Birthday

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February 7th, 1964

Biography

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I was raised in a Christian family and attended a Baptist Church and a Christian School as a young boy. I had heard the Gospel from a very young age and yet I was still lost.

I remember sitting in a chapel service as a little boy at our Christian School and I was around 6 or 7 years old.

The chapel speaker had asked all those who wanted to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior to raise their hands.

I always wondered what went on with those who raised their hands so I raised mine too.

I went back with them into a room and all I remember was someone talking to us kids and then they had all of us repeat the sinner’s prayer.

I prayed along with everyone but I was only going through the motions.

It wasn't until a little while later when I had heard a sermon preached at our Church about heaven and hell and I came home and told my mom that I didn't want to go to hell and be separated from Jesus for ever.

She sat down with me in the living room of our home and opened the Bible and led me to the Lord that night.

There in the living I knelt with my mother at our couch and I asked Jesus to come into my life and save me.

It wasn't until I was around 12 years old that I took the first step of obedience and followed the Lord in believer’s baptism.

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