My Ideal Person
Looking for someone to walk with and share our lives together. Not looking for someone "to meet my needs" but one whose way of life I value and respect and who values and respects and understands the life I live and wants to share in it as I do theirs.

Favorite films: too many to detail

What are your favorite musicians or bands?: Andre Bocelli, Josh Groban, ...and who knows who else!

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Please describe your faith. How important is your faith to you?
faith is the anchor of my life...it is what He holds onto me with...it is my assurance that He is holding and keeping me even when I wander and I am "prone to wander"...he is prone to find me!

Which Scripture verses are most important to you?
Christ in me the Hope of Glory... Predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ predetermined before the foundation of the EArth.. By Him and through him are all things.. Accepted in the Beloved....

Why is a Christian relationship so important to you?
spiritual itimacy is one of the foundational aspects of a solid relationship. Without spiritual intimacy being rooted in Jesus Christ..there is no true Life!

Where did you grow up? Where have you traveled? What are some of your favorite places to visit?
Born in Southern Idaho to parents in the ministry...moved to Northern Idaho where my dad pastored until we moved to Chehalis Washington in 1952. Have been in Lewis County Washington since 1952, save 3 years in the Petaluma California area where I finished college at Sonoma State University. Made one trip to the East Coast in 1964,through Texas, been no further south that Paso Robles in California. Have seen much of Washington State but not a lot of traveling. I love the beach and the mountains....like quiet gettaways...would love a nice quiet weekend overlooking the ocean!

What are your favorite activities both at Church and outside?
I love plays and movies...try to attend the plays and musicals at the local college...too far away to go to the "city" for big plays...which I would love to see some days, some operas and ballets, and some of the more commercial things like Ice Skating. I enjoy musical events but have never been to any "big concerts"...and not sure I want to. I am a small group person....like bible studies and discussion groups...especially where I am the facilitator!! grin!!

What is your day like? Describe your daily routine.
I work four 10 hour days...well, I get paid for 10. Generally I work 11 hours...as am on salary...I run an office as sole counselor and do treatment for all the clients at our small rural chemical dependency treatment center. On the weekends I do some private clients in my home office, and catch up with family and do my own personal socializing

What are some of your personal and spiritual goals?
I would like to finish the two books that I have started I would like to have a full clientele of private clients or as many as I would care to have....and would like to continue to learn and grow as to how to relate to people and assist them in learning out to meet their personal needs. I'd like to do some ministry work...whereever God opens the door...maybe mission work..teach some bible studies again...