I am thankful for friends. My wife refers to them as 5-finger friends because there aren’t that many who are so close through the years. They are 5-finger friends but I have many. If I list them I might miss one so I won’t. In Vietnam a friend told me to speak with a man, ‘he has answers.’ I did and my life changed. I asked God to send me someone who understood and had the power (of the spirit). He sent two men in my life that continued my character development and taught me. I took what I learned with them and asked God to send me someone who had faith. He did and for 4 months we rejoiced in the power of God. The missionaries asked if they could teach a woman- with child- at our home as my wife was also with child and they might get along. She and her husband joined the Church and we became lifelong friends. A couple moved in next to us and also joined the church. Our friendship continues to this day. I home taught both those couples. Another couple I home taught continue as friends---24 years. A business partner in 1976 has taught me so much. All my friends are superior to me in many aspects. Some are such intellectual luminaries I often wonder why they continue our friendship. I am grateful for them. My friends have taught and strengthen me; they have confronted me and corrected me. And they all like my family. I am blessed with friends and grateful their lives are intertwined with mine. Many friends are former students. I had fun teaching.
