Vickie & I felt called to MAI 34 years ago.  I had been a principal at a Christian HS in Northern California, but responded to the President of MAI at that time to consider coming to LA as the Director of the office.  After much prayer & consideration, we brought all four kids (ages 6, 8, 10 & 12 at the time) to La Mirada, where we served as the Director of the LA office for 25 years.  During that time, Vickie worked in the office for HQ and the LA ministry as a bookkeeper.

Besides my role as the Director, I was involved as GM of the men’s team, led camps, and have led outreach to Japan each summer for the past 30 years.  Currently I am involved in the ministry as Director of Advancement and Japan ministries. We have 12 grandchildren now and are trying to “slow down”, but are NOT retired.  We are encouraged about the new leadership and staff and passionately work alongside them.