My parents were pioneers in Christian education and by the time I was 12, I had been to 3 different states. They started 2 schools near the Canadian border, 4 around Boston, and 37 in North Florida. This allowed me to attend 10 different churches and Christian Schools by the sixth grade, when I started public schools in Jacksonville, FL.
I remember the morning of November 27, 1968, well. The church was having revival services with Brother Lester Roloff and I questions my Kindergarten teacher. It was a Wednesday morning around 10:30 and while my test went out to the playground to play, I stayed behind. Mrs. Stone knew that this unusual so she started talking to me and was able to lead me to Christ.
Four months later I started to have dreams and visions of my life and what the Lord wanted me to do. I have preached or given my testimony in 26 states and 4 countries. I have been to great cities with Boston, NYC, Chicago, Orlando, and Philadelphia being some of my favorites.
I have been ran out of town once. I was in Boston and after 3 weeks of youth revivals, I decided to travel to Salem, Massachusetts, and see some of the buildings I learned about in High School.
I never made it. I stopped for gas in a town called, Peabody and went in to pay. The cashier looked straight at me and said, "We don't want you here." I looked around the store thinking she was talking to someone else. She said, "No, I am talking to you. I know who you are, what you have been doing for the last month or so, and where you are headed, and we don't want you here!"
I wasn't going to minister in Salem so I headed to Lincoln, Virginia, the town of my next revival. I learned on the news that night that the Salem witch festival was planned for that weekend.
I have preached to 2 people, because that is all that showed up, and to a crowd estimated at around 22,000 in Costa Rica. I have been in small-town football stadiums as well as the oldest American auditorium in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I have lived a very blessed life.
A blessed life doesn't always mean money. I never received an offering, but I have been blessed beyond measure!
I have been a Minister of Music 3 times, a Youth Pastor twice, an Assistant Pastor twice, a Children's Director once, overseer at a homeless shelter and in Christian boy's clubs three times. I have had dreams and visions on a regular basis since I was 5 years old. I keep a record of each one. Many of them have been fulfilled, but I know that God is still using me. I look forward to the rest of the dreams and visions to unfold.
Almost a decade ago God moved me to a small city called Douglas Georgia. I came here thinking that I could pick up where I left off. I visited a dozen churches and met the Pastors. Three thought I was crazy when they asked me what the Lord was saying about their ministry. The three have all closed their doors permanently.
I have helped a few in direction, and have had the pleasure of speaking at two of them. I have been soaking in the presence of the Lord at a great church named Covenant. The Pastors are full of love and the many guest speakers are Internationally known Giants in the faith.
I haven't just been sitting around. The Lord has used me almost everywhere I go. Lives are still being touched and changed for eternity.
Something big is in the process. The Lord is moving me into a new season. In the next few months I will be making an impact in ways that He has been preparing me for.
Are my best years behind me? NO!!! I haven't begun to live me best life... but that is for another blog.
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