![]() The family moved to Riverside to be near the California School for the Deaf, so Lisa would not have to board away from home. In 1972, David accepted a position as National Field Director at Cru headquarters, Arrowhead Springs, in San Bernardino, California. David eventually became Regional Director for the Midwest and spent a lot of time traveling to campuses in the region. The Sunde home was always full of students or fellow Cru staff, with David teaching in the living room and Sande feeding them all, buffet style, in the dining room. When Mary was only two weeks old, the family moved to Evanston, Illinois. ![]() In 1966, David joined the staff of Cru, and became the campus director at Northwestern University. There, they welcomed daughters Lisa in 1964 and Mary in 1966. After graduation, they moved to South Gate, California, where David served as a pastoral intern at Trinity Bible Church. David graduated with his Masters of Divinity in 1964. Their first daughter, Judy, was born there in 1963. The Sundes moved to Dallas, Texas, where David attended Dallas Theological Seminary. They graduated together with their bachelors degrees in 1960. They honeymooned on Macinack Island, and moved into a tiny apartment in Kalamazoo, Michigan. ![]() His friends pulled up in front of a nursing home where a group of cute girls were hanging out after their shift there, and issued a dare: who wants to go on a date with David? A fun-loving girl named Sandra Postema accepted the challenge, and soon they knew they wanted to continue the adventure.ĭavid and Sandra married in New Era, Michigan, on September 5, 1959. One evening, he and his buddies were going out and he did not have a date. He graduated from Lee High School in 1956 with honors and a basketball scholarship to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.ĭavid was intending to study chemistry at university, but he discovered a love of history, and changed his major. His mother’s apple pie, the family cocker spaniel, and family vacations to Empire on Lake Michigan were treasured memories. He also played ice hockey and mastered the toboggan on the local sliding hill in the cold, snowy winters. He was tall and athletic, earning the nickname Bones on his high school basketball team. Sensitive and bright, he was a good student-definitely not the trouble-making type! He played the saxophone in the school band. He was the middle child, with older sister, Beverly, and younger brother, Paul. David Andrew Sunde was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 21, 1938, to Oscar and Rose Sunde.
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