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Who Are My Role Models And Why?

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Who are my role models and why? My role models have been varied and wide over the years and some have not even been aware of their involvement. When it comes to work ethic it was my father. He has been a great example of endurance and going the extra mile to take care of his family. Pastor Marc Pederson was one of my many youth pastors along the way and he currently is Pastoring forest Lake Covenant Church. His example of unconditional love towards his kids and the combination of fun and teaching was important to me as I remember through my teen years. Reverend Wendell B. Anderson and Neal Josephson helped me through some challenging times at Covenant Bible College in Prince Albert, Sask. Canada. It was a time that I needed to be away from my dad and grace that helped me stay in school through a relationship and prevention of being kicked out. Others along the way would be Dan Taylor and Steve Corum who were very active in the Great Commission Church in Grand Forks, ND. They allowed me to begin my process of Christian adult walk through a men’s group they had. Through another understanding of grace and guidance I was able to mature and see gifting’s that God had placed within my life. Many other mentors such as Jim Hammill, Pastor C. J. Johnson in the last few years have been men that have sculpted my thinking through marriage, leadership, ministry and vocation. If I were to create this all over again these men would be key to my accountability, spiritual guidance and most

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