I've been asked a number of times about my calling, and life's journey.  Here's a short overview.

I was born January 5, 1945 in San Francisco, California.  I prayed as a child, and my calling was as far back as I can remember.  I started attending a little Baptist church at age seven.  My sister, then twelve years old, got permission from our father to allow us to go.  My parents never attended a church during my lifetime.  I started reading the Bible on my own when I was about nine or ten years old.  It was something God laid on my heart to do.

From age seven until nine I attended the little Baptist church.  From age nine to sixteen my parents usually went on weekends to Scotts Valley where we worked to build a home for their retirement.  At age sixteen God laid on my heart the three goals for my life:  to fulfill my potential at all times in my life, first and most importantly, spiritually, second mentally (developing and using whatever talents and skills He gave me), and third physically (to be in the best health and shape at any given time in my life).  This prompted me to go back to the same little Baptist church.  I attended there for about a year and a half and then became, in 1962, associated with our present denomination where I've been ever since.

After attending Lowell High School I went to City College of San Francisco for a summer session, and the fall semester.  That ended my college life.  At the summer session I encountered a student teacher at the English class I was taking who was a devout preaching atheist.  It resulted in shaking up my world at the time.  I had been attending the Baptist church, believed there was a God and that the Bible was from that God.  The lady atheist teacher made me wonder.  It ruined my summer.  I tried looking at books in the library to help me find out whether there was a God or not.  In mid-August on a Saturday night in that year 1962 God clearly and strongly asked "Why don't you ask me?"  I dropped to my knees, raised my hands to the heavens, and asked Him if He was really there.  Within about fifteen to twenty minutes I turned on a Christian radio program that offered free literature that in time provided answers to my questions.  I came to realize there was a God, the Holy Bible was from Him, and that I needed to follow and obey what He showed me.

My life from that time on has been one of various jobs but of regular service in a Christian church.  After completing that fall semester at City College I worked at the Western Union Telegraph Company for two years and eight months leaving at the time as a statistical accounting clerk.  I went from there to San Jose where I now live and worked for Goodwill Industries for a little more than two years.  Ten months of my Goodwill time was in the personnel department where I had the opportunity of working with the mentally, physically, and socially handicapped.  That part of my time there was an especially great blessing to me and one which I remember with fondness and thankfulness for the opportunity.

From 1968-1980 I worked at Hewlett-Packard in Mt. View and Cupertino.  The last seven of those years I was an associate scheduler/production planner.   From 1980-1987 I did a variety of things and in 1987 started as an independent insurance agent and have had my own insurance business since then.  I am a bi-vocational Pastor, meaning I make my living from my business as one vocation, and volunteer as the Senior Pastor of the Watsonville Christian Church as my second vocation.   A precedent for this type of ministering was the Apostle Paul.  At times he was a bi-vocational Apostle making his living as a tent-maker and volunteering as an Apostle.

My church service has included overseeing 100+ youth, then that many singles, managing the denomination's magazine and book distribution to the public in our church area, working with widows/widowers, those hospitalized, shut-ins, sports programs, fundraising, writing lessons for, overseeing and facilitating small groups, managing and doing personal, paper, and media evangelism, counselings, etc.  In both my professional and church life, the Good Lord has taught me primarily by time spent with Him in prayer, by reading, studying, and applying His Word, and by on-the-job training.

I was ordained a Deacon April 3, 1977 in our church in San Jose that had 400+ members at the time, and started giving sermonettes in July of that year.  I was ordained an Assistant Pastor February 18, 1995 and began giving sermons in a number of our churches.  I became an Associate Pastor of our Watsonville Christian Church October 27, 2002, and ordained Senior Pastor of that church July 31, 2005.  The journey continues.