So who’s this guy with a big smile looking at me from this webpage? That’s a question that perhaps none of you are asking in those words but I will answer it anyways :). I was born at a very young age ;), in the middle of the Canadian Prairies. I grew up in a very loving and great family. From a young age I was always a little bit different, my parents tell me that one day I told them to no longer call me david but rather “Bob for real” or on another day it was “lonesome Peter”. As soon as I was able to read I really developed an affinity with the bible. I remember reading the story about when Noah drank too much wine after the flood and laughing and laughing when I was in grade 2 “I can’t believe they put THAT in the bible!”. God has always had a special place in my life and kept me safe even when a gang tried to steal my bike in grade four, or in the midst of the dangerous things young kids do :). But likely the earliest point when I really began to get to know God better was in grade seven. I joined youth group and bible quizzing and there was a group of us friends that became a really close group. We would have sleepovers and bike rides and watch movies together and encourage each other in our faith. It was around this time that I decided that I wanted to be a missionary. Ironically, at the same point in time my brother decided that he wanted to be a sniper.
Up until that time my life had been pretty great and carefree, I loved telling jokes and going to Christian camp each summer. But in high school there were a lot of things that entered into the mix. A lot of different pressures and opinions and voices trying to hold sway over my life. I co-led the christian group at my high school and became a cabin leader at my camp but inwardly I felt overwhelmed by the mediocrity of my life and my inability to obey God as I wanted to. It wasn’t until the summer before grade twelve that I went on a missions program in my province that in nightly worsihp times I met God in a deep and personal way that everything changed.
I found out in a real and personal way that God really loved me, in spite of all my inadequacies. That He was more real and powerful than I had ever imagined. Who was hiding this from me all this time?!?!? I found out that the Holy Spirit is alive and well and moving in power across the earth still. God really began to set me free and fill me such an excitement to serve him and love him and do mighty exploits for Him (although I still have a lot of growing to do :)!!).
Since then I went to Millar College of the bible for a year and got deeply grounded in his word. Went on a three month missions trip to Greece and saw the power of faith in action and made some really good friends. Then for the last three years I have gone to FIRE school of Ministry in North Carolina and God has really transformed my life there. I have met some of the most passionate followers of Jesus in the world and been enlivened by His Spirit in a greater way than ever before. I am just bubbling over with excitement to be a part of the world race. To change the world…
one life at a time.
