Hello, Who's Calling Please?
The summer after my senior year of high school, I had my heart set on becoming an engineer. My dream was to attend Texas Tech University and earn both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees. However, that summer, everything changed. While attending a youth conference, I experienced a powerful moment where I felt God placing a call to ministry on my life. For a while, I tried bargaining with God, trying to convince God that if I became an engineer, I could spend my vacations, building quality buildings on the mission field and serve him that way. God didn't buy into my plan.
During the conference, my youth sponsors were incredibly supportive, encouraging me as I wrestled with this new direction. But when I returned home, my pastor at the time wasn’t as supportive. This created some uncertainty, but I held onto the conviction that this was the path God had set before me.
In time, I earned my first pastoral license and moved to the Oklahoma City metro area to study for the ministry. During my time there, I met my wife, and together we embarked on the journey of serving in ministry. After graduating and getting married, we accepted our first opportunity to lead—a small church on the plains of Oklahoma. We were confident in our call to this church and excited for what the future held.