We went to Pittsburgh to share the ministry in a large church at 5th and Nagle with Charley Bray. His parents were members of our church in Western Springs and we had met Charlie and Nancy a few times. Charlie made it all sound wonderful sharing a partnership and yet we knew something was wrong at our reception the way people shook our hands saying, “we are so glad you are here.” Within four months we knew things just weren’t right. Warren was tossing and turning at night and finally told me Charlie was running around with a doctor’s wife, both Charlie and Nancy were taking classes at a nearby college, and the church was paying for this. He had a private line and Warren could never reach him.

We were there three years before Charlie was finally de-frocked. It was a terrible experience for all of us. When all of this happened, their family fell apart. Nancy moved to Florida, Charlie married the doctor’s wife, and we lost track of them.

But, living in Pittsburgh was a nice experience for us in other ways. We lived in the Forest Hills area about 8-10 miles from the church. We enjoyed the community pool and the beautiful area. Our neighbors were great. We were close to the Damasios, and the Wilsons and several others. I played Mah Jongg with neighbors and loved it. Our house was lovely. It was on a corner of a hill, and was English Tudor. Pete’s room was on the third floor. We had it carpeted and fixed up so neat. He had a sign saying “Pete’s Palace.” One day his teacher appeared at the door saying, “I’ve gotta see it.”

A doctor had been the previous owner, the carpet a plush deep green, the kitchen was carpeted blue, the upstairs was a deep red in our bedroom, a nice family room in the basement, and a nice side patio. We had an open house here for our 25th Anniversary. Judy brought Duff home during the Christmas holidays so we could get acquainted with him. It was interesting that we had a Westie at this point, named Duffy.