I have had a pretty good life! I had a good father, a kind mother and a perfectly good little brother. There weren't a whole lot of extra's in life for us, we were always on the lower end of poor. However, we were not destitute and we never went really hungry. We always had a place to sleep, even if it happened to be the couch of a relative.

I was not a very good student. I was decently intelligent according to all of the standardized test and frustrated teachers, I just wasn't a good student. I would not apply myself. I was once convinced that I was just lazy but as the years have past I have decided that I just did not have a firm grasp as to why I was supposed to be a good student. I love to learn, always have but I just didn't like what they were teaching or how they were teaching it. If they would have just let me ask questions then I would have been brillant!

At 16 I met Nicole. She would become my wife in October of 1990. Unfortunately, she would become the mother of our first child in June of that same year. We now have four wonderful children who I beileve saved not only my life but quite possibly my Soul. My family, this group of resilient individuals have endured some very difficult times wth grace and poise. They have weathered the storms of life in little more than a rubber raft at times but they have never allowed bitterness to be the norm.

I served in the Navy! I am proud of having spent that time as a member of the USN... though it was never a Dream of mine to be a sailor. It was just a knee jerk response to an unexpected pregnancy. Yet, unlike most rash decisions it was one that proved invaluable. They stationed me in Ft. Meade Md and assigned me to the National Security Agency. There I met a lot of strange people. Some were horrible others were amazing! Victor Martinez, Stu Probst and Pat... who I can not remember his last name... who was the most aragont, sarcastic and obnoxious person I may have ever had the honor of meeting... and to this day I still like him.

After service I tried my hand at several things. Some jobs I was actually good at, some were profitable and others weren't but in the end I just could not find a place that was in any real way fulfilling. There was a desire in me to "be" something other than employed. A fact that frighten my wife more than she cares to admit.

In 2000 we answered the call to ministry. It wasn't a hard decision to make but it was a very difficult decision to keep. Anyone who has ever abandoned all to pursue full time ministry by first going to bible school fulltime can understand and appreciate what we faced. There were many ups and downs and "church" experiences that went along with this process. Then in 2002 we held our first church service! We had a huge first service of about 8 people in a rented clubhouse next to the municiple gof course. I preached on my little "yellow duck". It won't be archived for future generations I assure you.

So now almost 7 years later and we are still moving forward. There have been many lessons learned and may battles fought, some won and some not. Yet, my life is still pretty good. The family is still God's greatest blessing to me and the desire to be in His Will has never been stronger. I'd love to leave you a list of accomplishments and accolades and maybe one day I will be able to... maybe one day I won't have to in order to paint a picture of who I am and where I've been... but for now I can only say that I am extermley happy and blessed to be me!