The first time I heard clearly from the Lord… I was in the midst of building a highly lucrative business a few years ago. He told me, “If you continue with this, you will forget Me.” I knew I had to make a decision on how and why I would live my life in a big way. I chose God, and I thank Him for loving me and choosing me.

The Lord has provided and kept me all my life from having it be sunny for my birthday party at the beach as a child, when it was supposed to rain, to providing the exact finances I needed to cover life expenses as an adult. To answering my prayer to live in Hawaii, providing me jobs, to answering my prayers for family to move to Hawaii. He has kept me healthy all my life, never had serious injury or health problem. God has blessed me and kept me all my life. Any hardships I experience, God enables me to do all things!

God restored my marriage and gave us greater love for each other. He gave us forgiveness and a greater love for Him

God forgave me and restored me for making a wrong decision that impacted the whole family.

When we were searching for houses I was very frustrated and distraught. We had lost several places and had been living in 1 room for almost a year. At church, I was telling God, “Look, I am so sad. How can this be ok with You?” He gave me a vision of Himself weeping with me. I knew in that moment that He is with me in my deepest sorrows. It was a powerful moment that I look back on often

Answered prayer in the healing of my grandson. Heart surgery when he was 3 days old.

My friend was living in sexual immorality and was a new christian. I felt I needed to speak truth and share God’s view on it… this person took it to heart and I later got to witness two people get married and grow in their relationship with God.

God giving me a loving wife who stood by me through thick and thin. God uses my wife to be my foundation. She keeps me accountable, strong, caring, loving, dependable… The list goes on and on. All in all, every time I look at my wife it reminds me of how far I’ve come and how supernatural God is.

Having heard a message from Pastor Stangel which set me free from a different religious form of background.

God made me realize that he is ultimately in authority over my children. I was so burdened with anxiety that they were not walking with God. But they are born into sin and they will be saved by grace - not by me. My role is like the role of a nanny - the children are in my care but He is the real parent. I need to please Him not them. I am to be an example of Christ-centered living, praying and loving them. Their walk is between them and God.

God reached out when my faith was almost gone and my life was mostly dark and He brought me out and keeps bringing me out to a good place. God, in His timing, brought my wife and I together.

My dad died in 2017. It broke my heart. I thought is was unfair and it felt like the wrong timing - how was this part of God’s perfect timing? God me me in my sadness and blessed me by introducing me to my now-husband, who continued to water the seeds of faith my dad planted in me. I see God’s blessings every day and I know He will always answer my prayers in this perfect timing.

God has shown His faithfulness to me when He brought me back to His church in High school. I left the church for a cult, the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I had denied the Deity of Christ and even taught others the doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses. But by His grace, He sent someone to teach me His truth again. Through my father and my high school Spanish teacher, April, I came back to Him. I am grateful everyday for when I accepted Jesus back in my life.

Once upon a time Jeri and I flew to China to meet our son and bring him home, I had no clue on what to do before we first saw him. When the day finally came, and we became a family God gave me peace and wisdom to deal with the hardships we encountered in the days that followed. Everyday I asked for His help, and everyday He offered me new insight on what to say to our son, how to interact with him, and how to listen to his needs. God walked with us before, during and after we became a family.

In Oct. 2012, God brought my wife and I to this new land. We were knocked down a few pegs because we… I, was leaning on my own understanding. God allowed us to deplete our finances in order for us to completely rely on Him. It was not until our sole depending was Him that He restored and blessed above what we had.

My brother was about to take his life in 2017-18, and Jesus spoke to him. The Holy Spirit convinced him that there was a heaven and a hell, and that if he were to die he’d be in hell. So he didn’t pull the trigger, and started reading the Word.

My dad receiving a liver just a few days before he was to be taken off of the wait list… I remember that through the whole process not having any fear. There really was a peace that surpassed all understanding. In all things God answers and is faithful, no matter the outcome.

Good news club and miss Maureen - When I gave my life to Christ.

My dad crying/weeping talking about how God always has taken care of Him no matter what.

Talks with my best friend of our struggles in marriage, life, and our relationship with God.

After a search for truth in college, after realizing God is real, He met me in a real experience with Him and confirmed He is not a “theory” but real and wants to walk intimately with me the rest of my life.

God used my niece to draw me to Him. First, by stopping her heart, then by not only reviving her, but completely healing her heart. Thank You Lord for loving me that much!

God saved me, opened my eyes; He showed me grace and gave me life; He took my fears away and made me realize what freedom is; what real joy is and showed me what true love is.

When I met my wife!

On March 3, 2016, I was in the hospital to get open-heart surgery to replace my aortic valve. I was surrounded by friends and family and completely covered in prayer. As I was wheeled off to the operating room I was filled with joy and gratefulness because I knew I would be waking up in heaven or given an extension in this life. What might have been a time of fear, God made a time of joy and love.

When my mom was finally released from the hospital, after going through the most scariest moment of my family’s life. I met God, who nourished my mom back to even greater health each day. I thank the Lord for allowing me to be with my mother and father today.

God brought us to Calvary Chapel Wahiawa recently and has given us new opportunities to minister in many different ways.

Healing from plantar fasciitis, God direction and peace for changing churches, and promptings by the Holy Spirit to use my spiritual gifts.

God provided me a safe haven for myself and my two daughters when I finally made the decision with much prayer to leave my husband. He became my provider and rock and made my feet to move when I couldn’t on my own.

I almost lost my wife on two separate occasions. Her doctors did not give us much hope and told us to prepare for the worst. But God heard the prayers of His saints and she is still with us today.

God has blessed me in so many ways, to encourage others, to give me strength, wisdom so I can share the light on others by ministering and fellowship. To trust in the Lord with all your heart… God will make my path straight… God is good all the time.

When my daughter of 9 years said that she wanted to put her faith in Jesus and trust Him with her life because of all that she read in the Bible.

2009 the Lord healed me from terminal brain cancer. Through surgery and treatment He walked with me and kept me. He gave me a peace that surpasses understanding… Just celebrated 12 years in remission.

My husbands salvation after 22 years. God’s peace and help after his passing.

God gave me a super peace, when in my darkest moment. A calm and He gave me His hand to hold. I am not alone. He is there with me, guiding me. Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

God met me in a very real way with my daughter Chelsea during a time when I was practically giving up on ever having a relationship with her beyond her teen years. He did a miracle in bringing her back to us.

At a time when I was really wrestling with Christianity and what was ‘truth’, God met me by placing my husband in my life, who patiently walked with me through it. He also place me at a workspace with other believers and used a church on the mainland(through pod casts) to help me work through these questions and come to a place of surrender and belief. Praise Jesus!

Two missionaries came to my door at home. They made me realize that the Word of God is our guide for life here on earth and that prayer will lead to understanding of His Word. This was the beginning of my journey to accepting Gods gift of life.

When I got adopted and into a Christian family.

This week I had to go to the Wahiawa longs during peak “traffic” time and when exiting the parking lot I needed to make a left turn. I dread having to do this. It makes me so nervous. I prayed for God to help me. When I had to make the left turn, there were red traffic lights on both sides, so no cars were on the road. Praise God! Even in the “smallest” things like making a left turn.

Tree branch missed my head.

Body surfing at Waimea and floated over wave.

Dove into shallow pond and didn’t break my neck.

At the darkest moment of my life Jesus met me and gave me exactly what He said in Matthew 28:11. He gave me rest, comfort, peace and hope.

He saved me from pain of destruction and turned me around for life.

My memorial is to what God has done in my life. To be remembered crossing over into Hawaii. Living out of a suitcase. Met a Christian wife, 4 children, house, home.

Saved my life physical/spiritual. Provided for my needs my whole life. Saved my wife from cancer. Delivered my son from dying as a baby. Mercy is abundant to my whole life, gives me peace in my heart and mind.

God met me as an angry young man who always tried to follow the cool guy and showed me how to cope and think for myself. I am grateful of this.

When I was young God gave me a gift for music. God saved me when I was 20 years old. Even though I had lost my way, God never left me. At 56 years old He put me in music ministry using CCW. God is faithful.

God saved us from the false bomb coming from Korea.

My collar bone broke and God healed it. Because it was healed a week before it should’ve healed.

Strong tower in difficulties. Joy of my salvation. Forgiveness and love pour through my husband. How God is molding and refining my family. New heart and new spirit through the challenges. Learning more about God with my family.

Lord gave strength for what I have to do everyday and prayed for my children and grand kids. To help them be safe and guard them safely and give them good things. I’m also thankful for giving me more years to my life so I can encourage my children.

Forgiveness. When I think about what God did in my life, the first thing that comes to mind is that He showed me how to forgive. Our sinful nature never wants to forgive those who have wronged us, that is why we need Gods help to do it. Forgiveness is not forgetting. It is leaving your problems at the cross and asking God to take it away and help you heal from it.

Chief Cornerstone, My Deliverer

The Lord filled me with His Holy Spirit.

My memorial stone was my talk with God. That prayer really opened my eyes and let me walk with the Lord

Lord Jesus! Thank you for saving my soul from the pit of hell. Thank you for saving me from my car accident back in ‘89. Thank you Lord for not letting my grandmother abort me. Thank you for allowing me to fly off Makapu’u in a hand glider, back in ‘77. Thank you Lord for saving me from all the drugs I’ve taken before You saved me. And thank You for saving me from that huge pitbull in 2017 at the airport.

Having a dream of being chased by snakes, thousands of snakes. The largest opened it’s mouth to attack. And behind me I felt sunlight… I turned to come face to face with a lion.

Even though my grandma and grandpa died I was still joyful cause I knew they went to heaven.

Able to come back home to Hawaii after 30 years. Spend time with mom. Worship God.

Thank You Lord for bringing me through the death of my dad and my mother. Love You Lord!

Stop using drugs and reversed my heart failure and kept me alive till today!!! Thank You Jesus!!

Thank You for always being a part of my life from the beginning to middle and until You take me home.

My parents kept me alive when I could’ve died. Kept in Hawaii. Gave me a house twice. Gave me a family with 3 sons. Kept me working and gave me freedom. Seeing me into retirement as I write. Bringing Pastor Chad into my life, and making God my life.

When my parents died within a week of each other I was sad, but because I had God and was reminded of His promises and grace I knew I was going to be okay because of who He is and what He has done.

Being arrested and eligible for a mandatory 20 year sentence. For hearing my prayer, “God I can’t do 20 years.” For answering with Uncle Charley saying, “ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” To opening my heart to know You.