The following is a note of the journey that brought me back to GOD. I shared this note with some friends and family during the week of Thanksgiving. Some of you at the Bridge have heard part of my story and this note delves a little deeper into what brought me back to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I am so thankful to GOD for the Love and Grace that HE has given me!

11-26-08
My life over the past year and a half has seen so many changes and have faced so many challenges that I would have not even dreamed of 18 months ago.
During the spring of 07 Sandy, my wife, and I were enjoying the newest addition to our family and our 3rd daughter Kaelana. She was born a few months earlier on Feb. 26th. I was running a showroom for an iron door manufacturer that catered to luxury home builders and all those rich folks. During my time with this company I saw how they ran their business with very few employees working out of my showroom. I started thinking that I could run my own shop and bring in the same amount of business.

Confessions of a pastor...

Confessions of a pastor...

I can still remember driving through the streets of Rancho Santa Margarita overwhelmed by the absurdity of God’s calling. While the idea of planting a church in RSM was exhilarating, it also exposed the ridiculous nature of God’s decision making process. I couldn’t wrap my mind around why God would call us to this task. At that time I was just a 26 year old youth pastor with no “senior” pastor experience. It would have made much more sense, in my mind, for God to send an older, wiser and more “locally” established pastor to begin a work in RSM. He should send a pastor who was experienced in church planting, and had a lot of relationship in this area.