His friends had mentioned a possible trip into Mexico, so he threw his passport in with his gear. He cruised into Texas on his motorcycle and found himself driving towards Mexico. After two weeks on the road, Tim awoke one morning with a burning in his heart to drive to Guatemala. Having no idea what he was doing or where he was going, he drove from Mexico to Antigua, Guatemala.

Remembering that he had once met a missionary working in Guatemala, he called a friend in the States to find out how to find the missionary. Though the missionary was no longer in country, the mission still exists and so he contacted them. They met and after a brief conversation determined that their mission really did not have any work for Tim, but at the last moment another mission, just down the road, came to mind – a home for children.

Tim’s first reaction was ‘no way’ but was talked into at least having a look at the place. He arrived at Casa Aleluya, walked through the front gate and was immediately covered with kids. As he spoke with leadership, the director said he knew exactly what Tim was looking for. Highly doubtful, Tim agreed to at least listen what he had to say. “You’ve been searching for God”.

Unbelievably, it made perfect sense to Tim after so many years of missing something. Then and there, at 1:15 in the afternoon on 17 November 2004, Tim accepted Christ into his heart as his savior. For the first time in his life he had found clarity.

Tim was put into the 6-9 year old boys’ dorm to help with the 30 rambunctious boys and soon found himself in charge of the dorm. His life is a true testament to God’s ability to order our steps to finding Him, even when we cannot explain nor understand what we are doing.