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MY STORY

I grew up in the small town of Leonard, TX. I am an only child and am so blessed to have been raised by two loving, hard-working, God-fearing parents. 

I was brought up under faithful preaching and in the fellowship of sweet, godly people at FBC Leonard, and it was under that ministry that the Lord gripped my heart at the age of 10 and saved me. I knew then that I was a sinner and that I needed Jesus to be my savior. I accepted Christ in my bedroom, with my mom and dad, and then made my profession public and followed the Lord in baptism shortly thereafter.
 
While I was saved as a child, I actually think of my whole life as a salvation story and a testament to God’s unwavering faithfulness. Despite my wanderings, the Lord kept me in his grip and directed my steps at every turn, surrounding me with godly people that modeled the gospel to me, both in word and in deed. I see so many faces when I think back on this; I’m so thankful for every one.

I attended college at Texas A&M University where I studied accounting and finance. I am married to the love of my life, Elizabeth Gilbert, and we have two daughters, Lily and Felicity.

MY HOPE FOR THE TRAILS

My hope for the Trails is that we would be a church that proclaims and lives under the Word of God faithfully; that lives out a genuine and healthy gospel culture like the one that Paul describes in Colossians 3—putting to death what is earthly in us and putting on instead compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love, forgiving one another, and above all else putting on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony; that is ruled by the peace of Christ and the unity of the spirit; that is committed to presenting everyone that God places in our care mature in Christ; and that is salt and light in our community—the gospel made visible to a dying world.

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