Wendy Longtin:  

I'm going to use this story wizard provided to write about myself and my life. Here goes. I hope people who remember me, remember me as someone who kept trying no matter how the odds seemed to be stacked against me. I didn't really focus on the future when I was in school. I was too busy just trying to survive. My favorite way to blow off steam and relax has changed as I've gotten older. I used to party with the best of 'em after I got out of school. Now, family, friends gathered together with good food and interesting conversations are more my speed. In high school, my hero,someone who inspired me to strive to be better then I thought I could be, was O.B. Dahle the choir director. After high school I stayed in the Metro area for years working at different occupations and experiencing life. I only moved from one burb to the other. Then in 1997 Wayne, my husband, came back into my life after 25 years. We married on Christmas Eve in 1998 in Tucson, AZ. We had both become born again and decided that our lives to that point had been aimless, so we gave ourselves completely to the Lord. Now our life is spent helping homeless and disadvantaged families through our non-profit organization, New Roads Ministry. We work with the social service agencies in the surrounding counties where we live. Together we help families and individuals re-establish homes for themselves after experiencing hardships of all kinds. My husband Wayne, is a songwriter/performer and although he turned 65 in March, still enjoys entertaining. The venues have changed from honkytonks and nightclubs to music fests and senior retirement facilites. He also, volunteers at homeless shelters and gospel missions in several states. He shares his own testimony and music with others hoping to encourage them. He has a website, but unfortunately it cannot be posted here. There you can see photos of places he's appeared, listen to some of the music he's written and read more about his life. His CD's can be purchased through CD Baby online. Sign his guestbook and let him know you were there. Since we were married in 1998, Wayne and I have traveled extensively throughout the lower 48, sharing God's love through testimony and music at churches and just about any place else we are invited to. It's getting harder for me to travel these days due to my weight and health. However, we are hoping that an RV may be in our future making travel for me possible again. When I was in school, I dated David Petrik the last half of my junior year and all of my senior year. He wasn't part of the in crowd either but we liked to hangout together. If I were to want to find someone from school again and see how they are doing, it would be him. Neither of the teachers that I would care to see again are still alive. My third grade teacher, Mrs. Herndon and O.B. Dahle. I had great respect for them and cared about what they thought of me. If I had $100 million dollars, I'd give 10 percent to the Lord..... you must have seen that comin'! Then I'd get me the biggest, baddest, most decked RV I could! I'd buy off some superstar country singer and have him/her record and promote my husbands songs. Then I'd make sure my sisters were taken care of. I would start a foundation mentoring families in crisis. Matching a family in need of help with a family wanting to help others find their way. I'd re-vamp homeless shelters to really assist people in improving their lives instead of just 'handing out' temporary fixes and no hope. (o.k. wend...Expand for more