knowyoubetter: George and Sharla Cole

George and Sharla Cole were both born in Houston, TX. George grew up in New Caney, TX. He has 2 older sisters and one younger brother. During his teen years George worked at Sonic and graduated from New Caney High School. Sharla lived in Ocean Springs, MS until she was 11 and then the family moved to Splendora, TX. Sharla has 2 older brothers. Sharla worked at camps and then worked at Kroger as a cashier. She graduated from Splendora High School.

It was love at first sight at the Porter Exxon early one Sunday morning. Sharla and her friend were getting gas and just before they pulled out, George and his buddy pulled in. The guys invited them to Metro Bible Study that they attended at First Baptist Church Porter. Well, maybe it wasn’t love at first sight because it was 3 weeks later that Sharla and her friend went to Porter First Baptist. George’s friend spotted the girls and they all began to talk.

After the wedding they went on a 7 day cruise for their honeymoon. They visited the Virgin Islands, St Croix, St Thomas, San Juan and St. John.

George and Sharla celebrated their ninth anniversary on September 28. They have lived in the Humble area for 7 ½ years. They moved here in 1998. They like to spend time with their 2 boys Scott(4) and Shawn(2). They try to get away camping as often as possible because the boys really enjoy spending time with mom and dad.

When they’re not getting to play with the boys George works as a Systems Support Engineer. He manages the Network and Servers for DHL's Regional office in Houston. Sharla works at HAFBC as the early ones teacher. She also watches children at their home other days. Thursdays are just for her and they boys though.

Last year Sharla went through the FAITH training. (Poor girl, She was trained by Ed and David) but she rose to the occasion and loves going out to people’s homes to evangelize.
She also works in the nursery once a month in the 9:30 hour. Scott goes to Awana and praise kids on Wednesday night.

George attended First Baptist Porter for a year and a half and then gave his heart to Jesus when he was 26 years old during a revival. Sharla was a little younger when she came to know the Lord. She was 13 and working at a camp and several people in her bunk house were saved. She realized that Sunday that she lived in a Christian home but didn’t have a personal relationship with Christ. She asked her dad to walk to the the front with her and she asked Jesus in her heart.

George is a night person and Sharla says she’s not a night or morning person. She prefers the afternoon. They share the same opinion on their favorite Desserts, pecan pie and cheesecake with strawberries.

Sharla’s favorite shows are Any Julia Roberts film and Seinfeld. Caddyshack any Alien movie tops George’s list.
The pictures below are of a recent camping trip. Thanks George and Sharla for being the guinea pigs on the site