About

Since Elma High School in '94 I went to South Puget Sound Community College in Olyimpia to take the basics to transfer to Montana TECH in Butte. I transferred to TECH and stayed in the dorms for the first year. My roomate was Kentucky Sago. It was a blast, we were the only guys on the only girls wing and we had our own bathroom and shower because we were in a handycap room. Life was a blast and I was focused on school work, studying late. A couple of girls (Jane Yadon and Ricky Starkel) invited Tuck and I to go to a dinner/bible study one Tuesday night at the Baptist Student Union (BSU). The pastor (Mark Arbaugh) was going over the book of John. Because his wife (Rachel) made such great food we kept comming back each Tuesday night. It was a lot of fun, but I just wasn't getting it. It made no sense why this guy Jesus would go through all that work to train his disciples and then die for no reason. About this time in the early Fall I started to notice this drop dead gorgeous tall blond in my Physics class. She sat a row behind me most of the time and I sat next to Tuck. One day the seat I usually use was broken so I sat up a row. There was a broken desk between me and this blond. I was looking at the chair trying to figure out how to fix it when a screw came out in my hand. I was sort of embarressed and looked over at this blond gal and said, "do you want a screw"? I think she thought I said, "do you want to screw" and I don't think she saw the screw in my hand. I got a weird look and no answer. Hmmm smooth. Then in the second semster (Physics II) me and Tuck sat acros from her. Every day I would watch her leave the classroom and she would turn and give me a very quick glance. At first I thought she may have been looking at someone else. I started playing Tenor Sax at the Park Street Baptist church each Sunday but the whole Jesus salvation thing just wasn't making any sense. It was way too simple. I must earn my way I was thinking. I must study all religions and all bibles/books to make certain this Jesus charater was for real. At this point I was going to Bible study each week, doing all activities/sports with the BSU, in an accoutability group, and going to church each Sunday. On Easter Sunday 1997 in the afternoon I asked God to forgive me of my sins and to come into my heart and accept His sacrifice of His Son. I felt an undescribable peace come over me I knew I had been forgiven. It was about this time I had a long conversation with the tall blond gal in the Library. I sat down for a minute to talk about a Physics quiz and then the library was closing at 10PM! I told her I would stop by Denny's the next night when she was working. I was watching movies with some guys in the dorm and working on a good reason why we needed to go get some desert at Denny's. ..long winded run out of room.. tall Blond is Jodi my wife.. who accepted Jesus's invitation in '97 as well..God has blessed us with three healthy children..

Favorite saying

• "1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation shall tempt you but such as is common to man. You will not be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also so you may be able to endure it." No excuses for giving into temptation. This sucks, but it's certainly true. "