Where are you from?
I was born and mostly raised in Indiana.
Why did you come to Cahaba FMR?
The short of it is that God made a way for me to get to Cahaba. Since I was about 17 years old which is about 23 years ago, I believed God was calling me to medical missions which is where I am still called. It has been a delightful 23 years of waiting and submitting. During this time, God has brought me through many joys. I would have never had the wonderful opportunity to meet my beautiful wife of 10 years in July 2023. Furthermore, I would have never had the opportunity to count it pure joy during various trials and have my patience built up during the testing of my faith. During medical school, God brought my family and I through about 4 moves, 2 live births, 1 miscarriage, a personal hospitalization, wife with severe COVID but not hospitalized (thank God), and the death of both my in-loves (in-laws), and beyond. Long story short, I have been attacked by our enemy and it was important to me that get the spiritual side of medicine in my training which is what drew me to Cahaba.
Undergrad:
B.S. Biology from Grace College
Med school:
Trinity School of Medicine
What does your life outside of medicine look like?
Spending time with my wife and three young children (Hope 8, Charity 5, and Nehemiah 2)
What is your favorite food to cook?
Easiest favorite food is probably pasta but one I do not cook a lot but wish I did more of is Pad Thai. Honestly, my wife is more of the cook than I. I have learned a lot over the years but my wife teases me about making hockey pucks. When we were newly married, she gave me the task of making corn bread from a mix while she went to a meeting. Well, let's just say that my timer did not work or it did not get set properly and the result was being able to drop the absolutely charred and rock solid corn muffins on the ground without them breaking much like a hockey puck.
What is a destination you'd like to visit or live?
As a citizen of heaven but a resident of this World, I would like to always live where I am currently with the hope of Heaven on my mind and dream locations prior to going to my place of citizenship are Israel, Cuba, Thailand, Africa, and England.
What drives you?
"What is man that thou art mindful of him. You have made him a little lower than the Angels." - Paraphrase of part of Psalm 8. "For those who are in Christ Jesus, we have the same power as Christ, sitting with Him in the Heavenly places." - Ephesians 1:19-23 paraphrase. We forget just how magnificent God is that he would choose us to play a role in His creation even to the point that for those he has chosen to be His people have a role in witnessing. This God of the universe in all of his holiness and splendor chose little old me to be part of His plan for this World even to the point that I am adopted as a son and though sinful and undeserving have received the same rights to Him as his son Jesus Christ because His righteousness has been imparted to me. I stand amazed because, I like Paul the Apostle can only partially understand the magnitude of this wonderful mystery.
What is your post residency plan?
I have no plans for after Residency except to follow where God would lead. I have several ideas of what I would want, but I am not confident that any of them or all of them are part of what God would have me to do afterwards. I will be calling to Him over the next 3-4 years seeking Him and trusting that He will answer me and show me great and mighty things which I do not currently know.