About Me
The Spirit West Coast festivals are the two largest and only multiple-day Christian music festivals in the southwestern United States. Each year there are numerous individuals who make public confessions for Christ and step forward during one of the festival’s many scheduled alter calls.
The Artist Merch Department is dedicated to providing the speakers, bands, comedians, and other performers with an avenue to sell their wares. The Artist Merch Department is one of the largest departments of the festival, staffed entirely by volunteers.
Perhaps the thought of sitting in an exhibit hall selling CD's, T-shirts, buttons, books, and other material "stuff" may not at first seem important. But most of these Christian artists rely heavily on merch sales to sustain their ministry. And it is these ministries that help provide the platform for bringing new people to Christ and supporting believers such as me who simply may be traversing a particularly bumpy road in our daily walk of faith.
As the Spirit West Coast Artist Merch Department Leader, I am pleased to be able to serve in this small way. Each year, during interaction with festival artists, I receive unsolicited praise for the “friendly people†who staff the Artist Merch booths during the event, and often work longer hours than scheduled, missing meals, concerts, and sleep. I take great pride, knowing that I was part of this larger Spirit West Coast family who continually demonstrates the power of a servant's heart.
While I am the Artist Merchandise Department Leader for Spirit West Coast , I'm also the mom to three kids, all in college. My adventurous streak has found me white water rafting, wind sailing, hot air ballooning, parasailing, and rock climbing (sky diving is next on my list). I'm also one of those born-again, evangelical Bible-believing Christians. My faith and relationship with God not only defines who I am, but for what I am created. I enjoy participating in most any sport, especially water sports, although at the moment I am recuperating from a knee injury.
I love to travel and have visited 16 states, Canada, and Mexico. I've been accused of being a bookworm and have my nose in a book when at home. I love to see action flicks with all those special effects and car chases, attending concerts (the louder the better) and ride rollar coasters. I adore wandering through museums and wish the Smithsonion had a branch here out west. Strands, Salt Creek and San O beaches are some of my favorite places to spend a sunny afternoon, alternating between reading a good book and boogie boarding when the waves are curling. Hot bubble baths by candlelight, the aroma of spiced cinnamon apple pie, the taste of peanut butter and chocolate ice cream melting on my tongue, running through the lawn sprinklers at the Huntington Library, and the take-off of Xcellerator and California Screamin' coasters all give me a thrill.
I'm female so of course quieter activities - curled up in front of a fire, listening to the rain, scrapbooking with friends, or soaking in a Jacuzzi all give me pleasure. I've recently returned to school, finishing up prerequisites before I enter the Radiologic Technology program at Cypress College. I'm an animal lover, square dancer, certified in SCUBA, and volunteer in many programs and ministries.
