Growing up in a home with parents who served God was a key influence on my life. My parents were involved with ministry as a whole, and looking back, I can remember watching them specifically around Youth Ministry. Every moment the church doors were open my family was in attendance or serving were we could. I became a believer at the age of 12 while my family attended Bardstown Junction Baptist Church. I went to Summer Camp the following year at the age of 13 and felt as if God was calling me into the ministry. Not knowing what to do, I kept my feelings of calling inside. After graduating High School in 1996, I joined the Army and served for 3 years. While I was in the Army, I volunteered in Ministry. After serving my term in the Army I attended College and went nowhere. I knew that I was created for much more than the secular college had for me. I met my wife and was married to her while waiting for her graduation I worked as a custodian at a local church. I met the pastor regularly and he mentored me and my calling. After my wife graduated from eastern Kentucky University we decided it was time to pursue my calling, something I had been avoiding for some time. I attended Boyce College, undergraduate school of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and graduated 4 years later with a Bachelor’s Degree in Youth Ministry.
Since I can remember I have always wanted to serve in the United States Army. I have been out of active duty service for ten years and have always thought about re-joining but felt the timing wasn’t right. God’s timing is not our timing. Recently my wife and I have been in conversation about the pros and cons of joining the Army as a chaplain. After much prayer and consideration we have both come to a place of peace and assurance.
I am ready to serve my God and country to the best of my ability knowing that it is with God’s strength that I live, move and have my being. No longer looking to the past I move forward as God calls and He will direct my path.
