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If only I hadn’t had that accident I would not be where I am today. Every day I am thankful and grateful for the accident that I was involved in while in Iraq. I always said while joking but serious at the same time, that God if I was not in the military I will give myself to you completely in ministry. A few months while deployed to Iraq my vehicle was hit with an I.E.D. and the armor truck rolled down a hill on top of me and shattered my right knee and many other injuries. I believe God didn’t waste any time moving me into the direction of my purpose.
While I was in Walter Reed hospital for almost four months healing and learning to walk again, my Pastor called and ask me to lead the men’s ministry. I didn’t want to take the position

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