My inspiration in Kingdom Health is from Ezra, who encouraged the Israelites to live out the word of the Lord by studying it, living it, and teaching it (Ezra 7:10) while they were rebuilding the temple of the Lord. I want to do the same with people who are rebuilding the temple of the Holy Spirit in which they live.
 

When I hear people say “I don’t know where I’d be if it wasn’t for Jesus.”, I always pull my breath in a little, because I know EXACTLY where I would have been without Jesus and the people He put into my life! I could have been alone in Montana, dead from attempts at suicide, on the streets in Las Vegas, or on long-term disability. I definitely wouldn’t be loving Jesus and working on Kingdom Health in this home with my persevering husband or close to my loving children and grandchildren, the beautiful young women God has given me to mentor, life-long friends, and our amazing church family.
 

I didn’t have a horrible life. Overall, my life has been pretty amazing. Looking back, the common denominator of all the struggles in my life was the battle for good health. It kept getting the best of me.
Even after surrendering to Christ, I just couldn’t seem to win the battle for health.
 

I’ve asked all the why questions: Why did the world’s answers about my health not heal me? Why did it take so long to be free from anxiety after I was saved? Why is sugar my doorway to hell? Why can I write a research paper, but I can’t remember to turn the oven off?
 

Growing up, I learned the stories about God and Jesus, but I didn’t know there was a war going on for my soul. I didn’t learn about God’s perfect love that casts out all fear or that I could have a relationship with Him. I did learn those things in the church. But in the church, I didn’t learn that the battle for my health was part of the war for souls. I didn’t learn how intricately connected our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health were. Then the Lord started teaching me these things and commissioned me to teach others. And here we are!
 

I surrendered my life to Christ in 2004 in my car at 2nd and Waco in Wichita at the end of Chip Ingram’s radio show. My children were four and two. I look back and realize, though, that God had been pursuing me long before that. He had put people in my life who prayed for me, encouraged me, and helped me long before I ever acknowledged Him as Lord or Savior. He made me an engineer, and it seems to me that He designed my entire engineering career to lead to everything I am doing now.
 

Like I said, I’m a licensed engineer, but I retired from full-time engineering in 2022. I spent the first part of my career in technical sales and marketing where I learned public speaking and how to serve and encourage people. The last 10 years were in the ethanol industry designing a method that helps ethanol plants simplify the huge task of writing operating procedures. I learned a lot about the process of making ethanol, which is incredibly similar to how our digestive system works. Throughout all of it, I was always analyzing and improving processes. That’s what I do know, but with the processes of the human body. Isn’t He just amazing how He works all things together!?! I love to understand the complexity of something and then take it and make it simple for others. I love to research something late into the night that will help someone overcome a hurdle on their health journey. I love to teach and write. Mostly, though, I just want to get as many people to heaven with me as possible, and I want other Christians to be running with me at full speed!