Frank Goshert

5389 124th Street

Oswego, KS 67356

goshert@ckt.net   

In June of 63 I joined the Army for three years to earn 36mo. of the G.I. bill for College.  I returned to Girard in May of 66 with injured feet and a damaged disk from a fall while stationed in Europe.  I started my freshman year at Pitt State that fall and I drank & partied my way through to a 1.9gpa. In November of 66 I received Jesus Christ as my Savior and He changed my heart.  It was too late for the grades a PSU, so I decided to go to John Brown U and become a school teacher and maybe lead a youth group or something.

 While I was haying for Martin Schifferdecker in August of 67 he gave me a catalog from Calvary Bible College.  I prayed about it and was enrolled in CBC as a sophomore 3 days later.  I had no intention of going into any type of ministry but wanted to learn more about God and the Bible.  My second year there God let me know He wanted me to preach (I did not believe it ether).  That required taking Greek, you might remember English was not my strong point in school.  I told the Lord if He wanted me to preach I would need His help with the Greek, when I received an A in Greek I dedicated my life to Him.  I wish I could tell you it was all easy after that but a car accident and a bad motorcycle crash caused me to leave school at the mid term of my senior year.  After a year of recovery in Girard at my folk’s house and my father’s first hear attack, and I ended up running Lightning’s Implement Co. in May of 71. 

 That summer while working with the Girard Bible Church youth group I met the girl of my dreams from of all places Arma.  Susan Tersina and I were married three months later, before she could meet or speak to any of you. 

Lightning’s closed in 75 and I went to work at the Girard Hospital for 2 years and became interim pastor at Girard Bible Church.  Then I was parts manager at Ervin’s Auto and Marine in Parsons, parts man at Larry Allen in Parsons, and parts manager at M& M in Girard.  After 5 years at Girard Bible I was Pastor at Sherman Baptist Church for 9 years.  While working at M&M the arthritis that had been with me for years ended up putting me on social security in 89.  I retired from Sherman Baptist in 91, but kept doing my youth work and opened the Family Bible Church in our home in Sherman City.  I was diagnosed with congestive heart disease in 92 and diabetes in 97 and gave up my youth work this summer because I have lost almost all of my hearing.  Sad tale right?  Wrong, I would not change places with anyone in the world.  I have a loving family and a personal; relationship with the living God, which is worth more than all the health or wealth in the world.

Please forgive me while I brag about the wonderful family God has allowed me to be part of.  Our son Nathan Joseph was the pastor of  the Homestead Bible Church in Homestead Oklahoma for 5 years.   He and his wife Brenda are raising our first grandchild Keziah 5 (see Job 42:14,15) and grandsons Isaac 4,  Josiah 3, and Titus 1.   Nathan was salutatorian and president his class 95 at Southeast High School.  He finished College with a 3.974 gpa.  After 5 years in the Pastorate,  Nathan felt the need to further his education and graduated from Trinity Seminary in Chicago, Ill.   

 Naomi Joy, graduated Valedictorian of her class at Southeast.  And completed her college education at Grace University in Omaha with a teaching degree with High Honors.   Naomi married Dave Meinershagen of Nevada, Mo. in 2005.  They have a 2 month old son  Noah Warren.  Naomi is a kindergarten teacher at Webb City, Mo.     

Joshua was Valedictorian of Southeast High in 2000, and  graduated  from Grace University in December of 2003 with honors.  While at Grace Joshua spent 6 months of missionary training  in Taiwan and the Philippians.  Joshua married Katie Johnson after graduation who was also a missions major.  They are working now in Ludington, Mi. to pay off their college bills and start a family.  They have two wonderful kids Aaron James 3 and Abigail Dara 1.  They hope to take the gospel to the Islamic tribal people in the far east at some time in the future.  

     Hannah Ruth, our baby spent one year at Grace University and decided the city was not for her. She graduated from MSSU in Joplin this spring with a teaching degree and High Honors.  Hannah was Valedictorian of Southeast High in 2002.  Hannah is the newest 4^th grade teacher at Monett, Mo.  

Susan is working for Cherokee County Abstract Co. in Columbus she is a licensed Abstracter and Title Insurance Agent.  She  relaxes raising flowers, 9 cats, 2 dogs, chickens, ducks, geese, goats, cows on our 5 acres in Sherman City.

I teach a Bible study on Wednesday evening and a morning worship service on Sunday.  One of the joys is teaching John Hartog and his wife, Diana, every Sunday morning.

  (John, Frank, Diana, Susan)

I can no longer hunt or fish, but am able to do some woodworking if I go slow.

 I won’t make the reunion but I do remember you all and am proud to be a member of the class of “63”.

Love in Christ,

 Frank