Construction at The Woodlands neighborhood is well underway in this circa-1999 photo, with Peter Dys, the board of directors, and Shell Point managers giving this campus expansion a “thumbs up.”
Pat opened her heart yet again for the readers of Shell Point Life magazine…
SPL: How did you and Peter meet?
When? Where?
Pat: In 1962, my father became the pastor
of the church Peter attended in Michigan. He and my brother became close friends, and we were introduced.
SPL: What do you two have most in com-
mon? What brought you together?
Pat: We share a deep love for God and
service to His people. One of our earliest activities together was a ministry to Mexican migrant farm workers in our area.
SPL: What has it been like living in such close proximity to Shell Point all these years of your marriage?
Pat: It has been a wonderful privilege to be near enough to allow our family to share in Peter’s vocation in some small ways, and to understand what his passion for Shell Point is all about. SPL: What role has family and faith
played in your lives together?
Pat: Faith and family are an inseparable
and central theme of our life together. We believe life is not made up of fragments, but is a whole. Our family, our vocations are all part of how we glorify God, which we consider our chief aim in life.
SPL: What major accomplishments
of Peter’s are you most proud to share with others?
Pat: Of course, I am so very proud of all
he has accomplished in these years at Shell Point. But that he was able to do all that and still be a faithful and loving husband and father makes me the proudest.
“We
like to make dust, not— Peter eatDysit.”
SPL: Have you built some close relationships with Shell Point residents, or church members over the years here? Pat: We have tried to maintain an equal
relationship with all residents, respecting each for their uniqueness and worth. Our church family is, of course, dear to us as brothers and sisters in Christ.
SPL: What activities have you enjoyed
doing most?
Pat: That is a broad question. We aren’t
“activity-oriented” in the sense of recreation. We enjoy whatever we do. Our travels to see our grandchildren in the recent years has been a joy to us.
SPL: What plans do you have for your lives together now, after Peter’s retirement?
Pat: We plan to plan our retirement, having been too busy to do that till now. I’m sure it will include travel to see the children, but we aren’t planning any drastic changes for the time being.
A Heart for God • Man of integrity • Humble • Patient & Kind • Visionary Shell Point Life | December 2016
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