After doing commercial electrical work for almost a year, I knew it wasn’t for me.  It was a lot of hours of my life being alone and being frustrated.  I did like going to work from time to time, it helped me understand and take pride in where I came from. I had the chance to be one of the last people to work in the old GM plant called Willow run.  Willow run was first built by Ford in WWII times to build plans for the war. After that GM bought it and made car parts there. Working there I felt like I know what it meant to be a Michigander.  I had the chance to work with the big 3 and see how great it once was.

I know it was possible but when I was working I couldn’t figure out how to love God and love others while working there. So I quit my job and went back to where I last felt and saw god in my life. I had to go back one year, the last time I felt or saw God in my life was when I was living with some guys learning how to be a disciple of Jesus. Then God started to give me a vision of starting a house that combined my experience at Ivenwold and the Rochester house. I lived at Ivenwold in 2008 after I graduated high school. Ivenwold is a house of 12 guys from around the world that come together for about 6 months to a year to learn about and follow Jesus. At Ivenwold we are together almost 24/7, we work, eat, sleep and play together. We focus on 2 main ideas while we are here. The first is loving God and loving others (Matthew 22: 35-40), the second is reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:17-19) & (Ephesians 4:26-27). The Rochester house was very similar but we all went to work and school full time. I learned a lot from both experiences and I want other guys to have the same chance to experience Jesus as I did. After talking to some of my mentors about this they said I should try and go back and be with the brothers at Ivenwold in DC. Needless to say god made that idea into my reality. I have been back at Ivenwold for almost 3 months now. I have been learning and doing a lot. So now I want to let you know what I’m doing and what I’m learning here and just share my life with you.