David Abboud Jobe

In Memory of David Jobe From Connie and Monte Ray David entered our lives in 1977 as one of the Ventura Mission missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who was teaching the Gospel to our family. In July 1978, Monte and I were baptized and confirmed as members; however, our three teenage daughters were not yet ready to take that step, so the missionaries continued to teach them. As the Elders took turn coming to teach, the one Elder we all remembered the most was the young man with "the sparkling eyes and big smile", Elder Abboud. The Spirit shined through his eyes! We were always happy when he came to give the lessons to our daughters. On February 3, 1979, Jennifer accepted the Gospel into her life and was baptized by her father. With the Bishop, her father and others, she was confirmed a member of the Church. David was one of the missionaries who placed their hands upon her head; as he recorded in his Journal that day. David was then transferred and left our area of the Mission. In 1982, as Monte and I attended our Sacrament Meeting, a cute couple came in and sat beside us. We recognized David right away. He introduced us to his pretty young sister, Donna. They had moved to the area from Utah and he was working nearby. Looking around the Chapel he noticed there were no young adults present and asked where they were. We told him of the newly formed Young Single Adult Ward that met in Thousand Oaks; so he and Donna left to go there. Jennifer recounts that on that day, as she sat in the front row of the Thousand Oaks Chapel that, "the outside door opened and a breeze swept leaves in onto her lap; David entered and sat beside her." After Sacrament Meeting was over they sat and talked for a long time and --- from that moment on--- it was the beginning of their "Together Forever". With Love, To Our Son-in Law, David, until we meet again Connie and Monte Ray