Whether you are a career serviceman or woman, or serving for a term, you and your family face many hardships that meet you head-on. Your mental, spiritual, and physical state will be challenged, and you will incur many difficulties that you must overcome. Some of the challenges also come from the communities and countries you serve in. While serving, your faith in God may be questioned and your attitude toward your faith could be compromised by a myriad of difficult situations. This is when you must draw strength from God to let his light shine and emanate from you. Others’ lives may depend on you and by letting your light shine, you have the opportunity to bring others into the family of God. Your service is not a time to camouflage your faith: in fact, it is a great opportunity to use this wordwide platform to show that your Christian faith does not need to be camouflaged and concealed. No, it is a time to let God have control and lead you in your successful career and show others, through your Christ-centered life, Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Richard takes you on a journey through the Armor of God in Ephesians 6 and utilizes the scriptures to help you understand the armor and weapons you must wear and take up to defend your faith and Jesus Christ. Richard shares much of what he has experienced throughout his military career. He also shares his personal life and how he drew strength from the scriptures, prayer, and fellow Christians throughout his career. His prayer is that you utilize this book to be encouraged and to be proud of your faith. May you encourage others to know Christ through your walk.© 2022 Camouflaged Christian - All Rights Reserved.
Rich grew up in Rome, NY and married his high school sweetheart, Teri. They attended the same church (The Rome Salvation Army) where they met as children.
One week after graduating from Rome Free Academy, Rich left for the US Army where he would spend the next 24 years serving in numerous assignments and deployments.
They have three grown children, Lindsey, Brian and Dustin, and due to the death of their son Dustin, are currently raising three of their grandchildren, Amerie, Elodie and Maisy. They have nine grandchildren.
Following his retirement after 24 years in the U.S. Army, Rich and Teri attended seminary at the College for Officer Training in Suffern NY (The Salvation Army) where they were ordained as pastors. They pastored churches in Pittsfield MA, Lowell MA., and Rome, NY. After seven years they decided to stay home, and became members at the Rome Alliance Church where he became the Pastor for several years and was ordained by the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Rich has a BS in Social Structure, Social Theory, Social Change from SUNY, Empire State College, and a graduate of the College for Officer Training in pastoral ministries-Salvation Army. He is also ordained through the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
His wife Teri is the owner/operator of Cottage Hill Daycare, and is a Licensed Practical Nurse.
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