Where it actually all started...Day 2

So here we go...It all started about 10 years ago. Working for a communications company I drove a service truck all over Southern California for about 2 years. During that time I started listening to KWVE 107.9. K-Wave is a radio station that is an outreach ministry of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. For those of you who are not familiar with Calvary Chapel, their teaching style is very distinctive. They teach the Bible verse by verse, typically from Genesis to Revelation, with an emphasis on end-times prophecy from a pre-millenial dispensational point of view.

Pastor Chuck Smith who is widely credited as founding Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, though he was the second pastor, has over the years even gone so far as to make an effort to teach thru the Bible in 5 years. And it was this series of teachings in mp3 format that introduced me to the teaching style of Calvary Chapel and specifically Chuck Smith. This also was my first in-depth exposure to Calvary Chapels view of the end-times...or last days. Having only had a very basic understanding of the Bible, what I was hearing sounded very intriguing.

Having been raised in a Lutheran church during my childhood years and having in recent years attended what could be referred to as a seeker-sensitive church, I had never heard anything about the Anti-Christ, the last days or the rapture. But this Chuck Smith guy really made me a believer in these things. And so began my interest in Bible prophecy as taught by Pastor Chuck and many other teachers that can still be heard today on KWVE 107.9.

After attending Knott Avenue Christian Church and a young adult fellowship called KoL Community for about a year I met a guy by the name of Mike Iwerks. He worked for KWVE 107.9 and went out of his way to introduce me to radio. He was working an overnight shift when he invited me to come down and check out the new studios located on the 5th floor of the Logo's building located behind Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. I got to see first hand what it how a radio station operated and even got to be in the studio when Mike went on air. Another thing that I got to do that I thought was pretty cool was go into one of the studios and record myself reading John 1. I got my first real taste of what radio was like and I was hooked.

A short while later I had run into Mike online. Instant Messenger I think. Anyhow, I told him that I would love to get into radio and that if they ever had an opening to let me know. A few days later...I had an interview. And two weeks later, I was working for KWVE 107.9, which meant that I was an employee of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa.

Not only did I land a job working in radio...But I was now employed by someone that I considered a hero of the faith...Pastor Chuck Smith.

Next time...God's calling on my life and how I interpreted it...