My Calling

I first had an idea that God's will might be for me to be a missionary when I was quite young. I remember waking one morning and hearing a thought in my mind clearly say "If you do not tell them, how will they know?" I told my Sunday School teacher that maybe this was God trying to tell me to be a missionary. This has always been in the way back of mind through the years.

My parents have raised us to have a burden for souls. At age 17 I went on my first of many short term missions trips. These experiences only fueled a desire to help people see the need for Salvation. One trip took me to the drunken streets of Nome Alaska for about 5 months. While I was there, I met a few missionary pilots who flew for an outfit called MARC (Mission Aviation Repair Center). I was really impressed with their spirit and their work. I am not as gifted in leadership roles and public speaking, so as I learned about this ministry I thought to myself, "this is a ministry that I could do!" I am most fulfilled when I help others fulfill their vision. I love assisting our pastor and anyone else accomplish work for the Kingdom. That is what a missionary pilot does, he works to make missionaries successful.

After talking to spiritual authorities, and praying, God gave me a confirmation verse in Luke 22:32 Jesus told Peter "and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." That is what a missionary pilot does, strengthens his brethren in the mission field.

I don't know where God wants me to go, I just know what He wants me to do, so I'm going to do it. What a blessing to know that God has a job for me in His Kingdom! Please pray for me, I have a lot of training to go through still. Lots of test, and lots of flight hours!

Almost four out of every ten people on this globe will never hear the name Jesus, never see a Bible, never step inside a church and never meet a preacher. Why should anyone be allowed to hear the Gospel twice, when many have never heard it once? I want my life and ministry to bring many to Christ! I believe in Hell and I want to rescue as many as possible from its terrible punishment!

Thank you for visiting this site and I hope it is a blessing to you. Feel free to write me if you have any questions.

I know that a burden is not necessarily the same thing as a calling. So I began to pray about it. A few years ago I took a missions trip to Romania, and while I greatly enjoyed my time there, I fell into a lot of bizarre "illnesses." I broke a tooth in half, my mouth dried up like cotton, I got some weird "mumps-like symptoms (but wasn't mumps, who knows what it was), I had terrible cramps, and I have always been a very healthy person before this and since. I wondered if God didn't want me to be there, until one day, as I was returning from a doctor's visit, God spoke to my heart "if you are going to serve me as a missionary, you must be prepared to face hardships like these. That is what this is all about!" I felt so encouraged, that I could only look at the issues I was facing there as a blessed message from God.