Dave and Suzie Malcom

Well, where do I begin? After graduation, I hung around Arizona til the winter. I took several logging jobs that eventually took me to my grandparent's hometown of Cuba, New Mexico. There I met the love of my life, Suzie, the following summer. We dated for almost two years and were married May 25, 1991. Six months after we were married, we moved to my wife's old stomping grounds in Texas. I worked several different jobs while in Texas, including mechanicing on semi-trailers and later welding for a rail car refurbishment company. God blessed us with 4 beautiful children (I threatened to fly my wife to Arizona each time she went into labor, but she didn't go for that) so they were all born Texans. In the Spring of 1998, when our youngest was 4 months old, God led us to a position at a Christian Youth Ranch in Colorado as a Restitution Director working with juvenile offenders. My wife and I have always had a heart for kids and God has blessed us with the opportunity to work with children and youth in every church we have attended. We moved back to Texas 2 years later to pursue a degree in juvenile counseling at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. After one semester of trying to balance 2 jobs and going to school full time, I realized my family was more important to me than any job or degree. If getting my degree meant having to sacrifice my family, it just wasn't worth it. So we moved back to New Mexico in 2002 where I got a job hauling crude oil. After a year of that, we moved to Northern Nevada where I worked on an alfalfa farm. This job enabled my wife and kids to go to work with me often and be close by my side. Those were 2 wonderful years of seeing God bless my marriage and family because I was often able to take them to work with me. This was great family time, but unfortunately it really didn't pay the bills. So in 2005, I got a job operating heavy equipment at Newmont Gold Company of Nevada. A year and a half ago, I transferred to the maintenance department, where I have been a drill and shovel mechanic ever since. God has blessed me with a job that pays ridiculous money and I only work 2 weeks out of every month. When I'm not mechanicing at the mine, I serve as a Deacon and Youth leader in the church where my father-in-law is pastor...so it's the best of both worlds...time with my family and financial stability. Finally! Thank you Lord.
Our 15 year old son Kaleb, our gentle giant, is 6'3" and growing by the minute. He is obsessed with the drums. God has blessed him with enormous musical talent and he serves the Lord playing the drums in our church's praise group. I am blessed to be a part of this ministry as the male singer of our group. Who woulda thunk? Shy little ole me. Just proves that God can work miracles. I enjoy being able to serve the Lord with my oldest son by my side. 2 years ago, Kaleb announced to our church family that God has called him to be a full time pastor and will go to seminary after college, Lord willing. He has such a heart for the Lord and we are so proud of him.Our youngest child Zachary is 10 and adores his older brother. They are best buddies and love skateboarding together. Zack could drop in the 7 ft. at 8 years old and amazes us on a skateboard. He seems to have natural athletic ability and is good at everything he tries. He is the clown of the family and keeps everyone in stitches. He is already serving the Lord as a junior usher in our church and helps wherever he is needed.
Our oldest daughter Danielle (right) is 14. She loves animals and being in the outdoors. She is the quiet one of the bunch and is perfectly content to be alone with her animals for hours. When it comes to horses she is a natural, and loves to ride whenever she can. She has been blessed with wonderful artistic abilities and draws everything around her. She has quite a portfolio already. She wants to be a missionary when she grows up and has a heart for young children.
Her sister Rebecca (left) is almost 13, going on 27. She likes to talk on the phone almost as much as she likes boys. She doesn't know a stranger. She and her sister have been in the local dance academy for the last 4 years and are both very graceful. The whole family looks forward to their dance recitals each spring. Rebecca is learning the piano and hopes to join the praise band one day. She is the prayer warrior of the bunch and serves our church by signing the praise songs we sing in our worship time. She also signs and leads the children's music time for various activities in our church.

Spending the last 19 years with Suzie has been such a blessing. Not only have I grown more and more in love with her each day, but I've grown closer to the Lord with her by my side. She is my best friend and the one I want to grow old and gray with, or old and bald...whichever comes first...either way, I could not have asked for a better soulmate. She is a real inspiration to me, in her walk with the Lord, and her devotion to me and our kids. We enjoy hiking in the mountains behind our house (the ones behind us in this picture) and we love to go shooting together. I am blessed beyond measure.
We had planned on coming to the reunion, but 3 weeks before it was time to leave for Arizona we wrecked our Yukon in a freak June Nevada snow storm. Go figure. God has a reason. Hope to see you on the 25th. Thank you ladies for all your hard work and time in planning this reunion.
It's all good,
Dave
Proverbs 3:5-6

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