I am 24 years old and have lived in central Oklahoma all my life.  I grew up in church but did not have an authentic, life consuming faith until I was 14 years old.  I remember one night at church camp a sudden depth of reality as I accepted finally that it was all real--God, Jesus, faith, all things spiritual, my relationship with God--and the Lord deserved my entire being and life.  Since that time I have served the Lord in a variety of roles.  I have led worship for youth groups and congregations since I was 15.  Upon graduating from high school, I continued to volunteer and lead worship for the youth during college.  My degree is in family psychology with a minor in philosophy but I am currently a full-time public high school teacher and I have just recently been called to a position of youth pastor at a mission church in a low-income, high-risk area of town.  Our ministry is primarily focused on children and youth.  I continue to write and receive songs from the Lord as well and would love to make my music available to other churches and groups.