MY FAMILY
(pic and short description of my family and their background up to the year 2003)
| MOM
Born and raised in the Philipines, known to be the spoiled one in the family when she was young. Her family moved to America when she was 10. Family moved alot and she got sent off to boarding school. Her senior year was her first year at a public school: Fallbrook High School. She didn't fit in at first but later made a few friends. Mom was a country, outdoors girl, was into agriculture, and loved horses. She did a year at Palomar College and then after that or somewhere around this time she got into drugs and alcohol and she met Paul Jr. our dad and got married. They were married for around 10 or 12 years where they had us three kids (boyz) and things were pretty rough at times. <--insert testimony here--> . Mom got saved when I was around 4 or 5 years old and started going to VCF (Vista Christian Fellowship) where she met a lot of good friends. She got remarried later to Mark Engle and we moved to the midwest so they could be pastors at a Foursquare church. These were the teenage years with her kids. Now her and Mark are living in Denver, CO and doing home Bible studies. |
MATT
Born in Escondido, CA Matthew was the middle child and was always rambunctious as a child. Matt lived in Hawhii from the age of 2 to 5 with our aunt and uncle David and Susan. Matt did not have an easy life cause he had me as an older brother to pick on him (just kidding). Matt has been playing football since the junior high and he is now entering his Senior year. Currently Matt is on probation with the law for shoplifting from Wal-Mart and he also has a summer job as a janitor (master of the custodial arts) at the high school which is just across the street from their house. Matt's future plans are to play football for a community college in Kansas, go to college in California, or join the Military in San Diego. |
| DAD
Born in North Carolina but grew up in Virginia, dad was the kid who did his own thing. Hair down his back in high school, stealing alcohol from the local grocery mart, smoking dope with friends in a nearby forest, and skinny dipping late at night are a few of the stories he shared from when he was in high school. Although his senior year he moved out to California because his dad got restationed in the military, I think. He did a year of college but dropped out and became a commercial tuna fisherman. He met and married our mom around this time. Doing drugs and alcohol they were married for about 10 years. After there divorce he was doing his Paul's Tree Service for a living. We prayed for his salvation for about 7 years and in 1995 at the Harvest Crusade he gave his life to the Lord. Dad has a great testimony and I am very happy for his and all my parents salvation because it produced a foundation to base my life on, so I am glad that by there example I have chosen to give my life to the Lord. Dad now lives in Concordia Kansas where he met and married Pat, and is actively involved in his church. He is a cable technician and still does his Paul's Tree Service on the weekend. Oh yeah, and he does chainsaw carving as a hobby. |
JUSTIN
Born in San Diego, CA Justin being the youngest was always the quiet one when we were younger because he always tried to get a word in when his older bros were blabbing away, (sorry Ju). Justin was always quite and stayed out of confrontations and any arguments that I always wandered when Justin started speaking up for himself what type of person he was going to be. Now that he is in high school I am sure he is going through a lot of the same things I went through with all the peer pressure and phychoticness that high school brings. He is currently playing football and golf in high school and from what he tells me is 95% sure he is going to join the Military when he gets out of high school in two years. Also Justin is driving like a $200.00 old beat up farm truck...hey as long as it runs, that's all that matters. |
| MARK
Born in Kansas Mark was also into drugs and alcohol out of high school. He was happily married to his first wife and living in Salina, Kansas when he wife was killed after crossing the street to go to the grochery store. If I remember correctly he got deeper into drugs and alcohol and had quite a few dui's. One day while in a rehibilitation center Mark picked up a Bible that somebody gave him to read and right there he got a revelation of Jesus and gave his life to the Lord. He became a missionary to India for about six years after which he met our mom and got married to her. and his brother is married to my mom's sister as a side note. He took our mom on a 6 month mission trip to India and about a year after they came back we moved to Denver, CO where he accepted a job as a Pastor. It seemed like God and the Holy Spirit were moving in the people at the Church there but after 2 years he accepted a job as a pastor in Abilene, KS. This church was fairly small but he pastored it for 5 years before moving back to Denver where he is currently taking a break from any evangelical work. Mark is a strong willed determined and rooted in his beliefs person and I respect him for trying to reach people for God and not giving up. |
PAT |
| DANIEL | JOE
Joe Engle was born ______ as a twin to Pam Engle. Joejoe was adopted by Mark and Mom and they are raising him in there home in Denver. There is not much to say about Joejoe cause he is only like a year old. |