Rod grew up on a farm in California.The church at the time had big athletics. Rod played as as fast pitch softball and his team made it all the way to the championship.As he played, his bishopric member gave long lasting lessons that carried into his life.Rod served his mission in New Mexico and has kept up with speaking Spanish.Rod was so good that he was going to play with a Baltimore team. He had hard decisions to make and his prayers were answered as time went on.He loved physical education and majored in it during college. As much as he loved it, he had to figure out a career changeHe ended up finding his passion in Physical Therapy.Rod and Laura had Lisa. They were given advice to put her in a home due to having down syndrome. 6 kids later they feel that was the best decision to have in having more children.With having 5 kids in the first 6 years of marriage life became busy but found solace and being center with family home evenings and reading the Book of Mormon.He went back and forth between companies. He thoroughly enjoyed his last 20 years of his career working more in biomechanics. After 45 years of practice, he retired a few years ago.Rod shares his story about how they moved to Tri Cities and how a prompting was acted upon under a decade later.During his time in Tri Cities, he has had many callings including being a sealer. He describes his process of being called to a Sealer in the temple.He finds Christ in everyday life through living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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