About the time I enlisted in the Marines I was trying to start a relationship with my childhood sweetheart that had come back into my life. She was the first one who had ever asked me if I knew about Jesus Christ. I started to go to church with her and talk about spiritual matters. Her father also asked me about my relationship with God and asked me to take a Bible he had given me to boot camp. Out of respect I did, and I quickly became known as the “Bible Man.” The Bible had an inscription which described how I could have a relationship with God. Several days after being in boot camp I read the inscription and different parts of the Bible. I found that God loved me and he wanted to have a relationship with me. I wanted that relationship. So at boot camp in my bunk one night I asked Jesus Christ to come into my life and save me from my sins.

Now I live my life for God. That girl who asked me about Jesus became my wife, and her father became my father-in-law. Ironically, an injury led to me leaving the Marine Corps during boot camp and I never realized that dream. That was alright though because my goals had changed. I realized that God had a different plan for my life and I have been blessed to see God do amazing things as I follow him.