• Brief Intro
  • Words of Wisdom
  • Send me an email here
  • Testimony
  • Work History
  • Hobbies and Interests
  • Business
  • Education
  • Religious History
  • Criminal History
  • Mental Health History
  • Family History
  • Current Goals
  • Tikkun Olam
  • Affidavits
  • Charitable Giving
  • Seeking Female Partner
  • Certificates
  • Anti-semitism in my life
  • Herem
  • Volunteerism
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    • Brief Intro
    • Words of Wisdom
    • Send me an email here
    • Testimony
    • Work History
    • Hobbies and Interests
    • Business
    • Education
    • Religious History
    • Criminal History
    • Mental Health History
    • Family History
    • Current Goals
    • Tikkun Olam
    • Affidavits
    • Charitable Giving
    • Seeking Female Partner
    • Certificates
    • Anti-semitism in my life
    • Herem
    • Volunteerism
  • Brief Intro
  • Words of Wisdom
  • Send me an email here
  • Testimony
  • Work History
  • Hobbies and Interests
  • Business
  • Education
  • Religious History
  • Criminal History
  • Mental Health History
  • Family History
  • Current Goals
  • Tikkun Olam
  • Affidavits
  • Charitable Giving
  • Seeking Female Partner
  • Certificates
  • Anti-semitism in my life
  • Herem
  • Volunteerism

In my earliest years I was involved with the Catholic church briefly. I have no memories of these years when I was very young.  My mother is an atheist Catholic and my father is a non-observant Jew.


In my mid teen years I began attending Port Moody Pentecostal Church.  I accepted Jesus as Lord.  I was here for maybe a couple of years  then I started checking out other Christian denominations.


When I went to Terry Fox Secondary School I began attending Southside Baptist Church however this was only for a short time.


I attended Willingdon Church briefly.


I worshipped at Maple Ridge Community Church in 1991-1992.  I thought that the Mennonite denomination was a good denomination to be involved with so I stayed for a time.  I was recommended to go to Columbia Bible College by the youth pastor here.


I matriculated at Columbia Bible College from 1992-1997 studying Youth Ministries.  I regularly attended chapel services, classes and local churches.  I also did volunteer work with youth in a local church and an internment with Youth for Christ.


When I began matriculating at Columbia Bible College I worshiped at Bakerview Community Church and also was a junior youth leader for a couple of years.  


In my third year at Columbia Bible College I attended Northview Community Church going to Roaring Twenties and Sunday services.  I also  attended during my fourth and fifth years at College however I also went to another another Mennonite church at the same time.


In my fifth year at Columbia Bible College I began attending South Abbotsford Community church going to the Sunday services.


After my hasty departure from Abbotsford I did not attend any church from 1997 until 2004.


I began attending church again at the Loft Ministries in Aldergrove.  I was here for a little while.  When I went to work in the Alberta Oil Patch I discontinued going to church due to working remotely in the Alberta wilderness.  After my wife ended our relationship I began attending The Loft Ministries until I went to jail.


After I was arrested in 2007  I was in pretrial custody where I went to a Catholic service once a week however there was nothing really spiritually edifying in the prison.  No service or bible study of any kind.  In federal prison I was practicing Judaism.  I would regularly conduct Sabbath services, accumulated a large library of Jewish literature, met with a Rabbi once every five weeks and then met with a Cantor every five weeks.  


When I was on parole in 2011 I attended Beth Israel synagogue in Vancouver.  I really enjoyed it there.  I went to Sabbath services every week.  I began a conversion process to Judaism.  The congregants were very friendly and inviting.  I felt tremendous hospitality here.  The rabbi who was in charge of my conversion encouraged me to seek out a Christian denomination that was not anti-Semitic given what I told him happened among the Mennonite.  I took his advice and when I returned to prison after being recalled I returned to Christianity.


When I was released from Prison at the end o my sentence I attended Surrey Alliance Church.


After I moved to Maple Ridge and began attending Christian Life Assembly where I have been since 2014.  I attended this church for several years however when I participated in events and services I would wear tzitzis and a kippah.  After the pandemic was officially declared over I began earnestly transitioning to Judaism.  


I discovered such movements as BDS and Christian Peacemakers Teams being supported by my church and many other churches, denominations and institutions.  I realized that I will one day face a personal dilemma about choosing between supporting Israel or Christianity and the enemies of Israel.  I officially decided to leave Christianity some time ago and have been in contact with several synagogues as well as Rabbis online.  As my funds increase in the future I will be able to more earnestly pursue conversion.


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