Calling and Ministry

The Lord led us to Campus Crusade for Christ  in a very exciting way.  It began when Valerie & I were in college.  We were both very involved in Campus Crusade for Christ at Texas A&M University.  When we were seriously dating, a Campus Crusade staff member encouraged us to attend a FamilyLife Marriage Conference in San Antonio, TX.  The Lord used that conference to confirm in our hearts that it was His will for us to be married.  We attended three more conferences in Houston, TX  and we became involved in the Executive Committee.  It was through this deeper involvement that we began to feel the Lord leading us to FamilyLife.  As we asked the Lord to confirm this decision, He began to bring to our attention many families around us that were hurting and needed to be strengthened.  The Lord  turned our initial interest in helping families into a passion to see families reached for Christ.  

Here is a brief summary of our time on staff: 

1993 Began work at FamilyLife in Little Rock, AR as a Network   Administrator.  FamilyLife had about 3 PCs at the time

1996 Tom transitions to the Conference department as a conference planner and begins traveling to FamilyLife Conferences around the country working on logistics 

1999 CCC Headquarters in Orlando.  Tom works as Team Leader for Network Team as well as Special Projects Director for Computer Services 

2003 Transition to Eastern Europe Area of Affairs office in Budapest, Hungary to work as a Technology Coordinator for the region.

2006 Change Roles to become the Chief of Staff to Larry Thompson, the Director of Affairs for Eastern Europe & Russia