The Way of a Bride with Her Groom: "Love may come softly, but grief shatters our world and leaves the heart lying punctured and gasping." the honor... (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512725544)

Ernest Witmer is an ordained minister in the Mennonite church. For over twenty-five years he has pastored churches in northern Minnesota and southern California where he now resides with his family in the Los Angeles community of Highland Park. He lost Rachel, his bride of 28 years and 17 days, in a tragic car accident on the weekend of their second son's wedding in November 2012. Ernest and Rachel have five adult children, and his children and three grand-buddies are his constant delight. Teaching from the Scriptures about marriage and family is a favorite for Ernest. He teaches in Bible schools as well as church and youth camp settings and does itinerant work in churches throughout the United States and in some foreign contexts. Ernest is an avid Facebook contributor and has written for Sunday school publications and Christian school curricula. Ernest is currently the president of the L.A. ROAD (Los Angeles Real-Life Opportunities and Discipleship) ministry, a 501c3 non-profit in Los Angeles. The L.A. ROAD does house church development throughout Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles Surrounding Suburbs (GLASS). The L.A. ROAD also orchestrates an annual two-week Evening Bible Camp (EBC) in July and does systematic follow-up with a weekly Kids Club ministry year round. Ernest does in-home marriage and family counseling, regularly meeting with couples and children from various church and non-church backgrounds and ethnicities. He is a certified administrator for the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis profile and regularly facilitates seminars using the Caring for the Heart and Hope for the Family materials. Not the least of all, Ernest loves to mentor men. He will give whatever time it takes to encourage fathers and sons, husbands, divorcees and their children to follow in the footsteps of Jesus to become sacrificial servant leaders in their homes, churches, and communities. Ernest can be reached at 323-333-2279 or by writing to (or stopping by) 230 S. Avenue 55, Los Angeles, CA 90042. His email address is: ernestwitmer@juno.com. He can also be contacted via: https: //www.facebook.com/ernest.witmer.