Pastor Chris Holland, a man of impeccable integrity, honest, compassionate for people, loving, wise, and true to himself. He wasn't always this honorable and respectable man though. His upbringing in the Deep South with a family of 14 children (12 adopted) and two Pastors for parents; he yearned for more than the life he was given.
At age 18, he left home and decided to live the life he'd never had. A life that he thought he was missing out on. Smoking, drinking, partying, cussing every 2.5 words, and threatening to beat up any man who made eye contact, Chris Holland was a filthy sinner with no future and no degree.
Several years later while working as a gas station gas pumper, he met a brown eyed, big hair, 1980s woman with a sense of class, but a lot of sass. Two months later, they were married and attempting to have children. Unfortunately, she had had two miscarriages and every doctor they spoke to said they were not going to ever to have kids. What do two young pastors do when they have no other …show more content…
He was a miracle child considering two children before him were miscarriages.
Every time Pastor Chris tells the story of praying seven years for a miracle baby; tears stream down his blood red face. Pastor Chris's life and his experiences have shaken mine. The day that I walked into The Father's House, a small church located in Indianapolis, Indiana, was the first day of a blessed and transformed life.
During freshman year, a small group from my church was going to a poorer area in Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, on a mission trip to help touch lives and preach the Gospel to people who were dealing with drug lords and poverty. I knew that I had to go even though my circumstances clouded my vision of going on my first missions trip. How could a 15 year-old Freshman girl go on a $2000 trip to a country outside of the U.S.?
At age 18, he left home and decided to live the life he'd never had. A life that he thought he was missing out on. Smoking, drinking, partying, cussing every 2.5 words, and threatening to beat up any man who made eye contact, Chris Holland was a filthy sinner with no future and no degree.
Several years later while working as a gas station gas pumper, he met a brown eyed, big hair, 1980s woman with a sense of class, but a lot of sass. Two months later, they were married and attempting to have children. Unfortunately, she had had two miscarriages and every doctor they spoke to said they were not going to ever to have kids. What do two young pastors do when they have no other …show more content…
He was a miracle child considering two children before him were miscarriages.
Every time Pastor Chris tells the story of praying seven years for a miracle baby; tears stream down his blood red face. Pastor Chris's life and his experiences have shaken mine. The day that I walked into The Father's House, a small church located in Indianapolis, Indiana, was the first day of a blessed and transformed life.
During freshman year, a small group from my church was going to a poorer area in Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, on a mission trip to help touch lives and preach the Gospel to people who were dealing with drug lords and poverty. I knew that I had to go even though my circumstances clouded my vision of going on my first missions trip. How could a 15 year-old Freshman girl go on a $2000 trip to a country outside of the U.S.?