YEARS MARRIED: 25
CHILDREN: 1
GRANDCHILDREN: 3
YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 4
HOW THEY MET: “At a party in Long Beach”
WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: “Travel”
HIS ROLE IN THE CHURCH: “To serve the community in any way I can.”
HOW HE WAS CALLED TO THE DIACONATE: “I was asked by our pastor if I would consider becoming a deacon. I had never thought about it so after lots of prayer and soul searching I committed myself to let the Lord lead me. If He wanted me to be ordained then I would be. I did my part by studying and left the future to God.”
HIS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: “Serving at my mother-in-law’s funeral was the hardest. The next most memorable was almost hitting the Bishop while incensing him.”