David Quiel

A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dave acknowledges that God has blessed him in so many ways during his life journey. God watches over him physically, mentally, financially and spiritually every day. God could have taken his life at a very early age during a car accident, but God protected him. God blessed him with loving Christian parents. He blessed him with the opportunity to attend a Christian parochial school, academy and college. God healed his ‘physical heart condition’ and placed his heart in the middle of his chest to remind him where his heart should always be – God centered.

God spoke to Dave twice. First, with a calling into the ministry and second, to go into the world and share His great news. God asked him to share his family values, skills and faith in Sunday School teaching, Church choir, Easter plays, Christmas pageants, outdoor summertime musicals, youth counseling, Cub Scout Master, Boy Scout Leader, Jaycees, coaching soccer, baseball and track, family guitar sing-alongs and camping.

God gave Dave patience during many stressful times. He gave Dave a light tap on his heart with a mild heart attack to remind him that God is always present in his life. He allowed Dave to have severe emphysema and C.O.P.D., but assured him that the nodules and lesions on his lungs were not cancer until at the age of 71, when one nodule that he named "Oscar", was diagnosed as carcinoma and had metastasized. Even as Dave undergoes chemo and radiation treatments, he knows that God is with him. Dave and his wife are now retired and live in Phoenix, Arizona.