All About Me!!!

Quick bit about my life.

     In my growing up in Montana, I was in Boy Scouts for 12 years and achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Six of those last years I spent many weekends camping up in the mountains. Almost one weekend every other month if not more. I love and enjoy Nature. The sounds, smells, and everything there is to nature.
My Senior year in High School I signed up with the Navy. A month after graduating High School, I went to Great Lakes, IL for Boot Camp (23 June 98). After that I went to Pensacola, FL for six months of Aviation School, where I learned to be an Aviation Electronics Technician, or AT.
After that I went to Virginia Beach, VA; to NAS Oceana, latter became AIMD Oceana, and now called FRC Mid-Atlantic. This was my first sea duty station for my navy career. There I was able to tour two ships, the Eisenhower (CVN-69) and the JFK (CV-67). I spent a good amount of my time going out to sea, but being single I didn't mind. I learned going to sea is where you find your true self, who you really are.

     My first deployment February 18th, 2000 aboard the Eisenhower; I had a good amount of free time after working hours working 12 hours on, 12 hours off. Like most people, there is a good amount of temptation out there when on a boat with quite a few men and women on board. But for me, I turned to the bible. I studied it almost every day with a few of my friends. During the six months, we grew in numbers, studding with more people. Also as time went on, something started to happen. As I read Christ's word, a relationship began to form between me and Christ. This was the first time I've spent I spent so much time in bible and having others explain it to me, I learned what it meant to follow Christ. Shortly before going on deployment, I began going to the Church of Christ. They are committed to follow Christ every day. I grew up as a Catholic, but this church is something totally different. "It's the way church should be." I read the word everyday, not just one time a week on Sundays. I hang out with people from the church that believe the same thing. Almost every day something is happening. I soon had so many friends, there was always something going on, and it's much more fun doing things with Christ involved.
Trust me, it's exciting.
After my six month deployment, the friends I made before the deployment welcomed me back as I am their family, they welcomed me back with open arms. They are truly my brothers and sisters.

" For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. " -Mat 12:50

     After my tour with the Eisenhower, I did a tour with the JFK, and then I was stationed at the Norfolk Base for about three years. After a nice shore duty break I was back out sea on tour with the George Washington(CVN-73). for about four years. Currently I'm at FRC-South West, NAS North Island, Coronado, San Diego, CA.

     The best thing about stationed and traveling the world is I know I have family around the world, fighting the same fight where I'm able to meet with my family and able to encourage each other, get to know each other deeper, grow as a family and supporting each other as family is suppose to.

Favorite Bible Scriptures.

     Today you are going into battle against your enemies.
Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not panic or be terrified by them.
For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.
- Dt 20:3b-4

     "See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart
that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily,
as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by
sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly
till the end the confidence we had at first. As has just been said:
         " Today, if you hear his voice,
          do not harden your hearts
          as you did in the rebellion."
- Hew 3:12-15

"Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like Eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
- Isa 40:31

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord,
not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.
It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong,
and there is no favoritism. "
- Col 3:23-25

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong"
- 1 Cor 16:13

"So I commend the enjoyment of life,
because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad.
Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun"
- Ecc 8:15

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. "
- Phil 2:3

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps"
- Prov 16:9

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize "
- 1 Cor 9:24

"Leave your simple ways and you live; walk in the way of understanding"
- Prov 9:6

"Who can straighten
          what he has made crooked? "
- Ecc 7:13

"Let us throw off everything that hinders and so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us"
- Hew 12:1

"Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still"
- Prov 9:9