I was a normal teenager and was very quickly involved in everything that the world had to offer. Ballroom dancing became the greatest attraction, and it influenced me greatly. I tried in vain to reject all the godly teaching from my parents until at 17 years old things changed. A great evangelist named Hawthorn Bailey came to our Gospel Hall and through his preaching , and my parents ongoing prayers for me, I committed my life to Jesus.

My conversion was so real that my lifestyle changed immediately. I began to have a hunger and thirst for whatever it was that God had planned for my life. The emptiness of life and its activities was replaced with a yearning for more of Him. The more I studied the Bible, the more I discovered that God had a special purpose for my life which lead me into what has been my passion for many years; preaching and teaching the word of God.

The more I experienced the Christian life, the greater was my desire to become involved in full time ministry. In 1970, I sensed a very clear call from God to leave my chosen career in Ireland, to come to Canada and be fully involved in preaching and teaching the Word. On October 1, 1970 with my wife Evelyn and 3 children, I arrived in Canada with a call from God, believing that He would show me clearly the plan He had for my life. Two months later I accepted an invitation from a church in Ontario, north of Toronto, to be their senior pastor.

For over 30 years it has been my privilege to preach and teach the Word all over Canada in both pastoral and evangelistic ministries. In 1990, 6 months after the revolution, it was my honor to preach in Europe, and specifically Romania. In soccer stadiums, sports arenas, and churches, through an interpreter I preached to Romanians who were hungry for reality, after many years of political turmoil. We saw very many people, desperate for hope, turn to Jesus and give their lives to Him. This obviously was one of the most satisfying times of my entire ministry.

God has been faithful to me all these years in ministry, as I struggled through my first wife Evelyn?s Alzheimers and eventual death, and now as I am in retirement. I will always be grateful for parents who taught me well, prayed for, and supported me, as well as many of God?s people who have done the same for me in my life and ministry.