VW John

It's hard to believe that it is 3 years since my brother John passed away. I really miss the guy, his big hardy laugh, his caring for his little sister, his love for his kids, his admiration for his church and most of all, his devotion to the Lord. Since his death I've been able to read some of his journals and see his heart cry to the Lord. He just wanted to serve the Lord with all that he had, his heart's desire was to walk close with the Lord and in the end the Lord just called him home.



John lived his life with passion. He had faced his illness head on a long time ago and accepted the fact that he wouldn't live a long life. He knew that he wouldn't live to grow old so he made the most of every day that he had.



His life changed when his wife left him during the biggest challenge of his life, a kidney transplant. The years following were very different for John in many ways. He couldn't work at a regular job because he was ill so much.


So he made the most of the days he could work and began restoring old VW's. It grew to be lucrative for him. The most fun for John was finding an old Bug someone had abandoned and restoring it to show room condition.





Isn't that how God works with us, He takes us as we are, diamonds in the rough and works out the dents and smoothes the rough patches and shines us all up pretty again.

John's life was full of people who crossed his path. Some of them were real characters. VW fans can be an interesting bunch. At his Memorial Service there were a few groups of people: Family, Church family, Former co-workers, and VW guys. After the service they gathered together and did a "cruise-by" in John's honour. He would've been proud.

Here's to you John. You were a great brother and I miss you lots.