Lisa Stapleton: A Short Story

My life changed for the better on August 4, 2008. The first time I had ever interacted with Lisa Stapleton. “Hello! Yes my brother did mention you...and what he said wasn’t nice ...” Lisa then told me how proud she was of me for deciding to go to preaching school. To gain some vital information for this article, I reactivated my old facebook account. I would be a liar if I said that my eyes didn’t well up with tears. I was actually able to see the exact time stamped dates that my life took an incredible turn for the better.

A few days later we went to lunch. I was a student at the Brown Trail School of Preaching at the time, and we have an hour long break. I was enamored by her beauty and we got lost in conversation to the point that I was
So, I went into his office and Marcia was in there as well. I asked Bob for permission to date Lisa, Bob tried not to crack a smile and looked up at Marcia and then at me, “You didn’t think I already knew?” I could see Darrin continue to walk by the door smiling big, knowing that I was squirming. Darrin was a good friend to me in school and was a great help, as well. I’m glad he convinced me to do that. It was a few months later I knew I wanted to marry Lisa and went into Bob’s office to ask his permission to marry Lisa. “I have two rules for someone wanting to marry one of my children. That you love them and you love God.” I affirmed that I loved both and he gave me his blessing.

The more I got to know this remarkable woman, the more in love I became. She is charming and funny. She loves God and wants me to love God. Lisa is smart, put herself through school, and achieved getting her CPA. She wanted to be a preachers wife, but she wasn’t forcing anything. I found out later that she was taking the wives classes at Brown Trail School of Preaching normally reserved for wives of students. She wanted another opportunity to learn and utilized