Some personal chronology:

 

This is mostly for my own sense of time passing.  You might want to return to the main page.  I haven’t tried to prioritize any of this information.  If I were to do so, the highlights would be something like this:  Being born into an interesting family that loved me, being found by Jesus, falling in Love, being a musician, having children, entering ministry.  All the other stuff below is kind of random and subject to constant editing.

 

Born:                    Sewickley, PA 1956.

 

Earliest Years:        Hopewell Township, Beaver County Pennsylvania.

                             1st Grade Hopewell Elementary School. (62)

                                                         

A Kid:                    Moon Township, Pennsylvania

                                      Bon Meade Elementary School (63-66) Three great loves: fishing, music, comic books. 

                                      Moon Junior High School (67-70) One love—music.

                              

A Teenager:            Moon Township, Pennsylvania

                                      Moon Senior High School (71-74)

                                      Penn State Beaver Campus (74-76)

                            

                             Became a Christian 1971.

                                      St. Stephen’s Episcopal, Sewickley PA. (71-78)

                                      Jesus People (71-76)  where did they go?

                                      Younglife (72-73)

                                      Grace Haven Farm, Mansfield, OH (72-73)

                                                I was very active in all these groups and they took most of my time.         

                  

                             Read the Bible.

                             Wrote poetry.

                             Loved German & English classes. Some of the teachers might be surprised!

                             Played guitar and sang in coffeehouses, school events,

                                                          and anywhere people could stand it. (1971-to forever)

                                               

                             Met and fell madly in love with Vicki Markley at Grace Haven farm (Summer 1973)

                            

Twenties:                Moved to State College, Pennsylvania (76-89)

 

                                      Park Avenue (76-78)

                                      By the Duck Pond! (3 months 78)

                                      Fairmount Avenue (78-85)

                                      Golfview Avenue (85-89)

                                     

                             Married Vicki, November 24, 1978

                             MY Parents moved from Pittsburgh area to Indio, California (1979)

                             Began attending a Mennonite Church, January 1980.  Would become increasing involved there for the next 9.5                              years.

                             After a rocky undergraduate career graduated from PSU in 1981.

                             Taught myself Spanish.  Spent a lot of time on this.

                             Formed a rock band and began a 10 year musical career—1978-1989.  Wrote songs, played gigs, won, lost, did                                     some things right, made mistakes. Lived poor (very poor at times) and sacrificed for my art.  Being poor                                      was romantic for a while, then mostly hard and demoralizing.

                             Worked at numerous short term and unglamorous jobs to keep music and family alive.

                                      Erie Technological Products ( a factory) (1 month, 79)

                                      Penn State maintenance (seasonal) (1 month, 79)

                                      Odd Jobs—    For a Rabbi’s widow (2 or 3 weeks, 79)

                                                          An eccentric professor (1 week, 79)

                                                          And so it went…

                                      Dandelion Market (health food) ( part-time, except for the final six months, 79-82)

                             1981 In Mexico for about two weeks—Mexicali to Guadalajara by train, Guadalajara to DF by bus.

                             1982 Isaac Santiago Sairs born, had to get a more high-powered job!

                             1982-1986: Accu-weather.  Technician.

                             1985  Eli Emilio Sairs born.  Had to get an even more high-powered job!

Thirties:                 1986-1989: Mid-State Employment and Training Consortium (JTPA administration)

                             1987  Ira Manuel Sairs born.                                  

                             1988  Decided to wrap up my professional music career and move into church ministry. Completed transition                               in…

                             1989  Went to Alabama to work as lead pastor of a struggling

                                      Congregation—Mobile Mennonite Church (89-99).

                                      Lived in “Driftwood Acres”—Charmaine Circle (89-2002)    

Forties:                  1989-2002 Worked at Mobile Public Library—Main, Parkway, Moorer. Circulation, automation, reference.

                             1997  M.A. University of Mobile.

                             1999-2002.  Led a small church planning—Freedom in Christ.

                             2002—Moved to London, Ohio, to teach at Rosedale Bible College and direct the Library.

Fifties:                             2002-06 Main Street

                                       2006 - ? High Street (The first house we’ve owned and not rented).

                             2003- ? served first as an elder and since 2007 as an associate Pastor at London Christian Fellowship.

                             2006  On the way to Africa to teach for two weeks in Africa, stopped in Switzerland (~4 days), Germany (~2                                           weeks) (1 afternoon in France!)

                             2007  MLIS from Kent State University.