While preaching in open-air crusades in Kenya, I saw God reach down and touch hundreds with the love of Jesus Christ. It was incredible! Satan and powers of this world tried with all they had to stop the crusade, but God received the glory as many listeners were changed!
My God-given passions and gifts
I have a passion for sharing the love of Jesus with lost people and sharing the victory found in Jesus with the church
I truly enjoy encouraging the church to step out and reach the lost.
I love to preach, and get asked to often. You will have to decide for yourself if it is a gift or not!
I seem to be gifted in administration and problem-solving.
About Me
Where I live: I have lived in Lancaster County, PA just outside the town of Quarryville since 1988.
Where I grew up: I was born in Chester, PA and went through primary school in nearby southwest Philadelphia. My parents divorced when I was 11 and we moved to Chester County, PA with my mother and 4 siblings. I am the middle child and from about age 12, I have lived in various boarding situations away from home. I have been working full time and making my own decisions since about age 12 and never really knew what a real family was like.
My Career: I've had a lot of variety in my career. I have been a tow truck driver, a mechanic, the shop foreman in a steel fabrication business, and a church-planter. In 1993, I started working for a grocery busines that had begun several years earlier in a chicken house. I've worked with the Owner as the business grew to its present size of almost 350 employees at 4 locations in eastern Pennsylvania. I am currently the General Manager and am responsible for the daily operations and future development of our company. For a few years, I worked for the grocery business part time while I planted and pastored a local church.
Outside of work, I have been a Township Supervisor (where I served as chair), and helped to form a local Sewer Authority (where I also served as chair).
My Family: I met my wife, Mary Kita, in 1975 when we both worked for the same employer. We were married in May of 1980. We have two grown sons: Shawn and Josh.
How I became a Christian: Mary and I moved to our current home in June of 1988. A couple came to our door a few months later and invited us to church. Keep in mind that neither Mary nor I have any church background. We attended church with the couple the following February. When we visited the church a second time, the couple approached us with the idea of starting a Bible study with us in our home. We agreed, and the Bible study started in April, 1989. Through that study, I asked Jesus to be my Savior in May of 1989, a month before our youngest son was born.
Two interesting facts: The very first time I went to church in February, 1989, I invited and took a neighborhood family with us.
The very first Bible study I ever attended was in April of that year. I invited several neighbors to attend as well and they did.