Department: Pastoral Care/Freedom Ministry

Joined Gateway Staff: 2004

Areas of Ministry: Since I’ve come to Gateway, I have worked in Pastoral Care. In the past, I administrated in several different areas: counseling, Freedom Ministry, Healing Ministry, benevolence, hospital ministry, pre-marriage groups and prayer. We have grown and expanded since then, and I now oversee the volunteer process for Pastoral Care, which includes Compassion Ministry, Unity (Gateway Married Life), Freedom Ministry, KAIROS, Healing Ministry and Altar Ministry. I also enjoy ministering to people and assisting Pastor Bob Hamp, our Executive Pastor.

Family: Husband Dan (since 1985); four girls: Allison, Jessica, Elizabeth and Caelin; three dogs: Harrison, Abby and Joy

Saved: I grew up in church, but in 1993, my husband and I left our denomination and started attending a Spirit-filled church. That’s when I developed a true relationship with the Lord and my life changed.

Education: I graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984. Go MIZZOU!

Previous Lines of Work: I worked in retail many, many years ago and then became a stay-at-home mom for 17 years. I worked part time in the children’s ministry at my previous church and until I came on staff full-time at Gateway.

One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: Watching people learn who they are in Christ and seeing them set free!

FAVORITE
Book: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Food: Mexican or Italian
Snack Food: Cheez-its
Movies: Serendipity, The Italian Job, One Night with the King
TV Shows: Chuck, NCIS, Burn Notice and The Biggest Loser
Musical Artists: Gateway Worship, Casting Crowns, Taylor Swift
Actor: Mark Harmon
Actress: Sandra Bullock
Time of Day: Morning
Season: Spring
Place in the World: Anywhere I am near water
Place to Pray: In my room
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: Photography and making family movies
Bible Story: Esther
Sports Team: Mizzou!
Sport: College Football

LEAST FAVORITE
Food: Seafood
Snack Food: Pork rinds
Season: Summers in Texas

Best Thing Someone Said to You: I do!

Life Motto: Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to rise and face it.

Three People I’d Like to Meet: Casting Crowns (the group), George W. Bush and Sandra Bullock

My Hero: My husband

One of My Greatest Experiences with God: When I was set free from a spirit of fear

Most People Don’t Know This About Me: My parents met during WWII in Belgium. My mother is Belgian and father is Italian. My grandfather was taken into custody and put in a concentration camp by the Nazis for publishing an underground newspaper against the Nazis called La Veritas which means “The Truth.” Unfortunately, he became ill while there and passed away.