Turning Points
Life is a journey. It has a beginning and it has an end. All along its path are events, places
and people who are turning points. Here, I relate some of these turning points in my own
journey. Hopefully, the stories will illuminate and maybe entertain some of those who care
enough to read.
Life is a journey. It has a beginning and it has an end. All along its path are events, places
and people who are turning points. Here, I relate some of these turning points in my own
journey. Hopefully, the stories will illuminate and maybe entertain some of those who care
enough to read.
One of twins, she was born in West Virginia to a large family but her
parents moved them to Florida when she was still in grade school. So
Judy Steorts finished school while living at a fishing camp in the
central part of the state where she was saved through the youth
ministry at a local Methodist church there.
Her parents gave her not the least encouragement in spiritual
parents moved them to Florida when she was still in grade school. So
Judy Steorts finished school while living at a fishing camp in the
central part of the state where she was saved through the youth
ministry at a local Methodist church there.
Her parents gave her not the least encouragement in spiritual
matters but after spending a year at University of Florida, she followed the advice of her pastor and
moved to Kentucky where she enrolled at Asbury, a Christian college.
I met her while she was taking a “sabbatical” from college and was working in downtown Louisville
where she also lived in the Christian Women’s club. She was assisting in the ministry to soldiers
that was being run by the chaplain of a Methodist retirement home and his wife. I had been
introduced to that ministry myself when the chaplain found my lost scripture memory pack at the
tennis courts at Cherokee Park.
We both became charter members of a home bible study in the home of Jack and Helen Gibson.
Judy attended the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church as did the Gibsons and others in the
bible study, including myself. Judy wanted to finish her education so she returned to school and in
1968 she was graduated from Asbury College. That summer following, she spent in Colorado as a
counsellor at a youth camp. When she returned to a full time job in Louisville, she lived for a while
with the Gibsons before taking a small apartment near by.
In early February 1969, Judy experienced a great boost in her spiritual life after a long struggle. Soon
after that she and I began a courtship a good bit more serious than the friendship we had enjoyed
before. In the summer we became engaged and were married in October. Certainly, it was one of
the turning points of my life.
moved to Kentucky where she enrolled at Asbury, a Christian college.
I met her while she was taking a “sabbatical” from college and was working in downtown Louisville
where she also lived in the Christian Women’s club. She was assisting in the ministry to soldiers
that was being run by the chaplain of a Methodist retirement home and his wife. I had been
introduced to that ministry myself when the chaplain found my lost scripture memory pack at the
tennis courts at Cherokee Park.
We both became charter members of a home bible study in the home of Jack and Helen Gibson.
Judy attended the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church as did the Gibsons and others in the
bible study, including myself. Judy wanted to finish her education so she returned to school and in
1968 she was graduated from Asbury College. That summer following, she spent in Colorado as a
counsellor at a youth camp. When she returned to a full time job in Louisville, she lived for a while
with the Gibsons before taking a small apartment near by.
In early February 1969, Judy experienced a great boost in her spiritual life after a long struggle. Soon
after that she and I began a courtship a good bit more serious than the friendship we had enjoyed
before. In the summer we became engaged and were married in October. Certainly, it was one of
the turning points of my life.
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