I was born November 4, 2001, in Methuen, Massachusetts. I lived most of my life in small New England towns in Southern New Hampshire. I had the privilege to be born into a Christian family. My parents did a lot to influence my six younger siblings and I to know God personally and together as a family. We were the quintessential big Baptist homeschool family: a little crazy, a little quirky, and a lot loud! My dad’s job eventually led to us settling in the small town of Epping, NH.

Growing up in a “Christian” home and going to church I heard about Jesus, the Bible, and sin at a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are from Sunday mornings at church and those sweet old saints looking down at me with a smile and saying “Now young man, one day you are going to be preacher!” And I loved it. I loved the praise and satisfaction of doing right and being called a “good boy”. So I tried; I tried to be a good boy and very quickly I ran into a problem. As I got a little older I found that I kept doing bad things. What was worse, I kept doing more and more bad things and the more bad things I did my little “good boy persona” began falling apart. 

One night, I was forced to come face to face with who I really was. I was so convicted of my sin and I remember coming to a place where I had to choose. I had to choose to reject this righteousness that I was trying to achieve in my own strength and accept Jesus instead. And in my self-righteous heart I fought with God and with this choice. I wanted to be good enough and I didn’t want to admit that I was a sinner. In the end God won and by His grace I received Christ and surrendered my righteousness and received Christ as my Lord. From then on things were never the same.

As I grew I was greatly blessed by the Wilds of New England. After doing CIT in 2019 I became a “weekend warrior” for fall camps in 2019 & 2020 and after that I was hooked. I then counseled in 2021 & 2022. At the same time, God moved me out to Fargo, North Dakota where I attended Master’s Baptist College in pursuit of God’s calling of full-time ministry on my life. After my freshmen year of school and my second year counseling, God changed my course once again. I ended up being sent to Liberia, West Africa for a year (Dec 2022 to Nov 2023). This changed my perspective on ministry. I returned to the states for another semester of Bible College, this time with a bigger emphasis on Missions. Then in summer of 2024 I retuned to Liberia for 6 weeks. 

I then began seeking God about next steps and I planned on returning to school. After coming back stateside, I drove home to New Hampshire where I found myself at TWNE for a few weeks. While there I heard the Frazor team was looking for members and that same night I got a call from Jeremy. The Lord quickly made it clear that this was the next step he wanted for me. 

I am really excited for this opportunity to travel with the team! I still plan on finishing my education, either online or wherever the Lord chooses, but for now I am looking forward to what God is going to do this year.

-Josiah