I grew up going to Pleasantville Baptist Church since I was two years old. When I was four years old, I went to my mother on a Sunday morning, and asked her to tell me more about Heaven and Hell. I was learning about them in Sunday School at the time, and became very interested. She then showed me from the Bible that I needed forgiveness for my sins. I prayed to Jesus, who was crucified for my sins, and asked Him to take me to Heaven when I die. As I grew older, still going to church, I looked forward to my future and wondered what God made me for. In the 6th grade, I was at a Jr. camp where they had a group of missionaries preaching. After one of the services, I asked to talk with a missionary and told him that I felt God calling me to be a missionary as well. From that point forward, I knew that God had made me to be a missionary, so that was my plan after graduating High School. After graduation I headed to Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City to start my missionary training. Through those four years at Bible college, I learned that having burdens for other areas of ministry was not that same as God’s calling. I struggled with knowing whether to be a missionary, youth pastor, or an inner-city church planter. It was not until my senior year, that God really spoke to me and showed me that He truly did make me to be a missionary. He also confirmed my call to go to Japan, a place that I had been praying about since I was called to be a missionary. After serving at the church I grew up in for three years, I feel confident that God has led me to start transitioning into the mission of Japan.

My family started attending church when I was 7 years old, after spending a deal of time searching for the truth, we eventually walked into the doors of Mesa Baptist Church in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It was there under the teaching of God’s Word directly from the Bible that my family had finally found a church home. After attending many children’s church services and masters club programs, I came to understand that I was a sinner and in need of a Savior. At 9 years old I knelt besides my parents bedside, and asked Christ to be my personal Savior.

When I was 16, at teen camp I told the Lord that He had my life completely and surrendered to His will. It was later that week that I started to feel very burdened for the mission field, upon returning home I spoke to my parents about this and started getting involved with missions in any way I could, I attended Bible college for 4 years, where I met Jadon, and I've had the blessing of serving along side him in practical ministry training for the past two years.