WESTSIDE — Do you have the faith, the courage, that has been so strongly exemplified for each of us?
Pondering those words “faith” and “courage” can serve as a benchmark: A faith that is remarkably strong and a courage to trust that faith. The one totally unexplainable in human terms, the other so dependent on the first. When faith and courage coalesce, a mere mortal can grow in each.
Thank you, Johnny, a brave, courageous young man, and a family with deep inner faith, for showing us how we too can grow.
Dodie Evans is the editor emeritus of the Westside Eagle Observer and may be contacted by e-mail at [email protected].
Many residents in northwest Arkansas and especially those in Gravette have witnessed, and become a part of, a story of faith and courage.
It is a story that will have no end for those who have been inspired and challenged by the life of a remarkable young man, Johnathan “Johnny the Brave” Trenton Teis, his parents Rob and Amanda, and their family.
The 8-year-old young man aptly became known as “Johnny the Brave,” a fitting title for so young a child who exhibited so powerful a courage. And the faith and courage which enveloped the family as Johnny battled a brain tumor which sadly took his life last Thursday, has become an inspiration and example for all of us. Old, and perhaps most especially, the young.
How often has each of us pondered how we would face such a challenge as has faced the Teis family? Would we
Opinion, Pages 6 on 04/27/2011