Hello, this is pastor gary from first baptist church of laplata. On this date in history 56 years ago, in Fort Sam Houston, Texas at 12:28am, I was born. I received Christ as My Savior and was baptized seven years later. As an Army brat, I attended eleven different schools by the time I was in eleventh grade. I was called into the ministry in eleventh grade, but I chose instead to pursue Computer Science and music at Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia. After college, I began working in the IT Department at the Hechinger headquarters in Landover, MD, where I met my future wife, Debbie. One night while all alone on a bench in College Park, MD, I prayed paraphrasing Isaiah 6:8, “Here I am, Lord, send me.” The very next Sunday, I went forward in my home church in New Carrollton, MD, United Baptist, to publicly declare I was going into the ministry. I resigned my IT job and headed for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. During seminary, Debbie and I married and served in two churches. After seminary, we adopted and raised two children, Caston and Jessica. Since seminary, we have pastored three churches and had another daughter, Xaris. Though the exciting parts were left out due to space limitations, my life with Christ has been an amazing adventure so far, and I look forward to what He has in store for our future together in ministry and in eternity!
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