Christian Truck Drivers -Stories Of Hope
                     Christian Truck Drivers 
-Stories Of Hope
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I was brought up learning about God in the Catholic religion, 
as was my grandparents, aunts and uncles who were very 
strong Catholics. I was sprinkled as an infant and went to 
Catholic school in the first and second grades. I couldn't 
conform to it so after this I went to public school. My parents 
made sure I received my first communion and the 
confirmation of my faith, but that was about as far as it went. I 
always knew God was real and anytime I was knocked to my 
knees, I knew there was a God to pray to. I just didn't want to 
submit or commit my life to walking with Him at a personal 
level. 
I led a very troubled teen and wild adolescent lifestyle with 
alcohol, drugs, and smoking in front of my parents at a young 
age. I was very rebellious, yet a hard worker. I knew how to 
manipulate people; I just always ran life the way I would have 
it. I always was searching for the next challenge or high. I 
started racing cars at a young age, snowmobiles and even 
boats later on. I did anything for a quick high. I was a spoiled 
little rich kid. My father was in the boat business and had a 
very successful business which was volatile with ups and 
downs of the recreation RV business. I was brought up a very 
poor steward of resources. We had money that did not help us; 
it actually caused us issues from being able to buy the alcohol, 
drugs and racing toys. I led a very fast lifestyle. It never 
brought me any lasting joy; it only brought a lot of misery and 
tragedy in my life. 
At age 18, a young gal that I was dating was killed in my presence 
because we were in a place where we shouldn't have been. We 
were not supposed to be there, and a drunk driver hit us. I had 
time to pray a lot when I lost her and knew there was a God, but 
again, I didn't submit and didn't commit to be all in with God. I 
went through a divorce in my late 30's. I had two sons that were 
not brought up knowing much Bible truth and I feel very sad that I 
was not the parent that they needed. I was a workaholic and a 
raceaholic. I was too busy for them and that's one of the reasons I 
went through a divorce. I am a truck driver and that's not a good 
field for marriage because of the separation of being gone all the 
time. I went through a divorce and bankruptcy. That’s when I 
really got back to my knees and did a lot of praying at that time, 
but again, I didn't submit yet. 
Yet I knew I needed to make a solid commitment to Jesus - to let 
Him become Lord over all of my life. I needed to let go of 
demanding my right to make my own decisions without including 
Him in my decision making (with the hope of Him blessing those 
decisions of course). I can remember pulling to the side of the 
road and praying a sinner's prayer with James Dobson after 
listening to a Focus on the Family message. After that, I got 
involved in a church and the very first class they put me in was a 
finance class; they showed me how I needed to tithe (Honoring 
the Lord with the first fruits of my income, so He could bless the 
remaining ninety percent). I had race cars and race boats, but I 
sure couldn't afford to give ten percent of my income to that 
church. I had too much money, but God took care of that a short 
time later, and there again it was a submission issue. 
I met my current wife at the age of 
40. She was a career woman in the 
golf course country club business 
and I was in the boat business. We 
wanted to have a Christian wedding. 
She was brought up Reformed. I 
knew that we had to have God in the 
midst of our relationship. She never 
had any children, and wanted to 
have a child with me. I failed 
miserably at raising my own two 
boys because I didn't have the Lord 
in my life. We knew if we were going 
to do this, we were going to have to 
bring our child up in a Christian 
environment, so we committed to 
that in our marriage right from the 
beginning. God blessed us with a 
church family; a small non-
denominational church that really 
walked with us. I was still a 
Christian Truck Drivers and in the 
boating business; my wife was 
managing the country club at the 
time when she got pregnant. It was 
tough for us to go to church but we 
did, because we were committed to 
it. Again, we struggled with being 
involved in church and getting filled 
so we could be a blessing, but God 
took care of that. He brought me out 
of the boating business and into 
truck driving full-time. My wife's 
country club actually closed its doors 
and became a public golf course, so 
she was out of that business. 
Eventually we started looking for a new home church. We were blessed to find a 
church that taught the balanced Word of God, and taught the absolute importance 
of having a daily, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, inviting and allowing Him 
to be LORD of our lives - every DAY - every HOUR of the day. We were baptized at 
that church about 6 months later; both of us fully immersed and came up out of that 
water a new spiritual creation -- hungry for Jesus and the Word. We haven’t looked 
back since. For those yearning to be connected properly to God, there can only be 
one Truth and one way to God; not multiple. Satan has brainwashed many to believe 
there are multiple ways ... [as long as true Christianity isn't the ONE you chose!]. 
Jesus is that only way, truth, and life. He's the only One who paid the penalty for our 
sins to be totally forgiven, so they won't be held against us on the Judgment Day, so 
we would not have to pay for them by suffering for eternity in hell like others who 
reject the free gift of eternal salvation that He offers to everyone. 
I pray that others would find that same truth and that more would 
be transformed by the Word and the Holy Spirit setting them free 
from the sin that separates them from God. God's unconditional 
love (unconditional acceptance) once we are connected with 
Christ -- the peace that surpasses all understanding and joy 
unspeakable He gives us is real. I've found a lot of things that 
brought temporary and unfulfilling happiness in my life. I've been 
very blessed and spoiled rotten, but nothing else brings the 
lasting joy of serving the Lord and seeing others come to know His 
saving grace. Nothing else brings the satisfaction of pouring your 
life into helping reach lost souls, and then helping them grow in 
their relationship with the Lord, because engaging in these 
activities is what blesses God the most in how we live our lives, 
and we not only bring HIM joy, but we will reap eternal blessings.
 
Several years ago God called me to become a chaplain for the 
Testimony Book of Transport For Christ. Even though it took me a 
long time to come to Christ, along that journey I had stopped in 
other trucker chapels over the years when I was trucking. I would 
pick up a devotional, CD, had some fellowship, or just cried and 
prayed.
 It's just a blessing that these Truck Drivers Ministries are out 
there for truckers that can't get to a home church, or have a hard 
time finding a church they are comfortable with. God has also 
called me to network with other truck drivers in distributing 
Christian literature for truckers to freely have at various truck 
stops around the nation. Our primary focus is to make free Bibles 
available for the truckers, but we also place other trustworthy 
Christian literature in truck stops for them as well.
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