Tom Stradling:  

Life Hello Peoples, Finally opened a e-mail from classmates.com and for a discounted 10 bucks I thought I would update my file. We live in Spokane, (I tell people I made the "big move to the big city" :) since about 1984. My parents moved with us 5 kids to Cheney in 1965, on the west edge of town with a small airplane strip a half block away that is now the Salnave area covered with houses and a park. We moved from Portland where my brother Randall and I were born. My dad was a Professor of Geography/Earth Science from ’65 thru the new millennium at EWU. My mom was a nurse at Sacred Heart for many years. They both still live in Cheney. A few of you might be curious of my siblings that all went to Cheney High School soooo….my oldest sister Rhonda is a school teacher in Wenatchee, my sister Dianne is a Nurse in Spokane, my older brother Mark lives in Portland and was in the computer drafting field & “looking”, my younger brother Randall, the most famous of us all, was a school teacher and now is about to be hired on with Homeland Security. My wife and I have been in the Senior Assisted Living business since 1996. We generally have 12 residents and about 10 employees. Before that I was employed at Sacred Heart Medical Center for several years. 1988 was a roller coaster year. Took my first overseas trip with a team of Christian missionaries, diagnosed with cancer, six months of chemo, got married and lived to tell about it all. After years of being a “on and off” spiritual seeker of truth (since the 8th grade), in 1984 I finally settled down, convinced that the Bible is truly the Word of God, supernaturally put together. Being the son of a Scientist this didn’t happen overnight. In 1984 I moved to Texas and attended a short term Christian school that grounded me well and gave me a realistic world view on the needs in the world. I have since then taken several trips overseas helping with various projects and speaking in church or group settings. I lov...Expand for more