I had one goal as a kid: become an animator for Walt Disney. I was a sucker for cartoons and got hooked on drawing from a very early age. I wasn’t half bad…not great, but decent. I was dedicated to the process too. I regularly developed my own characters, worked on perfecting their appearance, creating a style that was all their own, etc. I even took a class on animating while at Disney World. As I got older those desires changed and animation was no longer my goal. Instead I had decided to pursue a career in Hollywood. I immediately took acting classes, vocal lessons, and began honing my craft. All through high school I was the lead in plays and musicals. I received a scholarship in college for musical theater and was sure that I was bound for Hollywood. Needless to say pastoral ministry was not on my radar, but it was clearly on God’s.
Things began to change my junior year of high school as I spent the summer overseas working with missionaries to bring the gospel to a small independent Spanish city in Northern Africa. It was an overwhelming experience and I developed in ways I had never known. When i returned to the states everything
seemed slowly to be changing. I had been invited by several churches to come and speak to their youth and adults about my experiences and encourage them to get behind the cause for missions. With each stop along the way I began to grow increasingly in love with explaining the Scriptures and attempting to help the church grow in spiritual maturity. Suddenly on my horizon was pastoral ministry.
It was a crazy time. I spent a lot of nights like that kid from The Wonder Years, 
monologing in my head and wrestling with the implications of what I was considering. Maybe that’s why I always resonated with J.D. from Scrubs so easily. It was a wild decision for me. When most young adults have their crazy moments they consider rushing off to Hollywood or New York and becoming an actor…mine went the opposite direction and it has been a crazy journey thus far.
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