these men.
Last time I sit with my sister and dream of futures and of life. What an angel. Always taking the next step in love. Always encouraging, always such a model of the hand and love of Christ. What a missionary. What incredible love.
Last time I hug my mother. My mother… who loved… loves me for 27 years and beyond. Never wavering. I’ve never seen disappointment in her eyes. Always pride in her son. Always love. What a woman.
Last time I sit and listen to the wisdom of my father. Maybe… someday… I’ll be like that man. I can dream… I can dream.
Last time I see dear friends. Last time I can sit and glean from all these wise men and women around me. All these shoulders that we stand on as Layne and I go boldly into the unknown. We don’t have to fear it. We go with you.
A week of lasts. What precious memories.
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The only good thing about lasts, is all the firsts that lay ahead:) We love you guys and send blessings your way!
Jon & Layne,
What an exciting time for both of you…actually I think since you have met and married it has been a whirlwind of adventure together :) You are both amazing examples of Christ’s servants. Thank you for always doing His will and following Him wherever he leads you no matter how hard it can be sometimes. I love you both and can’t wait to see you when you come home to Corpus!
Love this last post. Especially the part about your father. It caused me to pray that I would be the kind of father that evokes such a comment from my children someday.
Lasts. How we dread them sometimes. And with all the dreading, we cannot stem the tide of lasts. They come anyway … in their own time.
I have tried to ignore the inevitability of this time of lasts, but here it is. I will cry again, as I have cried countless times before when you have left for a season that, for all I knew, could be forever. Here we are again. This time with precious Layne by your side. How grateful I am for that wonderful girl! How I will miss you both.
Let’s make the most of our lasts …… until our next time :-D
love you and miss you already. can it really be that you’re going so soon and for so long? it still seems so surreal. i hope and pray i can come see you soon. maybe there’ll be little ones to play together. :) love you both so much!
First off, is that Risk I see? :)
This post touched me Jon. While you’ve done these “lasts” before, it’s probably much different now that there are so many unknowns and you have a wife! :) None the less, like Amy said…..there are so many firsts that lay ahead of you! Praying for you both as you walk forward in this amazing journey! :)
And Momma Heller……you’re comment touched me. Strait from a missionary mom’s heart! May the Lord bless you and Dan for your faithfulness to Him! :)