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I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When I was four years old, we moved to Pound,
Wisconsin. I grew up going to a Baptist church there. My mom made sure that we
were in church whenever the doors were open.
At age eight I walked the aisle and made a profession of faith. Later that year
I was baptized. I stayed very active in church and sincerely enjoyed it.
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After I graduated from high school, I attended Northland Baptist Bible College
in Dunbar, Wisconsin. I met my wife Penny there.
When I turned twenty, Penny and I were married. We moved to Sturgeon Bay,
Wisconsin where I worked at my uncle's grocery store. We lived there for eight
years. In that time, we helped to start a church.
After the church was running for two years, we had a week of revival meetings
with evangelist John Goetsch. In the evangelist's final sermon, he mentioned
that salvation produces a 180-degree change in our lives. I started to think
and pray about my own life, and realized that though I was active in church,
I was not living a Christian life.
Soon after the meetings, I talked with my pastor about my concerns. That night
I realized that I was religious but totally lost in God's eyes. I believed in
Christ that night and my life has been totally different. Since then, I enjoy
reading the Bible and praying like I never had before. The Christian life is a
great life!
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See Introduction to SLM, for how God has led us through
SLM International to come work with Western Tract Mission in Canada.
The two older sons (left) stayed in the USA. Daniel, the youngest (on the
right), has come along to Saskatoon, and is home-schooled.
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