The Backstory:

Nobody asked for this but I thought I would share a bit about my testimony which will lead to other topics, and give some foundation and background to what I believe or how my understanding of scripture and the Godhead changed based on my past experiences. There are so many topics I want to get in to but also that require thoughtfulness and time to get my words out right and into these short blog posts. I don’t like to make posts too long because I want my visitors to actually read them and not get bogged down or bored. Anyway, the post today is I am going to briefly share my background.

When I was in 1st grade going into 2nd grade, my parents had made the decision to pull us (my older brother and my younger sister and myself) out of public school and start at a Christian school. The school was on a church property which we also attended as a family. This was a Baptist church. I attended from 2nd grade to 12th grade. There were some really hard financial times and personal family things through those years but God is faithful and my Dad always came up with the money to keep us there because he just felt it was so important to do so.

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