Renee

Stevo-O,

Happy 30^th Birthday!  It’s crazy to think it’s been nearly 11 years since freshman year and the infamous red hoodie and flip flops :)  What a journey it has been!  I have so many good memories with you in it-Horton 2^nd boys being there fun loving selves, cheering at soccer games, being there when you started dating Christina, Floodgate...  Oh man I could write a page on Floodgate.  Driving from Montana to Texas and getting a flat tire during the final hour of the trip, cowboy human videos for chapel, weird Pat Schatzline, you and the boys drinking a gallon of lemonade from KFC and getting stomach aches….  I could go on for a really long time for sure.  On a serious note, there are few people like  you.  You are one of the most genuine and loyal people I know.  You truly have a servants heart and I have witnessed you putting others above yourself countless times.  You are committed to the calling of God on your life and your family.  You get that being leader doesn’t mean being able to hype up a crowd it means being able to plunge a toilet. Thank you for showing me what it means to follow God in good times and hard times.  Talking to you and Christina at the hospital literally made me weep afterwards.  The faith you both demonstrated to me really ignited an even deeper trust in my heart for God and his sovereignty over our lives.  Thank you for living out your faith throughout these past few months.  It may have been easier to just throw in the towel but you guys both really showed how much you trusted God.  That has been an invaluable lesson to me.  I can’t wait to get together in 50 years and laugh at all the good memories and share about the faithfulness of God in our lives.  I truly cherish your friendship and thank God that I have a friend like you in my life.  You are one in a million!