POSITION: Director   PHONE:  760-439-1244

LOCATION: Oceanside  LENGTH OF SERVICE: 20 years

WHAT DOES THE ORGANIZATION DO? Feed the hungry,

 clothes for the naked, shelter the homeless, free the prisoner (recovery) plus more.

YOUR PRIMARY DUTIES: Oversee our 10 facilities. 

WHAT AREA OF EXPERTISE DO YOU HAVE OR ARE YOU KNOWN FOR?  

Recovery from addiction, working with the homeless, programs for the working poor, (food packs, ESL, tutoring).

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH?  Expand our tutoring program, more affordable housing, a living wage.

WHERE DO YOU FEEL THE LORD IS LEADING THE ORGANIZATION?   To do a better job of loving and serving His needy ones.

WHAT IS FRUSTRATING TO YOU?  Lack of affordable housing, the minimum wage is a poverty wage, lack of health care for the poor.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST IN YOUR JOB? Seeing addicts who go through our recovery program get a new life and seeing mothers with small children at our house of Martha and Mary get back into life.

HOW CAN PEOPLE PRAY FOR YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION?  Pray that God sends us more key volunteers and increased financial support.

DO YOU HAVE A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS? Yes.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY:  My wife, Kay, who ministers with me at BB, and we have three children, Jim, Kevin and Cayley and 2 grandchildren.

WHAT IS YOUR HOME CHURCH?  St. Mary Star of the Sea and I am a Deacon.

IS THERE A FAVORITE BOOK THAT HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE?

The Life of Mother Teresa.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURE? Matthew 25

IS THERE A “NUGGET” YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE?  I have found real joy and fulfillment in loving and serving others.