The biggest thing in my life happened my junior year in high school when I attended a church youth retreat on an island near Seattle. I learned that I could have a "personal relationship" with God through trusting in His Son, Jesus Christ. The gospel message was explained to me that afternoon and I put my trust in Jesus for salvation from the penalty of my disobedience toward God. Initially I continued to work toward human achievement which I achieved, without experiencing significant happiness. When I entered graduate school I met my wife and learned how to really study the Bible. God grew me spiritually in those years and by His grace I received my Ph.D. and was offered a faculty position at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. I would also share, on the first day of every class I taught, that my life really revolved around my relationship with Jesus Christ. That simple declaration of my faith opened many doors to being used by God over my 27 year career, from students requesting to work in my laboratory to becoming my graduate students in our Optical Systems Laboratory, to international ministry trips to places like the Soviet Union/Russia, Kosovo, Taiwan, China and Poland. I retired early in 1998 and moved to the West Coast to minister to faculty at the Bay Area campuses through being a campus minister as part of the staff of Faculty Commons/Cru. In summary, by putting my trust in Jesus Christ at that youth retreat in 1957, God entered my life and opened doors for service which went well beyond anything I could ever have imagined. He clearly deserves any and all the glory for my students and any awards I have received. He is indeed faithful and good!!