Thanks for posting those. That is from one of the two shows me and him threw for my youth group at our church. Good memories...thanks
Scott

Seeing those pictures reminds me. Brian was a friggin genius!

Hey all. I just spoke to Dana. She is trying to read through this thread and as you can imagine, it is a difficult and emotional read. She wants to post here but isn't up to it yet. Until then she wanted to make sure you all know she is deeply appreciative and grateful for all of your Love, support and prayers.

Great pic.... who is everyone in it? I recognise Pat D, but that's about it.

Hello all,

My name is Matt Davis.  I am horrible at writing, but I felt the Lord was leading me to do this. 

I knew Brian back when we were in high school.  I just heard two days ago of his passing.  When I heard, my wife and I started doing some searches and found this site.

Besides when he and Dana came to my wedding over 11 years ago, I hadn't seen him since around 1992 or 93..  He got in contact with me when they were expecting their first child, and for whatever reason, after talking to him once or twice, I lost his number.  I didn't get a chance to talk to him again.

I am not sure if any of you knew him in his high school days, so I thought I would share a little about him.  We never went to the same school, but attended the same church, CBC of Alta Loma, and went to the youth group together.  Seeing some of the pictures of him without his front teeth brings back a lot of memories.  He would always go around and mess around with some of the girls at group (talking like he was nuts)  and then have his teeth fall out.  The girls would go screaming and we would laugh so hard our sides would hurt.  He was also famous for pretending to run into doors and to trip and fall on his face.  From the way it sounds, he didn't change too much.

More importantly, I remember the times we would have a Bible study together, praying for the salvation of the lost students who attended youth group that didn't know Christ. 

When I was in high school, I didn't have more than a very few friends, but I would say that Brian was one of the few.  I was always very nervous around people, never knowing what to say or do.  But when God put Brian in my life, He gave me just what I needed, a friend who would be there for me and pray for me when I needed it most. 

I also remember when our youth group would have a summer retreat at a camp in mountains.  We would spend time worshiping and listening to our youth pastor preach.  But we would also have time to goof off.  The funny thing is, Brian would always be the one who would be completely serious about the time of worship, and then afterwards be the one who was out there in the middle of whatever crazy thing our group was doing.

Even though I have not seen Brian in all these years, I still felt such strong sorrow when I heard of his passing.  My wife Michel and I were talking and we agree, that once you make a Christian friend, they will always be a friend.  That relationship will never end.  Death will not stop it.  Death here is just the beginning of the Best Thing to come. 

Reading all of these posts here about Brian makes me wish I could have somehow gotten in touch with him years ago, I think about all time I could have had continuing to know him and his family.  But I have to remember, when I see him again, he can fill me in on what I missed out on!

I will be praying for Dana and their children, Bud, Lola, and Jim. 

Matt

thanx for posting the video. i was hoping somebody was going to upload it. i was very blessed to be there for his memorial and glad to see how many people he influenced. there were more people there than our whole congregation.




Daniel R

I did a mental count last night. I think only about 100 or so would show for mine... maybe. So many of the ppl I'm involved with are from out of state or country.

i found out about brians passing away from pat d in a letter sent to me at basic, he will be missed incredibly he was an awesome person, the little time that i had spent with him in 2005 was rich and wonderful and i will never forget him