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Until I was around 13, and at high school, I was brought up in an Anglican household. I was a chorister, who progressed through the ranks from treble, to deputy, then to head chorister, then onto a short time as alto, before settling as a tenor. This was combined as duties as a server, whilst my dad was a server and sidesman in the local High Anglican church.

This was until the church 'failed' to see that family is more important than the curch is. It caused us to remove ourselves from the duties we were performing, and become stagnated.

In my time at high school I believed that I grew in my relationship with God. It was at some point in this time I acknowledged my reliance on Him, and gave him control of who I was, and who I am.

In this time, I was also fortunate to be acquainted with some people from a Baptist Church in Henley on Thames, in the UK. I started attending the youth group, and shortly after the Church.

As a result I went on a camp with the youth late one November to Brighton. I experienced God's healing power for the first time, and came home with a renewed energy, and faith in Him. After a while I knew it was time to move on, and went to a small fellowship in Marlow, called "The Kings Church".

This small fellowship was connected to some of the bigger 'names' in the evangelical / Pentecostal / charismatic circles. The praise and worship, and the teaching were what my heart needed.

I enjoyed this church, it fed me and enlivened me. It was not to my family's taste, but I was taken to church when it was wet, otherwise I rode my bicycle.

After leaving high school I started working for a company in Marlow as a junior programmer, but at the same time I realised that perhaps it would be good to apply to go to University. This I did, and after some quite wonderful answers to prayer, I was accepted.

At this time I was baptised, by full immersion, and blessed with many prophecies. One of which was "You should rest for a season in Me".

This was fulfilled very shortly by me losing my job as I was going to University. I rested in the Lord for a number of months, growing in faith, and stature.