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I was born and raised in Iowa. The Heartland. Some call it "God's Country". I call it home. I have gone to church my entire life, but just three years ago repented of my sins, and put my faith in Jesus Christ as my personal savior. I have been born again. My goals and interests in life have drastically changed. Instead of looking to get ahead, and "what's in it for me"?, now I am looking for new areas of ministry and how I can help advance the Kingdom of God.

God has given me a heart for missions. I am curently working to raise funds for my first missions trip to Thailand in late June 2007. Please pray for the Thai people. That their hearts would be open to the Gospel. That God would do a mighty work in their country and in their lives. That He would help us build up His church to help disciple those that make a choice for Jesus. Please pray for safe travels for our missions team, and that the Holy Spirit would give us the words and actions necessary to reach the lost in Thailand. Thank-you.

If anyone is interested in giving to missions, but wants to make sure that it will go to reach and touch the most people for the money that God has intrusted us with, check out Gospel for Asia. Their website is www.gfa.org

God Bless you and your family,

Darryl

Switchfoot , Shaun McDonald, Chris Tomlin, Jeremy Camp, Third Day

What can I say, I was born just like everyone else... selfish. I was a taker, and was always interested in "what's in it for me". I attended church my entire life. I could recite all the creeds from heart, but it didn't mean anything. I believed there is a God, but I thought that going to church each week made me a "good person". Good enough to go to heaven. Then one night I was flipping through the channels to get to a television show I wanted to watch, and it happened. I stopped on a broadcast with this guy preaching and he was very eye-catching. I thought I would just observe for a few seconds. Almost two hours later, I felt God calling me to Him. It wasn't an audible voice, but a subtle inner voice that I now recognize as God. He told me that I have been running from Him for way too long and I needed to surrender my life to Him. I fell to my knees, alone in my family room and wept. Fully knowing that I had sinned against the God who created the Universe, who gave me life, and who sent His son to sacrifice Himself for me. But the knowledge of this wasn't enough. I needed to repent. This was giving up control of my life, changing directions of living my life the way that I wanted to, and making the descision, by faith to live for God, and follow His guidance. When I did that I was "Born Again" and now the Holy Spirit lives in me. Giving me new desires, new purpose, and new direction. Over the next few weeks, God informed me that I need to surrender not only my personal life, but my business as well. So I gave Him control of every aspect of my life. It released so much stress from my life. I am far from perfect, but I am seeing the fruit of me growing in righteousness. Righteousness means a right standing with God. By His Grace, even though I don't deserve it, His blood covers my sins and now I can be in the presence of God Himself! Now I just want to spread the "Good News" to everyone.

Others that share my fire for God.