BE INSPIRED

In this section, you will find my view on money. I list my history of making money starting at age 7. Tracking you path and connecting the dots is important because if you don’t like the results, you can jump on a different trajectory. In this section I show people a Bill of Rights I made over my life. I didn’t just wind up where I am today. I made a plan and followed it. I have a section that shows 100+ identities that I live by.  I have a section on 100+ famous quotes I live by. And I have a section on Bible verses on money. Everything in this section has inspired me to set future goals for myself that are good. My hope is that they may inspire you too.  

Since 1992, God has blessed me with an entrepreneurial mind, an innovative mind, and the ability to lead. After running from him for over 25 years, I finally surrendered my time and talents to him. Today, I am a Christian Entrepreneur, a Pastor, a Church Planter and a Missionary in South America. Instead of selling my US Companies, I have decided to build them and use the profits for sustainability and to benefit the people in my Church Ministries and Mission Field. What do you do with the time and talents that God has given you? 

At age 45 I surrendered my talents, my time and my life to a Jewish Messiah named Jesus Christ.  My old life, well, I don't live there anymore.  Thank God.  lol. I’ve been set free. I have no degree in Theology, and I came to the Mission Field with no preaching experience.  I simply came because a voice inside me told me to GO. When I arrived, Christ showed up. This portfolio is the result of what happened after. My new life is found in him alone, my Redeemer. He is ALIVE inside of me. How do I know? I spoke to him this morning and he lives inside my soul. :)

In 2018 my wife and I helped a small group of maybe 15-25 people launch our third Waters Church Campus in Woonsocket, RI.  Little did I know, God would call us to open up our 6th location, only it would be on another continent.  In 2019 we launched Waters Church Guatemala on the Missionary Campus of Hope of Life International in Zacapa, Guatemala. Just when we finally settled in 5 years later, go figure, we were asked to open up another one but back in the United States.  So, yup, my wife and I left everything we owned, for a second time and flew internationally back home, to re-locate with nothing but 2 suitcases.  We are now looking forward to building our 8th location, Waters Church Orlando! The fullness of Jesus Christ is found in his glorious church, in which the gates of Hell will not prevail against. Join us!

The following dishes may look large in the photos but most of the time they are served on small plates, also known as Tapas. My wife and I do not eat much food, but we love food and like to think of ourselves as food connoisseurs. I'm in my 50's. For me, I mostly just eat 1 meal a day. I have been practicing intermittent fasting for 10+ years now. I eat 4 hours a day and fast 20, so I buy good, fresh, organic, high-quality ingredients. I usually shop at a variety of shops to find the specific foods I like. I like to go to butchers for my meat, Seafood Distributors for my seafood. I spend "time" searching for good cheeses. Most of the time, I pair my food with specific wines that complement the dish.

Sometimes you can just wake up one morning and realize your life sucks. There is no other way to politically say it. You never realized it but your biggest enemy your whole life was just you. Everything you did, every choice, every move, every place you went, every lie you believed, every little piece of dopamine that gave you 10 minutes of happiness, was nothing but self sabotage. Scripture says, “The house of the wicked is cursed.” Another verse says, “The wicked know not at what they stumble”. On the outside, my old life looked good. But it was cursed and I didn’t even know why. Scripture overwhelmingly teaches that there is NO HOPE for the wicked. I started to read scripture, and I just knew that those verses were talking about me. I was wicked.  I was exposed before God and I knew I had to change. I just had no idea how. 

Photo:  Brandon and Michelle Braddock, Leu Gardens, Orlando, 2025