Here's another installment on the history of Morning Star Fellowship in Kye Valley. Ed Hart, Jack Kealy, and Marty Stephens are still in their college years.
3 Friends
Back home in New York Jack had a girlfriend named Sophia. They were high school sweethearts. They were married the summer after his first year of college. Jack and Sophia moved to an apartment near the college campus. Sophia worked at an insurance company while Jack continued attending college.
Ed and Marty remained good friends with Jack. As time went on a Bible study was started in Jack and Sophia's apartment. It was open to ministry students at the college. Ed, Jack, and Marty took turns leading it.
Almost two years after Jack and Sophia were married their first son was born. They named him Jack Jr. Father and son were affectionately called Big Jack and Little Jack. Sophia was now a stay at home mom. Every month Jack's parents sent him some money to help pay bills.
At this point in time Ed, Jack, and Marty were going into their fourth year of college. They were still holding the Bible study once a week. But it had grown to about 40-50 people and a little too big for Jack and Sophia's little apartment. Besides that there was a little baby there now.
Sophia suggested moving the Bible study to their apartment complex's clubhouse. But Ed, Jack, and Marty discovered that the clubhouse came with a rental fee. They did not have enough money between them to pay the cost, and they really did not want to ask their fellow students for donations. They knew that college students generally did not have very much extra money to spend. Jack mentioned the situation to his parents in a letter home. His father, who happened to be a businessman, called him and offered to send the money every month to pay for the rent. The three friends took him up on his offer. Then the Bible study moved to the clubhouse. Jack's father faithfully sent him the rent money every month.
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