# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S106
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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OTHER PRESENTATIONS

ing once frequently present parents and grandparents become largely absent from everyday activities and present
primarily at special family events and major holiday gatherings. They all live here in Texas—my 91-year-old mother,
who is here today, my father-in-law and mother-in-law, son
Andrew and daughter Angie, her husband Todd and their
two children Kolby and Kayla. We love you, miss you and
hold you in our hearts and prayers always.
One final word of thanks and appreciation is expressed
to my dear wife, Terry, who has stood faithfully by my side
for 411⁄2 years. Those years, especially the past six, have
been filled with abundant grace, joys, blessings, and exciting adventures, along with challenges, pressures, and
stresses of many kinds. Terry bears in her heart a deep respect and abiding love for the Lord and for His Church, expressed as a very active volunteer who travels, extensively,
often with me and sometimes without me, representing the

2007 Convention Proceedings

LCMS at congregations, conferences, retreats, and other
venues. Thank you, Terry, for your love, support, patience,
forgiveness, and faithfulness to me and for your support of
the women of our church, particularly the wives of pastors
and other professional church workers, and especially the
wives of the Council of Presidents and pastors of our
Synod. I am very proud, humbly of course, of the first lady
of our Synod!
A final word from the apostle Paul:
I thank my God every time I remember you . . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will
carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
(Philippians 1:3, 6)
Thank you and God bless each and every one of you,
dear brothers and sisters in Christ!
Gerald B. Kieschnick, President