My story begins in Summerside, PEI, Canada, where I was born on April 10, 1990. My family home is in Milo, PEI, where I was raised well by Christian parents along with two brothers and one sister. My parents were a dedicated part of the assembly of Christians that met regularly in the Springfield Gospel Hall. As a child, we learned many verses by heart and they have stayed with us until now.

Romans 5:6 KJV
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 3:23 KJV
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

I was a hyper child and very sneaky at times, proving that I was naturally a sinner, but that I constantly committed sin as well. Many times I got in trouble at home and at school for my bad and disruptive behavior. Sometimes I felt disconnected from others in different areas of life, and this produced a resentment towards people at times. Because of the biblical teaching at home and at the Gospel Hall, I knew I could be saved from my sin, and wanted that for myself from time to time.

Ecclesiastes 12:1 KJV
[1] Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth …

At least twice during my childhood years I “tried to get saved.” The time I remember most was on April 1, 2003, when I thought I had believed and was saved. Following that time, I tried to live the Christian life, by reading the Bible(about 5 chapters a day for approximately a year) and praying to God.

I soon grew tired of that and eventually stopped.

Preserved in Jesus when
My feet made haste to hell;
And there should I have gone,
But thou dost all things well;
Thy love was great, thy mercy free,
Which from the pit delivered me.

“Indulgent God, how kind” Verse 3 – John Kent

The teenage years were filled with many changes in my belief and in my actions. I met a few friends and started getting around with them, and becoming like them. I decided that maybe there was no God, so there’s no need to worry about the Bible. I got into watching a lot of movies, staying up late at night to pursue that kind of entertainment. After I got my first car, I sped all over West Prince for three weeks until my driving habits caught up to me and I crashed into a power pole. God miraculously preserved me and I walked away from the crash with a sore thumb.

But since I still lived at home, I respectfully went to the meetings with my family, never once that I remember pushing back against it. After I graduated from high school, I started working with Trevor Burden in construction. There was one experience I will never forget, a morning in the late fall of 2009, when we were on our way to work in Victoria West. There was a voice spoke in my head, saying, “Timmy, you are a sinner and you deserve to be in Hell.”

Needless to say, that turned my little world upside down, and from that point on I knew I needed salvation more than anything else. In the following year, I faithfully attended three series of special meetings in Rosebank, Freetown, and Springfield.

One preacher that stands out is Peter Ramsay, who during the meetings in Rosebank brought me a coffee to work on a cold winter morning, and spoke kindly to me.

In November of 2010, I spent many evenings asking God to show me how to be saved. I was starting to lose hope, until one night, 8:30 pm on November 28 to be exact, as the believers sang a hymn, they came to the words, “Trust Him with all thine heart,” I did just that, and immediately had peace in my soul.

Gospel Hymn Book 141: Out of Christ

Out of Christ, without a Saviour,
O! can it, can it be
Like a ship without a rudder,
On a wild and stormy sea!

(Chorus)
O! to be without a Saviour;
With no hope or refuge nigh;
Can it be, O blessed Saviour
One without Thee dares to die!

Out of Christ, without a Saviour,
Lonely and dark the way;
With no light, no hope in Jesus,
Making bright the cheerless day.

Out of Christ, without a Saviour,
No help nor refuge nigh;
How can you, O careless sinner,
Dare to live, or dare to die?

Out of Christ, without a Saviour,
Dark will the voyage be;
Clouds will gather, storms surround you,
O! to Christ for refuge flee!

Out of Christ, without a Saviour,
Trust Him with all thine heart,
Ere the door of mercy closes,
And you hear His word, “Depart.”

At first I wasn’t sure if it was real, but I had a new joy in my heart that was unlike anything I had ever experienced. Over the next couple days, I was assured by God’s word that it was really what I had been longing for all along.

Romans 10:9 NASB
[9] that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

Since that time, I have obeyed the Lord Jesus in being baptized and joining the local assembly fellowship, and serving Him in my own weak and faltering way.

I have disappointed my Saviour many times, but He has never disappointed me.