The House of the God of All Moves, Paul Daubenmire

Due to various circumstances while growing up, my family relocated quite regularly. With almost twenty moves before graduating from high school, I was more than accustomed to a migratory lifestyle. Though often not knowing when or where our next relocation would be, as a Christian, I developed three constants in my life to which I could continually turn and in which I found much solace: my family, a love for learning, and the local churches.

While our relocations traversed three continents, I found myself developing a passion for the pursuit of education. Both of my humanly balanced parents obtained doctoral degrees in their 40's while raising three children, and their pattern was a healthy one for me. I surely emulated their persevering diligence in my academic studies, which characterized my teenage years. Yet even as I moved from country to country and state to state, I was also blessed to find myself meeting with the local church in whatever city I was in. I had found the house of the God of all moves.

Though having met with believers in different countries using many different languages, I found that the oneness and testimony in each local church resonated with the Christ that I had received into my spirit at a young age. Thus, when I matriculated at a college on the east coast over six hundred miles away from parents and home, I felt supremely comfortable meeting with the believers in that city, receiving them as my own family. For my spiritual growth, I was encouraged to read through First Corinthians in a regular, daily way in preparation for a Bible training (seminar) by Witness Lee over my winter break. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy this edifying pursuit, but I also began to see my spiritual family as the church and the Body of Christ. My testimony with the local church is that I have found my heavenly family, my spiritual educational pursuit, and my Savior God.