Why Forerunner?

We didn't plan to be forerunners.  It sort of happened due to the processes of life.  We did everything backwards.  We were older when we married.  We were older when we had children.  We were older when we realized that we were different.  My wife nursed children when nursing children was considered "old fashioned".  We started teaching our children at home at a time when it was thought illegal.  We look back and realize we were pioneering a way of life that would eventually be rediscovered.  We weren't hippies.  We weren't church goers, although we tried to fit into that.  We were simply trying to hear, believe and follow God.  That was almost too much for even the church.  They really were shocked to find my wife in the corner nursing a baby.  They couldn't imagine someone wanting to teach their children at home.  Much has changed in the past 30 plus years.  Our concepts of church, Christian community, and ministry have all been tough for many to accept and accept us in the process.  We didn't eat locust and wild honey or wear camel hair clothes but we made a statement in our generation.  We didn't do or say all the right things along the way but we tried to be true to the convictions that we felt were born in our hearts from God.  That is all anyone can do.  That is all anyone crying in the wilderness can do.  That is the destiny of a forerunner.