Can there be a greater goal in each of our lives than to finish the Christian race strong? God had to put me through a life and death situation to show me that I needed to be drawn closer to Him. Sometimes God puts us through trials to draw us to Himself. Throughout the pages of this book I will share some lessons that God taught me, to draw me closer to Him. How do we finish strong God's way? As you read the pages of this book you should find help in your Christian growth. God wants each of us to be drawn closer to Him. He wants each of his children to finish the race strong God's way. When you cross the finish line into Heaven, it should be your desire to have God say to you, "Well done my good and faithful servant." God is still working on me. As I face my third challenge with cancer, a complicated surgery was recommended, but I was told my heart would not handle it. Without the intervention of the "Great Physician" I am drawing closer to the finish line. Ken has a master's degree in education and spent ten years working for the State of Michigan. His family, of one daughter and two boys, then went to Brazil for two years as short-term missionaries where Donna and Ken taught missionary children at Fortaleza Academy. He then continued in Christian education where he spent twenty-six years as teacher and administrator. His last fourteen years were spent as administrator of Otsego Baptist Academy. The enrollment grew from less than one hundred to over two hundred."