I attended Trinity Western College for a year and a half after high school. I had too heavy a course load in my second year and became quite ill, eventually withdrawing. I thank God for surrounding my with Godly and encouraging Christians. The scriptures became very real for me, including Romans 8:28, and have guided my life since. God brought me through all of it and I spent the next six years in post-secondary education, graduating from UBC with a Geology degree in 1991.

       After a decade in various geological exploration jobs, and the tragic death of my older, believing sister, God brought me back to Kelowna. From 2001 - 2007, it was great to be a support to my parents, and have them there for me as well. A regular Wednesday night Bible study at Evangel also gave me spiritual strength and direction during these years. It was through a couple who attended this group that I was introduced to my beautiful and wonderful wife Diane and her young son, Dominion. God answered all our prayers, and the prayers of many other when Diane and I were married in July, 2008.

       A verse that really speaks to me is Jeremiah 29:11, “ ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.’”

       In tough times in my life, this verse reminds me of the compassion and ever present help Jesus gives. As a believer, I’ll always have a future and a hope.