eric nelson's story
Moved to TX in 1988
Lived in Lake Jackson
Average Junior High & High School Student
Involved in our Local Church Youth Group
Look to the Future With a Desire to Teach
College
2 Year Associates Degree at Brazosport College
Worked in the college game room "The Swamp"
Involved in Campus Ministry
Starting losing my hair at age 13
Male Patern Baldness Runs in the Family
Became a Youth Minister in 1996
Teaching and Mentoring Students Grade 7th - 12th
Velasco Baptist Church TX 1996 - 1999
Danbury Baptist Church TX 1999 - 2005
First Baptist Chruch Yoakum TX 2005 - 2010
Completely Bald at age 21
After 8 Years of Rapid Hairloss I am Left With a Horse Shoe of Hair.
Refusing to be Bitter I Began to Grow Out a Gottee
I Now Shave My Horse Shoe of Hair and Have a 7 Inch Gottee
Married Jennifer in 1998
Met My Senior Year in High School the Day I Had My Wisdom Teeth Pulled
She Lived Across the Street
Married 14 Years
She is a Stay-at-Home Mom
Born in Flagstaff Arizona
Became Senior Pastor 2010
Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church Richwood TX
Small Church With Loving People Who Embrace My Strange Look
Continued Eduaction
Started Online Classes at University of Houston in Victoria in 2009 to get a Bachelor's Degree in Communications
Choose Communications Degree to Increase Effective Communication in Ministry
Juggle Two or Three Classes a Semester
Hope to Graduate in 2014
Became a Father X4
Isaac (son) 1999
Caleb (son) 2002
Ethan (son) 2005
Jacob (son) 2008