Thank you to all of the friends and family who have surround us with love, support, and prayer during this very difficult year.
Tributes
Leave a tributeMiss you, Sid!!
Love,
Lillie
I miss having him to reminisce those times!!
I have been thinking a lot about you lately and missing catching up with you and how you are. We love you and Sid very much and have good memories of the Seminary in Fresno as well as connecting years later at Abundant Life! We miss you both! Love, Aram & Sherra
p.s. - good story about his birthday being shared with President Eisenhower.
Love,
Lillie
I have so many fond memories of not only Pastor Sid but all of you and the thoughts and memories just make me smile. So many examples set by you of a Christ centered family that are just too numerous to write. I alway tell the children in my family that when they have a memory of someone who is passed on and acknowledge it that it's like ringing a door bell and that person pauses up in heaven, peeks over their heavenly balcony and smiles in acknowledgment.....but only for a brief moment since they are having so much fun singing and dancing and praising God. Ding Dong Pastor Sid!
Our family continues to remember you in our prayers. May the love, grace, peace and comfort of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ rule in your hearts.
Love,
Tala and Lillie Sailele
We love you and remember you.
Your family at ALCF.
Linda Kinney
Lois
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Miss you, Sid!!
Just some memories...
Journey through Time
On this two-year anniversary of Sid's "graduation" to Heaven, I'm reminded of the picture shown here. This was from my very first roll of film: only twelve shots to photograph what I thought was noteworthy as a 12-year-old boy.
I think the picture captured both my dad and brother's personalities an an instant of Time. Dad was a light-hearted and sometimes goofy middle-aged man; Sid was a confident and cheerful almost-twenty guy who was secure in who he was and where he was going.
Each of them got older, carrying their personalities forward in Time. When Dad got cancer, he approached it with goofy light-heartedness. When Sid got cancer, he remained confident, cheerful, and secure in where he was going.
Although I have lost both of them in this life, my own life has been forever changed. I looked up to my Dad. I looked up to Sid. And now, as I move forward in Time, I'm discovering a goofy, light-hearted, cheerful confidence in who I am and where I'm going.
I'm grateful for having Sid as a brother, and miss having him narrate for me what Time is like seven years down the road. Christine, Matt, Julia, Dan, and Phil: I can't imagine how much you must miss Sid, having journeyed through Time together.
My prayer is that God will send you all an extra measure of the Holy Spirit -- the Comforter -- to be very close to you today as you reflect upon that journey.