I was one year old when I moved to Holden, Alberta with my mom, dad, eight brothers, and four sisters. In
1994 I married my loving wife, a friend who God put by my side. We have three daughters and one son.
Growing up in a Hutterite colony was a great experience that never leaves you. In your strength, giving 100
percent, 100 percent of the time is what has left me the greatest joy. Music with guitars or any other
instrument was never allowed where I grew up. I was 17 years old when I got my first guitar. I had to hide
it, while having this love for music.
When we left the colony in the fall of 2015 to be with our oldest daughter and son who left home earlier
that year, it was not what I expected. Years of fear and anxiety that drove me to become a workaholic were
removed from me. The music was replaced and all the dreams that were there when I was 17 were now coming
through.
Receiving Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior is my greatest story I now tell and proclaim in all I do. My
favourite music was Hank Williams Sr. growing up. Whenever I picked up a guitar his music flowed from me,
and I was unaware that it was the Holy Spirit in his song that loved me so much more than anybody else ever
could. Understanding now the meaning in the song he wrote, "We Live in Two Different Worlds Dear," gives me
new and greater hope in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
