Here's another installment on the history of Morning Star Fellowship in Kye Valley. I want to finish up the college years of Ed Hart, Jack Kealy, and Marty Stephens.
3 Friends
Ed Hart, Jack Kealy, and Marty Stephens all graduated with their Bachelor degrees in the spring. That summer Marty married his girlfriend Jane whom he had met at the college. They both moved to the same apartment complex where Jack and Sophia lived.
Ed, Jack, and Marty started seminary in the fall. Seminary lasted two years. Jack and Sophia's younger son Frederick was born during that last semester.
Sophia noticed that Jack spent most of his time with his college studies and teaching preparations for the Bible study. About the only time he spent with her and the boys was to take them to church. Sometimes he managed to spend a meal with them.
"How about we and the boys go over to the park?" Sophia asked Jack one Saturday morning. "Little Jack loves the swings."
Jack replied, "I'm sorry I have an exam to study for and two papers to write."
"The boys need time with their father."
"God called me to ministry. I need to be faithful to that."
Sophia said nothing more. She told herself that Jack was right. But she still didn't like it.
Meanwhile, Ed did not date at all during his college years. He became casual friends with some of the female students at school. But he never asked any of them out.
Marty sometimes asked Ed, "How come you're not dating? I've noticed a couple of girls eyeing you."
"Not now," Ed simply replied. "I'm staying focused on my schooling."
Ed secretly felt that it would not be fair to a girlfriend if their relationship was constantly distracted by his studies. He sensed peace that God wanted him to wait on courtship. Ed believed that when the time was right God would bring a Godly Christian woman into his life.
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