| About Me... |
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From the Founder/Director
Thank you so much for your interest in A.S.M. and me personally. I was born in 1959 in Fresno, California and grew up in Clovis—a relatively small town right next door to my birth-city. I have been a Christian for over thirty-three wonderful years. My early discipleship took place at Valley Christian Center (Foursquare) in Fresno where I was water baptized, filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; 2:1-21; 10:44-48; 19:1-6), and attended regularly for many years. After I graduated from high school I spent one year at West Coast Bible College in Fresno (the campus is now closed). I moved to San Diego in 1984 and soon after received an Associate of Arts (Liberal Arts) degree from Grossmont College in El Cajon. At that time, I was also privileged to know and sit under the teaching of Richard Dresselhaus at San Diego First Assembly of God. I continued my Christian education through correspondence with The Berean College (Global University). I have read many books but I have never ignored my reading and study of God’s Word, the Holy Bible. I have read the Old Testament through twice (except for the Psalms and Proverbs which I have prayerfully devoured many times) and the New Testament at least a dozen times. Aside from my reading time, I have literally spent thousands of hours in Bible related “word” and “topical” studies. I am married to Elizabeth and we have three wonderful children—two sons and a daughter. We regularly participate in worship services at San Diego First Assembly of God but have, on occasion, been spotted at Immanuel Church in Whittier, CA--a multi-ethnic (mainly Korean, Japanese, and English) christian church. By the unction of the Holy Spirit of God I began A.S.M. in the spring of 2005. So, by starting A.S.M. am I seeking to exalt myself? Do I wish to “be somebody”? Absolutely not, except to the degree that I may be obedient to the Lord Jesus Christ whom I serve, and to the degree that I can, in His Name and by His power, be a blessing and help to the people of God. I agree with the proclamation of John the Baptist, “I must decrease, He [Jesus] must increase.” Furthermore, I will not magnify myself because there are far greater ministers in the Kingdom of God than I. They are the great men and women of God who change your child’s diapers in the nursery while you are in the sanctuary worshipping and learning, stay late to wash dishes after every “Afterglow” meeting, teach the Sunday School classes week after week without pay, visit the jails—loving the “unlovable”—just because the Lord asks them to do so, volunteer to clean the church restroom because the church is too small and poor to hire a janitor, adopt and love “retarded” or “handicapped” children who most of us will not even go near, and in complete solitude battle every day in prayer to make certain that the will of God is accomplished on the earth. It is these valued ministers and ministries that I will magnify, not my own. My heart is full of gratitude for the many godly individuals who have positively impacted my twenty-eight-plus years of Christian life. Here are just a few: --Russ Pickett who introduced me to Jesus. I would also like to publicly thank those who are presently a powerful blessing to me and A.S.M. They are beautiful people who are, in their special way, making this ministry possible. They are: --Adam Krueger for sharing my dream and for making the A.S.M. web-site a thing of beauty The greatest books I've ever read... -- The Holy Bible (New American Standard Version) by God God bless all! Michael |
