Psalms 16:6 says "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea I have a goodly heritage". God blessed me with two parents who, above all else, loved God and desired to serve Him. As I grew up in their home the reality of a loving God was ever before me. It was in 1965 in a revival service with Dr. Monroe Parker that my need of Christ was impressed upon my heart. It was at that time that I received Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. Two years after my conversion I was baptized and joined the Faith Baptist Church of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Somehow, even with all the advantages that God has given me, I still chose to believe Satan's lie during my Jr. & Sr. High years. It wasn't until my Senior year that I stopped to survey all my failed attempts at happiness, and realized that I had not only ignored the written truth, but also the applied truth as demonstrated faithfully by my parents. My misery and their testimony drove me back to my loving Saviour.

After graduation from Faith Christian School in LaCrosse, Wi., the Lord moved me to Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, WI, where through the extension ministries, God burdened my heart with the needs of young people. The first 10 years of my ministry were devoted to serving them. After graduation from College, I married Myra Cummins in June of 1982. We now have two sons, James, who is 22, and Jason, who is 19. It is our desire to give them the Christ centered home with which we both were blessed.

God's good, acceptable, and perfect will has once again led us to the place of His blessing. It is with joyous anticipation that we look to the future. May God bless us as we serve Him together.