What A Week.

This week was also the week Marty went to be with the Lord. The service was at our church and we expected a lot of people. And of course, being the awesome tech guy that I am, the service was streamed across the internet for people to see. Well we had to get our church network ready and the camera and the computer and the sound to pump through the computer. It was a little stressful and everything worked out in the end. I just wanted everything to be perfect. I wanted to let Marty know that I was putting 110% in this service, not skimping on nothing. I wanted him to look down and be proud of me. I think he would.

The service was nice and the sanctuary was packed. The satellite room we had setup was a little glitchy, but that was bandwidth problem. It was what Marty would have wanted, Raider Black and Silver with people who love and adored the man there. He was a big man with an even bigger heart for people and youth especially. When it was time to say something at the funeral, I had already set in my mind not to say anything. I spent a lot of time with Marty, and I wanted other people to have a chance. So I'll say it now, since they have internet in heaven.

There have only been a hand full of men in my life that have truly shaped me into the man I am today; Marty was one of them. I remember going to Northgate for youth for the first time and meeting Marty. Now being 16, he towered over me and he spoke with a gruff voice. I remember sitting in couches around the room and hearing his testimony and it blowing me away. Now I grew up in church and had already given my life to the Lord, but I had never met someone with a story like that. That story I would hear dozens of times over my ten years of knowing him. And you know what I learnt from them. Even though my life has gone pretty good and it might not be that crazy, we all have a story. We might not think it, but there is a testimony that we can share with people and will show the love of Christ though us. We just have to bold enough to share it. And Marty was bold!

I will miss him. But! I will definitely see him again. Most definitely