And thankfully not a baby! but we are definitely adding to our family. This morning about 930ish, Mark proposed to Shelbi on our front door step. He called me last week, we set up a Skype call for earlier this week since I have been traveling a lot, and we had a great conversation via Skype on Monday. He asked for our blessing and permission to ask Shelbi to marry him and we granted him that honor.
There are a lot of things that come flooding to my mind as I think about what has transpired and what will soon transpire as we prepare for a wedding, but the purpose of this post is to let you know that we are extremely excited about Mark and Shelbi being engaged and probably soon to be married. (I really can't say much about them wanting to get married soon since Sondra and I were engaged only about 6 months before we married.)
I do want to take a minute and let you know Mark from my perspective. The motto at our house is and has been, "boys are bad" and as they girls have gotten older I added the phrase, "but young men are okay.." I want to say that Mark is a young man that obviously loves Christ and our daughter. Here are a few things he has done to show what his true character is:
1. He called me late '09 to ask permission to date Shelbi. Sondra and I granted him permission with two stipulations 1. that he would continue to help Shelbi become more like Christ; and 2. that he would help her continue to live a life of purity in all aspects of her life. He agreed and the dating commenced.
2. He has always honored our position as Shelbi's parents.
3. He has always treated Shelbi, Morgan, Sondra and me with the utmost respect.
4. He won Morgan over after a few months of being around Shelbi. That is a very strong endorsement when Morgan gives anyone the okay (and I do not mean that sarcastically or lightly). Morgan is a very good judge of character and has great discernment. She knew that Mark was probably more than just a guy that Shelbi was hanging with and she wanted to be sure he was going to treat her with honor and respect.
There are many other things he has done but that will suffice for now. Any young men out there wanting to understand what it means to honor and respect a young lady and her parents and family, watch Mark Ellison. His parents and others in his life have taught him well.
One other thing - pray that we hit the lottery (for you purists, no, we don't play the lottery.) I hear weddings aren't cheap.
I do want to take a minute and let you know Mark from my perspective. The motto at our house is and has been, "boys are bad" and as they girls have gotten older I added the phrase, "but young men are okay.." I want to say that Mark is a young man that obviously loves Christ and our daughter. Here are a few things he has done to show what his true character is:
1. He called me late '09 to ask permission to date Shelbi. Sondra and I granted him permission with two stipulations 1. that he would continue to help Shelbi become more like Christ; and 2. that he would help her continue to live a life of purity in all aspects of her life. He agreed and the dating commenced.2. He has always honored our position as Shelbi's parents.
3. He has always treated Shelbi, Morgan, Sondra and me with the utmost respect.
4. He won Morgan over after a few months of being around Shelbi. That is a very strong endorsement when Morgan gives anyone the okay (and I do not mean that sarcastically or lightly). Morgan is a very good judge of character and has great discernment. She knew that Mark was probably more than just a guy that Shelbi was hanging with and she wanted to be sure he was going to treat her with honor and respect.
There are many other things he has done but that will suffice for now. Any young men out there wanting to understand what it means to honor and respect a young lady and her parents and family, watch Mark Ellison. His parents and others in his life have taught him well.
One other thing - pray that we hit the lottery (for you purists, no, we don't play the lottery.) I hear weddings aren't cheap.
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