About

About me? Golly I don’t want to write this!

I will start with my background and where I have come from.

I was born in 1988. Both my parents love God and are my greatest influences in my life. I have been blessed to grow up with only one set of parents. I praise God for that. At the time of writing this they have been married for 23 years!

I grew up for the most part in Portland Four Square Church in Portland, Oregon. I attended Portland Four Square regularly from birth to I believe 13 or 14 years of age. Though fairly heavily involved in the church to my recollection the greatest influence in my walk with Christ has been my parents. Though I do believe I need to give credit to the people who where faithful especially in my early years like before 5 years of age. I have a suspicion that they where great and mighty intercessors for my life.

Beyond their intercession I believe that I learned the most from my parents. My mother sooo faithful and strong, home schooled me all of the way through… so I never went to school :-0. But both my parents where incredibly faithful reading the bible to me and teaching me bible stories. And to add to this my part all through my schooling my mom had biblical devotions. When I consider these things I am pretty amazed because of the teaching I received not related to school and in my schooling I know much of the bible, meaning that in school my mother read me and my sibling pretty much the entire old testament, not to mention all of the bible stories. I really take this for granted, and I see when I look at people who are newly saved.

Though all of the bible stories and biblical knowledge is good… My parents guided me in much more. They encouraged me to find my own faith. They interceded for me and prayed with me and for me before bed. And they included me in their walk with God showing me rather than just telling me. For instance my Dad took me several times to the prayer meetings that we went to with men in our Church. Also I do remember the time when my Dad really encouraged me to pursue my spiritual language. I do not know if he remembers this exactly but I do remember fairly vividly. And I do believe that the night that he read me Acts concerning the upper room that I did receive my spiritual language. There where no “big fireworks”, actually there really never have been “big fireworks” for me… but I believe that I received my spiritual language and I grew into it about the same as english, though I believe it was squelched a bit by fear that I was just copying others and the way they sounded… but I know now that, that was just fear.

But as for the first time I recall for certain feeling the spirit in my life was listening to a Vineyard Winds of Worship tape on my little Fisher Price tape recorder player one night as going to sleep. I recall listening to the worship and tears coming to me eyes and the spirit coming over me. I do not recall whether this was after or before I received my spiritual language. But I do remember that night vividly and it was the not the only night. It was such a beautiful thing. LOL I love that little tape recorder thingy… it ran on C batteries and I would diligently charge the batteries nearly everyday as I did not have a power supply for the player… LOL good memories… I actually would attribute my knowledge of batteries and charging and my attention that I pay to charging batteries to using that tape recorder, well, that and my love for electronics.

But the other experience that is a great shaping in my life was at a worship conference or whatever at our church Portland Four Square with Kent Henry. I recall being in the upper balcony, without my parents… actually I do not even remember where they where and I do also recall that it was my choice to be there in the worship. I was I believe alone in that balcony actually. But I remember entering into true worship there. I remember the tears!

Well more later got worship team stuff…