I still remember the night when Bill offered to drive me home at the end of a Sunday night church service in Iowa City. I am certain that God brought him and Earldean into my life on that evening. Over the following two years, they fed me, encouraged me and continued driving me to and from church. When I moved to China, we talked regularly on the phone. Bill was a spiritual mentor to me, and also a close friend. I will miss him, but I will never forget him.