Friends from Grand Prairie Bible Church

The Wassells, the Moores, Joyce Nies, the Jones, the Reeves, Patrice Villegas, the Bertas, the Stewarts and Ruth Bartholomew Smith. We took this photo at the very end of the afternoon just before the bride and groom left the church. There were several other families that left before we took this picture. Sorry we missed them.

Jordan Berta did a great job in capturing some candid shots of our friends

Susan Smith and daughter April attended. Bill and Fran Eubanks in the back ground. April lived with us in 1998-1999 kind of like a foreign exchange student in Bolivia.
Jenny Wassell and Abbey Moore

Susi Berta, Delores McCowen (my Mexican train domino partner), Linda English and Catherine S

Rachel Burdett Andersen, Bill and Janis Burdett. We've know the Burdetts since FOREVER. Our girls grew up in the nursery together. And how could we forget those WhiteWater days back in 1983 and 1984. I would drive my Suburban and we'd go around to the neighborhood and pick up our friends and all spend the morning at WhiteWater. The Jones, the Reeves, the Burdetts, the Wecks and others would join us for fun in the sun and a picnic lunch. We even had Ellen's 2nd birthday party at the Park.

Our good friends Richard Allen and Rosemary Farmer and son Timothy. Karen use to babysit Timmy when he was younger. Glenn first met Richard Allen in Guatemala, back in 2002 when he was the guest speaker for the CAM Guatemala conference. We have followed them on different occasions as helping Rosemary with some mission projects at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, even loaning out our car to them. Richard Allen was the guest soloist at Moody's Founder's week back in February of 2008.


Bruce and Shelly Akerly with Linda English. We've known these guys from way back also. The Akerly's daughter is Gary's age. And we'd reconnect each time we would come home for furlough.

Ed Bagby did a great job in some candid shots of the wedding. Thanks. Susie Berta is famous for being the mother of Jordan Berta, Gary's best friend. Gary is always welcomed to stay at the Berta's house when he is in town and not staying at Grandmommy's house. We've know Susie since forever. The Akerlys and Steve VanRooy. Steve is kinda related to us. He is married to Judy Beekman VanRooy, and Judy has a brother named Gary, whom we named our Gary after. Plus we met in the Beekman's home back in 1978 through Tom and Mary Beekman, friends from Moody and Wycliffe/Mexico.

Rachel and Janis

The Wassells and Moores. Karen babysat for Abbey when she was a newborn and we've know the Wassells since forever.

Judy