Growing up in the Methodist church, I heard and believed the gospel, yet I chose to live my life as if I didn’t. After college, I moved to Kansas City to take an engineering job, begin my career and live out my dreams. Along with several professional successes came the emptiness that success brings. Disillusioned and distressed, I turned to the Scriptures for answers and hope. I found them both.

At the same time I met Rita, my wife-to-be, and I began to grow in my understanding of the Christian life. We were married and started a family, moved to Rita’s family farm, went to Russia, and served a term in the Kansas state senate. I now teach structural engineering at the University of Kansas. Life is good. But that’s not my testimony.

My testimony is that God is faithful, and that He keeps all of His promises.

Russia

One of the two things that some would consider interesting about my life was the year spent as a missionary in ...