ABOUT ME
I grew up with 1 full blooded brother, 3 step-brothers and 2 half brothers coming and going throughout my life as they please. My father was an abusive drunk who my mother (through the grace of God) was able to get away from for the sake of me and my brother. I was 2 and my brother was 3 when my mother left him. My mom met my dad when I was 3 years old and he has raised me to be the man I am today. My dad is an amazing man that did not hesitate to jump right in and show us how a real man was suppose to act towards women and how to be a faithful follower of God. I always knew I had an amazing childhood because I had two amazing parents that loved us unconditionally and never hesitated when it came to making the best decisions in raising us. We use to live in Conroe, TX until I was about 10 and we packed up and moved to Kerens, TX. We were pretty much forced to move by family members that couldn’t even wait for someone to be put in the ground after passing away before ransacking their possessions. Kerens, TX is where I spent the rest of my childhood until I joined the United States Army at the age of 17. I have done two tours in Iraq for a total of 2 years overseas and will be getting out in the next year (in 2015) due to medical issues. I had a good 10 year run in the Army, but now it’s time for it to come to an end.
I am currently married to my second wife, Brittany Lynn Richard, who I love with all my heart and we get my youngest son (Mark Edward Saunders II) only every few months. Unfortunately; I am not offered much time with him and when I am, it’s hard for me to be able to get away or afford to travel to Georgia get him. I love both of my kids and just like my dad growing up, I jumped all in with the oldest (Jeremiah Edward Goodwin) and loved him from the moment I met him… without hesitation! Unfortunately I do not get to see the oldest and my ex isn’t worth mentioning on here, so I will just leave it at that. The point is that I have had my fair share of trials and tribulations in life, but God has always been there and he has never given up making sure I didn’t strayed too far from his path.
I could go into much more detail about my past and how all the encounters throughout my life have influenced me today, but I feel that none of that is necessary. The only thing that matters now is that I currently follow God and will until the day I die. I feel like he has chosen me to release a message to the world; even though I know a lot of people will be skeptical by nature and will say that I am not in my right mind. This is understandable and I spent the last couple of months thinking the same thing. The only thing I have to say to that is, I don’t feel like there is anything “mentally” wrong with me and the Bible states that there will be a great falling away. In order for the “Great Falling Away” to happen, the whole world is to be deceived (2 Thessalonians 3-4). I, like most people on this earth, feel like we are free thinkers and cannot so easily be deceived. With that being said, I have literally been searching my whole life for anything in this world that could possibly deceive so many people across all the nations at one time.
I like to use logic and common sense to see what others may not. I have been honing this skill since I was a child and I have always found easier ways to accomplish tasks as well as catching on to things around me much quicker than everybody else. Most would say that since I learned to talk; I have never really had anything to say, but it didn’t stop me from saying it. I am also a “people person”. I am not a big fan of talking on the phone if I have the option to talk to you face to face. Over the years of being in the military, I have learned that I am good at relating to other people’s problems and can usually help them through it or find the appropriate people who can provide the necessary help. I have enjoyed using this talent the most while serving as a leader in the U.S. Army because there is no more rewarding feeling to me on this earth than helping others, no matter what the problem is. I am also the type that still picks up people that are walking on the side of the road. Usually I am not asked for a ride, but I will go out of my way to turn around and ask them if they would like one. I am aware that the world we live in today isn’t ideal for picking up people on the side of the road, but it is because of this thinking is why I stop. ”If I don’t help, who will?” is usually the question that runs through my mind right before I help someone.
I have not always been like this, I can honestly say I have not read the entire Bible from cover to cover, or that I have even read half of the Bible. I have, like most people out there, tried to read the Bible on many occasions and it always ended with me not understanding most of it and putting it down for another day. This all changed for me on 25 July 2014. I was watching TV (I don’t even remember what I was watching) and my mind was wandering like it always does. All of a sudden I had an epiphany! I started getting really energetic and happy for no reason. I was just sitting there watching TV and it hit me that the whole world was being deceived about what was going on. In the blink of an eye, all of these things that I had grown up questioning in the world started to fall into place. I contemplated this for a couple of months. I was over-analyzing everything and just trying to disprove one link in the chain to make the whole scenario crumble. At the end of all of this, I couldn’t disprove the conclusions I came to and I started feeling more and more of a sense of urgency to tell people. I can only attribute all of this to God who has been leading me down this road ever since I was born.
Ever since that day he has consistently showed me more and more proof everywhere I turn. Suddenly everything in my life made since! It use to drive me nuts that my thought process wasn’t like everybody else’s and that I could always figure things out using logic. To some this may seem like something useful or crazy to get frustrated about, but when you constantly have to explain yourself everywhere you go and wonder why nobody else had the common sense to figure stuff out on their own, it eats at you. It wasn’t until that day that I figured out why I was the way God made me. I spent many years praying and asking God why he made me the way I was and always thinking I was supposed to be doing something more with my life. I use to wonder if ignorance truly was bliss because I was miserable and wanted to be like everybody else. I thought if I walked through life oblivious to the things going on around me, I could then truly be happy. I’ve also always wondered what it felt like to be so passionate about something that it’s all you want to do for the rest of your life. I met a guy when I joined the military that knew every statistic of every player on all of the NFL football teams. Before I met that person, I use to think that I was a football fan. It was then that I realized that I had not found what I was passionate about yet. I have finally found my purpose in life 10 years later and I feel like I can’t share it fast enough!
Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
I grew up with 1 full blooded brother, 3 step-brothers and 2 half brothers coming and going throughout my life as they please. My father was an abusive drunk who my mother (through the grace of God) was able to get away from for the sake of me and my brother. I was 2 and my brother was 3 when my mother left him. My mom met my dad when I was 3 years old and he has raised me to be the man I am today. My dad is an amazing man that did not hesitate to jump right in and show us how a real man was suppose to act towards women and how to be a faithful follower of God. I always knew I had an amazing childhood because I had two amazing parents that loved us unconditionally and never hesitated when it came to making the best decisions in raising us. We use to live in Conroe, TX until I was about 10 and we packed up and moved to Kerens, TX. We were pretty much forced to move by family members that couldn’t even wait for someone to be put in the ground after passing away before ransacking their possessions. Kerens, TX is where I spent the rest of my childhood until I joined the United States Army at the age of 17. I have done two tours in Iraq for a total of 2 years overseas and will be getting out in the next year (in 2015) due to medical issues. I had a good 10 year run in the Army, but now it’s time for it to come to an end.
I am currently married to my second wife, Brittany Lynn Richard, who I love with all my heart and we get my youngest son (Mark Edward Saunders II) only every few months. Unfortunately; I am not offered much time with him and when I am, it’s hard for me to be able to get away or afford to travel to Georgia get him. I love both of my kids and just like my dad growing up, I jumped all in with the oldest (Jeremiah Edward Goodwin) and loved him from the moment I met him… without hesitation! Unfortunately I do not get to see the oldest and my ex isn’t worth mentioning on here, so I will just leave it at that. The point is that I have had my fair share of trials and tribulations in life, but God has always been there and he has never given up making sure I didn’t strayed too far from his path.
I could go into much more detail about my past and how all the encounters throughout my life have influenced me today, but I feel that none of that is necessary. The only thing that matters now is that I currently follow God and will until the day I die. I feel like he has chosen me to release a message to the world; even though I know a lot of people will be skeptical by nature and will say that I am not in my right mind. This is understandable and I spent the last couple of months thinking the same thing. The only thing I have to say to that is, I don’t feel like there is anything “mentally” wrong with me and the Bible states that there will be a great falling away. In order for the “Great Falling Away” to happen, the whole world is to be deceived (2 Thessalonians 3-4). I, like most people on this earth, feel like we are free thinkers and cannot so easily be deceived. With that being said, I have literally been searching my whole life for anything in this world that could possibly deceive so many people across all the nations at one time.
I like to use logic and common sense to see what others may not. I have been honing this skill since I was a child and I have always found easier ways to accomplish tasks as well as catching on to things around me much quicker than everybody else. Most would say that since I learned to talk; I have never really had anything to say, but it didn’t stop me from saying it. I am also a “people person”. I am not a big fan of talking on the phone if I have the option to talk to you face to face. Over the years of being in the military, I have learned that I am good at relating to other people’s problems and can usually help them through it or find the appropriate people who can provide the necessary help. I have enjoyed using this talent the most while serving as a leader in the U.S. Army because there is no more rewarding feeling to me on this earth than helping others, no matter what the problem is. I am also the type that still picks up people that are walking on the side of the road. Usually I am not asked for a ride, but I will go out of my way to turn around and ask them if they would like one. I am aware that the world we live in today isn’t ideal for picking up people on the side of the road, but it is because of this thinking is why I stop. ”If I don’t help, who will?” is usually the question that runs through my mind right before I help someone.
I have not always been like this, I can honestly say I have not read the entire Bible from cover to cover, or that I have even read half of the Bible. I have, like most people out there, tried to read the Bible on many occasions and it always ended with me not understanding most of it and putting it down for another day. This all changed for me on 25 July 2014. I was watching TV (I don’t even remember what I was watching) and my mind was wandering like it always does. All of a sudden I had an epiphany! I started getting really energetic and happy for no reason. I was just sitting there watching TV and it hit me that the whole world was being deceived about what was going on. In the blink of an eye, all of these things that I had grown up questioning in the world started to fall into place. I contemplated this for a couple of months. I was over-analyzing everything and just trying to disprove one link in the chain to make the whole scenario crumble. At the end of all of this, I couldn’t disprove the conclusions I came to and I started feeling more and more of a sense of urgency to tell people. I can only attribute all of this to God who has been leading me down this road ever since I was born.
Ever since that day he has consistently showed me more and more proof everywhere I turn. Suddenly everything in my life made since! It use to drive me nuts that my thought process wasn’t like everybody else’s and that I could always figure things out using logic. To some this may seem like something useful or crazy to get frustrated about, but when you constantly have to explain yourself everywhere you go and wonder why nobody else had the common sense to figure stuff out on their own, it eats at you. It wasn’t until that day that I figured out why I was the way God made me. I spent many years praying and asking God why he made me the way I was and always thinking I was supposed to be doing something more with my life. I use to wonder if ignorance truly was bliss because I was miserable and wanted to be like everybody else. I thought if I walked through life oblivious to the things going on around me, I could then truly be happy. I’ve also always wondered what it felt like to be so passionate about something that it’s all you want to do for the rest of your life. I met a guy when I joined the military that knew every statistic of every player on all of the NFL football teams. Before I met that person, I use to think that I was a football fan. It was then that I realized that I had not found what I was passionate about yet. I have finally found my purpose in life 10 years later and I feel like I can’t share it fast enough!
Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: