I was Born and baptized in the Presbyterian Church in Bronx New York and raised on Long Island where I collected Sunday School Attendance Pins, until I was confirmed at age 14 and became an Assistant Sunday School Teacher until I graduated from High School, and yet none of it stuck.

 

In college I tried being an Atheist for a while but somehow that didn’t seem right so I settled for being an agnostic, and nominally called myself a Christian (Non Denominational).

 

I was Commissioned in the Army, out of College, and went to Fort Benning, GA for Infantry Officer Basic, Airborne, and Ranger, and then to Germany where a crusty old Master Sergeant became my mentor (every Second Lieutenant needs one) eventually he introduced me to his stepdaughter, Heidi, and we married.

 

While stationed in the Orient, I completed Special Forces Training, and began to study Buddhism and later I studied Hindu, and was fascinated by the spirituality these people had. So I began to meditate. Christine was born in Okinawa, I was gone on a six month mission and got back only days before she was born.

 

Then back to Fort Benning for Infantry Officer Advanced Course, and Pathfinder School, Jennifer was born there, I was in the field when she was born.

 

Then we went back for another tour in Germany, That was when the Army decided to reduce the force and got rid of almost all Special Forces Officers.

 

We moved to Austin Texas, and started over, worked through a few jobs, which led us to Conroe Texas and a Job working for the Texas Army National Guard as a Training Officer for an Airborne Brigade. In Conroe, David was born (the first time I was there from start to finish).

 

While I was at Air Ground Operations Training, with the Air Force, I started meditating my normal Hindu routine and was chanting “Rama” over and over again when I realized I was not alone in the room. I heard a voice say to me, “Why are you praying to me in Hindu”? I fell prostrate on the floor, what else do you do in the presence of God? Then I crawled across the floor and pulled a Gideon’s Bible from the night stand, and through my tears I read all night.

 

After that things changed, God sent us to Church, He sent me to Law School at nights, and I gradually learned more about Christ. First I attended Sunday School, then I became the teacher, then I was ordained as a Deacon. I graduated from Law School and we moved to La Grange, then I was ordained an Elder, then God asked me to go to Lay Leadership Training and then to Pastor in Hallettsville.

 

I won’t tell you life became a rose garden, we’ve been through a lot of tough times, but God has been there with us and we have seen our Children grow up. We now have two great Son in Laws, and three granddaughters.