As part of this blog I want to incorporate my Faith, I believe that Jesus
Christ came and died on the Cross for all of our sins.
John 3:15-17
"That everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
I would like to tell you my story (testimony).
I didn’t grow up in the church, or come from a religious family (even though I’m not sure what that means). My first introduction to the church was through a local Baptist church when I was 13 that did kickball, softball, flag football for the local kids on Tuesday afternoons. I remember the Pastor of the church because he was out there playing every Tuesday, his name was Felix Zeigler. I met one of my best friends in life though this process David Plough.
My next experience with God is when I chose my college. I played high school baseball and I wanted to play in college so I visited several colleges and Palm Beach Atlantic told me I could play (it didn’t hurt they were walking distance from the beach and the campus is on the intracoastal). For those of you who don’t know PBA is a Christian college, it is hard to believe I would have ended up at a Christian college.
I was baptized when I was 21 at my home church in Venice, FL, this really didn’t have any impact on my life or change any of my actions. I’m not going to go into all of my discretions because that is not the important part of this story, but there were many. I lived this way for 10 years, sitting in the back of the church, not getting involved and going through the motions.
Then in 2007 I was sitting in the back row like normal and they announced a mission trip to Peru. I hate to say it like this but God basically tapped me on the shoulder and said you are going on this trip. So I signed up.
The leader of the trip was the campus pastor David Oates, he told me if I wanted to go I had to join the men’s group he was in, so I did. Long story short I met my wife Kate on that trip, her best friend Ashley (who I donated a kidney to in 2012), and completely changed my life.
I currently have been hosting that same men’s group since 2008, and a group with Kate since the same time. Kate and I have led trips to Peru for the last 4 years and have had many other responsibilities within the church.
It is really cool to look back on my life and see the people and places that God has put in my life and how he used them to direct me to where I am now. I am completely humbled that God has been able to use me, and I just look forward to finding out what else he has in store.
Ephesians 5:15-17
"Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is."
John 3:15-17
"That everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
I didn’t grow up in the church, or come from a religious family (even though I’m not sure what that means). My first introduction to the church was through a local Baptist church when I was 13 that did kickball, softball, flag football for the local kids on Tuesday afternoons. I remember the Pastor of the church because he was out there playing every Tuesday, his name was Felix Zeigler. I met one of my best friends in life though this process David Plough.
My next experience with God is when I chose my college. I played high school baseball and I wanted to play in college so I visited several colleges and Palm Beach Atlantic told me I could play (it didn’t hurt they were walking distance from the beach and the campus is on the intracoastal). For those of you who don’t know PBA is a Christian college, it is hard to believe I would have ended up at a Christian college.
I was baptized when I was 21 at my home church in Venice, FL, this really didn’t have any impact on my life or change any of my actions. I’m not going to go into all of my discretions because that is not the important part of this story, but there were many. I lived this way for 10 years, sitting in the back of the church, not getting involved and going through the motions.
Then in 2007 I was sitting in the back row like normal and they announced a mission trip to Peru. I hate to say it like this but God basically tapped me on the shoulder and said you are going on this trip. So I signed up.
The leader of the trip was the campus pastor David Oates, he told me if I wanted to go I had to join the men’s group he was in, so I did. Long story short I met my wife Kate on that trip, her best friend Ashley (who I donated a kidney to in 2012), and completely changed my life.
I currently have been hosting that same men’s group since 2008, and a group with Kate since the same time. Kate and I have led trips to Peru for the last 4 years and have had many other responsibilities within the church.
It is really cool to look back on my life and see the people and places that God has put in my life and how he used them to direct me to where I am now. I am completely humbled that God has been able to use me, and I just look forward to finding out what else he has in store.
Ephesians 5:15-17
"Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is."
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