"I was privileged to be nurtured by a mother and father who were totally dedicated to prayer and ministry. When I was nine years old, my parents took the pastorate of a small storefront church of about 25 people, and I had a front seat watching God perform miracle after miracle, the greatest of which was the explosive growth of that church.
Ministry was the center of my childhood and youth. I feel I was privileged not because of wealth or riches, because those who went to that church had neither, but they learned to dwell in the Secret Place of God’s presence.