Legacy of the Sanctuary

The Legacy of the Sanctuary

Meet the people

These people are in Focus and Align. Storm is in every book. The story is fiction. Align is still in proofing.

An * beside a name means the photograph is of a real character.

Curtis Johnson, in a dark jacket, standing in front of bookshelves.

Curtis Johnson

Chief of Staff. He tells this story.

Cali Johnson at a desk, with flags behind her.

Cali Johnson

Communications Director. Curtis’s wife.

Storm, a German Shepherd service dog, standing at night.

Storm*

His real name is Odin Stormion Forsetti von Glitner. He is called Storm for short. Service dog. He is in every book, and he represents the Comic Storm.

A church bench engraved Curtis and Cali, Love Never Fails.

Love Never Fails

Their marriage, set where people can see it.

Governor Mark Matthews in a navy suit, with the Tennessee flag behind him.

Governor Mark Matthews

Governor of Tennessee. He and Jennifer are Matthew Scott’s biological parents.

Jennifer Matthews in a navy dress, with the Tennessee flag behind her.

Jennifer Matthews

First Lady of Tennessee. She and Governor Mark Matthews are Matthew Scott’s biological parents.

Mike Miller in a navy shirt, standing by a wooden door.

Mike Miller

Army veteran and sanctuary builder. Jessica’s husband, and father of Michael Jr., David, and Melissa.

Jessica Miller, with red hair and a small cross.

Jessica Miller

Mike’s wife, and mother of Michael Jr., David, and Melissa.

Michael Jr., a boy wearing a cross.

Michael Jr.

Mike and Jessica’s oldest.

David Miller, a young boy wearing a cross.

David Miller

Mike and Jessica’s son.

Melissa Miller, a young girl with a heart necklace.

Melissa Miller

Mike and Jessica’s daughter.

Sarah, a nurse in blue scrubs.

Sarah

Sanctuary nurse. Veteran and former air evac medic.

Jake, in a green shirt, under a wooden shelter.

Jake

Sanctuary mayor, on the maintenance and build team. Veteran and former air evac medic.

Sam Yoder in a black hat and vest.

Sam Yoder

Chief of Police at the Sanctuary. He also works with his hands.

JoAnne Yoder in a cream dress and brown cardigan.

JoAnne Yoder

Sam’s wife.

Charity Remington, with dark hair and glasses.

Charity Remington

She works at the Sanctuary and does not live there. Faith Edwards is her sister.

David Scott in a white shirt and glasses.

David Scott

Matthew Scott’s adoptive father.

Rachel Scott, with auburn hair and glasses.

Rachel Scott

Matthew Scott’s adoptive mother.

Matthew Scott, a boy in a navy shirt.

Matthew Scott

Adopted son of David and Rachel Scott. Biological son of Governor Mark Matthews and Jennifer.

Pastor John Edwards, in a suit, holding a Bible.

Pastor John Edwards

Pastor. Faith Edwards’s husband. Spiritual leader, mentor, and friend to the Sanctuary.

Faith Edwards, the pastor’s wife, in a brown cardigan.

Faith Edwards

Pastor John Edwards’s wife, and Charity Remington’s sister.

Tim, a Sanctuary cook, in a black apron with his arms crossed.

Tim

Former military. Co-head cook at the Sanctuary. He leads dinner.

James, a Sanctuary cook, in a blue shirt and apron.

James

Former military. Co-head cook at the Sanctuary. He leads breakfast.

Kurt seated inside a green 1968 Jaguar XKE.

Kurt

Cali’s father. He kept the right to say no, and then he trusted Curtis with his daughter.

Mark A. Matthews in 1927, a tall minister in a dark suit, standing with children beside a train.

Mark A. Matthews*

A Seattle minister in the time of Billy Sunday. He led a church of more than 10,000 and started the first church-owned radio station. In this story, he is Governor Mark Matthews’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.

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