Linda and I were saved under the ministry of Great
Lakes Baptist Temple, in Flint, Michigan, under the leadership of Pastor Gerald
Cheney. Linda was born-again in the summer of 1969. She was led to Christ by
Martha Edwards, and Emily Hulverson in our home one Monday evening during church
visitation. I was saved on Easter Sunday morning, March 29, 1970, during the
morning service at the church. I surrendered to preach in March, 1977, began
attending Baptist Bible College East in August, 1977, and graduated in May,
1980. We started Heritage Baptist Church, in Fairfield, Connecticut, in July,
1980. I served as pastor there until February, 1990. Linda and I were approved
as BBFI missionaries in September, 1990, and began our first term in IRELAND in
December, 1991. Our first term in IRELAND was spent relieving Cliff and Linda
Goodwin (BBFI missionaries) during their fourteen-month furlough. When Bro.
Goodwin died unexpectedly in April, 1992, the church called me to be their
pastor. Our sending church is Great Lakes Baptist Temple, where David
Chittenden is now the pastor. We are privileged to be the first
missionaries sent out of Great Lakes Baptist Temple who were saved in the
church.