Dave,
I recently saw your updates and realized that I had never really let anyone know what has been going on in my life over the last 30 years. Sorry I did not get to the reunion. I was planning on it but at the last minute something came up and I could not go. Here is a brief summary of what I have been up to:
– Under graduate degree at Iowa State in Pre-med/Zoology.
– Medical school at University of Iowa.
– Got married to a nurse (Gayle) after my second year of Med school.
– Residency in OB/GYN at the university of Iowa.
– Moved to Des Moines in 1986 and started private practice at Iowa Methodist Hospital.
Currently live in West Des Moines. We have five children ages 20,17,15, 12 and 6. The last one we adopted from China. My two oldest are boys. Josh the oldest is married and works at UPS trying to figure out what he wants to do in life. My next one is a senior in HS and plans to go to Drake and study music. My 15 and 12 year old daughters are busy with school, dance and piano. My 6 year old blessing from China tries to rule the rest, so she keeps us hopping. My wife Gayle was a nurse by training, but quit during residency and has been a full time mom since. She home schools our children so she is quite busy.
Three years ago I left a very busy private practice to be the head of the OB/GYN department at Broadlawns Medical Center which is the county hospital for Polk county. I also am a pastor of a small non-denominational church in Des Moines called Des Moines Fellowship Church. My wife and I have taken several mission trips to China which is what peeked our interest in adopting child from there. It has been good to keep up with others on the website. Thanks Dave for all your work in that area.
Thanks again.
Larry Lindell