Michael was born in a Catholic family in rural Missouri. He and his 3 older brothers attended Catholic grade school, church and were also alter boys. Michael chose to attend public high school because of finances and it was then he stopped attending the church mass. In 1989 Michael accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior after he started attending a Southern Baptist Church. He traveled with the Baptist Association to help plant mission churches, led worship and assisted where needed.
His life as a servant began as a volunteer Firefighter/EMT then a full time Paramedic, working the inner city of St Louis Missouri to the rural country setting of Missouri and Kansas. Michael worked in emergency rooms and hospital labs during his off days. He has rescued people from death and burning buildings and also delivered babies into the world for over 25 years of service along with saving lives for Christ. With all the trauma and death in the medical field he began to get caught up in the worldly views and the business world to the point that he started to put God lower in priority of his life.
August 2012 Michael was rescued himself by Jesus who used a lady named Tammy. He started dating her and on their 2nd date she asked him to pray with her and she took him to a non-denomitional church on the 3rd date. In October of 2012 at a Christian Motorcycle rally Michael rededicated his life to God and married Tammy in July of 2013. One year later Michael and Tammy gave their life to God at the same Motorcyle rally that is held yearly, they both stood at the alter and answered the call saying "God use us and send us where You want us to go."
In 2014 Michael was licensed as a Minister with Influence Church in St Louis Missouri and ordained in 2015. He moved to Florida January of 2015 and spent the next 5 years working at an Urgent Care sharing Gods love and saving lives again. During this time Michael was blessed with his first out of the country missions trip to Haiti and his heart for mission outreach started. In 2016 a fellowship was established with Pastor David Roach with One Life Ministries and they were invited to go on a 16 day mission trip to the Philippines in 2018. It was during this trip God spoke to Michael with a vision to help the people on Mindanao Island. After this trip, and an attempt to detox from the high of the move of the Holy Spirit, he again heard Gods voice and received confirmation. Michael called Pastor David and told him about this calling to move into full time missions and serve with One Life Ministries where needed. Michael told him it was Gods will and ended up it was also an answer to Pastor Davids prayer.
