One of My Spiritual Mothers

One of My Spiritual Mothers

This is a photo taken in the very early 90s or late 80s. Caro Harrison is on the left, I'm in the middle, and Mary Jacobson is on the right. Caro and Mary owned and ran the Christian bookstore in my hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. I guess my husband took this photo of us three.

Caro was the kindergarten teacher for all of us bratty south side, Finn town kids from the early 50s until her retirement many years later - I want to say in the 70s. She was a wonderful godly woman. In fact, she originally came to our area as a cross-cultural missionary from Canada! God had a place for her in our local public school.

She had the most wonderful voice and was in demand as a Gospel singer, though she had been classically trained. Caro sang The Lord's Prayer in our wedding back in 1980. Mary was our wedding director and did a great job.

Caro and Mary had a special burden for my parents and often shared the Lord with my dad. He really respected those ladies. They would stop by and visit my parents pretty often.

Caro taught us about Jesus as much as she could in the public school. She loved us with the love of the Lord. She may have been one of the most loving people I have ever known. I miss her. Mary is pretty terrific, too, and is now living in Olympia.

Caro passed away quite a few years ago, now. We were home from Chile at that time, and I was able to make it to her funeral. God was glorified, and it seemed like most of the town turned out for the service.