When I first came into the church, just like many people probably do, I thought I was a pretty good person. I didn’t do drugs, never killed anybody… for the most part I was not that bad. However I was blind to the truth and at the age of 13, I was introduced to alcohol and for 15 years I was a full blown alcoholic. That addiction led me to other and more harmful things. I felt like I had to lie, cheat and steal to get by. I became desensitized to many things even to my wife. Being married for just 4 years, my marriage was a wreck. I didn’t know if my wife and I were going to stay married because we just couldn’t get along. 

In 1999, while training at the National Training Center in Ft. Irwin CA, my wife was invited to a church concert. There my wife gave her life to Jesus Christ. She invited me to come out but I was very hesitant because I wasn’t raised in a Christian home. She finally convinced me to come and visit. I gave her an ultimatum - that if I went she would leave me alone and not bother me again. I went to the mid week service and The Holy Spirit got a hold of me and showed me that my goodness was not good enough for God. I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ that night and have been serving Him to this day.