Joined Gateway Staff: 1996

Family:   Husband - Larry, Kids - Josh and Katelyn

FAVORITE

Books: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Food: I love good veggies and fresh fruit
Snack Food: Chip and good peach/mango salsa
Music Artist: Chris Tomlin, Mandisa
Times of Day: evening
Season: Spring and Fall
Place to Pray: my back porch (if I could snap my fingers and be there it would be at Angel Falls, Glacier National Park, Montana or anywhere in a beautiful water area.) 
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: watching sports, painting, walking, gardening, playing games
Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. 
Sport: soccer, basketball, football, volleyball

LEAST FAVORITE

Food: Indian Cuisine
Time of Day: morning
Season: winter
Place in the World: New Orleans, the desert or crowded places

Best Thing Someone Said to You: Don’t sweat the small stuff and to wisely pick your battles. 

Life Motto: Walk by Faith and not by sight. 
View the glass (life) as half full, NOT half empty.   

Three People I’d Like to Meet: Nelson Mandela, Norman Vincent Peale (can meet them in heaven)

One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating:  I am amazed at nature such as watching a caterpillar form into a chrysalis and a beautiful butterfly emerge from it;  Or when a baby bird hatches from the egg. 

One of My Greatest Experiences with God:
Intimately it’s been in the still quiet moments when I can feel His spirit of peace and a gentle word of encouragement or assurance that was needed.