Bob had the awesome privilege of being born into a loving, Christian home and started going to church at the ripe old age of two weeks. In 1957, during a revival led by Dr R. G. Lee, he accepted Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. Under God’s leadership, as a junior in high school he dedicated his life to full time Christian service. It was many years, however, before he allowed God to take control of his life. While visiting Yosemite National Park with a dear friend, God wooed Him back into His arms. Bob began seeking God’s will for his life and in April 1999, while on a 17 day mission trip to Guatemala, it became perfectly clear what God had prepared him for. Sitting on the roof of the two-story dorm completed in those 17 days, he knew that Casa Para Niños Aleluya would be his new home. He began his fulltime service in September 1999.

In 2002, it appeared that Bob’s season at Casa Aleluya was finished. In need of restoration and discipling, he returned to the United States unsure of his next steps. Within days, Bob had a chance meeting with a missionary from Mercy Ships and his path became clear. His confirmation was the organization’s requirement that, before sailing, he first complete 4 months of discipleship training – this being the very reason he left Guatemala. With God’s provision, Bob set out for Texas and the beginning of a new season of learning, teaching, shaping, and molding. For five years he served with Mercy Ships. Two years on the Caribbean Mercy in the area of community development where his responsibilities put to good use his talents in the area of farming, conservation and sustainability solutions. The last three years were spent at the Mercy Ships International Operations Center working with the Agriculture Department, with eight months of that time working with Mercy Teams in Gulfport, Ms, rebuilding his sister’s home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

In spring 2007, Bob received his release from Mercy Ships and returned to Gulfport, seeking God’s will for his next steps. In early October, he was received like the prodigal son when visiting at Casa Aleluya. At that time, while in prayer, Bob was given a verse from Philemon, "I am sending him, who has my heart, back to you". He returned to the USA to prepare and within a month was back at Casa Aleluya as a fulltime staff member.

Bob feels certain that he is better prepared for the battle this time "as we battle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities". Besides helping with construction, maintenance, and hugs for the 400+ children living in the home, Bob says that his greatest labor will be in the area of prayer. Prayer for the health and healing and the souls of these children. He covets your help in this effort and knows that ‘we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us’.