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Javie has been on the BBC staff since 2006. His passion for the preschool ministry is to show God's love to all the tots in his care. He makes sure that the kids are surrounded by God's love and teach them of that love whenever they are at BBC. The thing he enjoys most about serving at BBC is that he can serve with a group of people that love God, but the highpoint is when those little ones give him great big hugs!

Family:
Javie and Nikki have been married since 1998 and have 2 beautiful little girls, Libby and Maggie. He says that Nikki is his soul mate and when God have her to him that He gave him the puzzle piece that completes him. They are very much a team!

Education:
Javie graduated from Sparkman High School and currently drives a school bus for Madison County schools in addition to his duties as Preschool Minister.

Faith:
Javie grew up in a Christian home where he was loved tremendously. He accepted Christ as his Savior at 14 years old at Freeway House of the Lord and surrendered to full time ministry at BBC in January 1998.

Interesting and Unusual Facts:

His birthday is August 23rd
He loves to hunt, fish, spend time with his family, watch cartoons and spend time with the tots at church...
He has a Yorkie named Rocky...
His favorite movie of all time is Braveheart... (You gotta be brave to work in the Pre-K dept all the time!)
His favorite musician is Chris Rice... (He said it was because they think alike!)
His favorite sports teams are:  NCAA – Alabama, NFL – Pittsburg Steelers & MLB - Yankees
His favorite thing to do on a Saturday is watch football (Imagine that!)
His favorite scripture is Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth." because "Without God in the beginning, there would be no end!"

His favorite Bible story is of Joseph’s life, "No matter what happened, he still kept his focus and saved his nation."

People he wants to meet:
Imaginary: Bugs Bunny, "How did he get away from Elmer Fudd and Marvin the Martian every time?"
Alive: Billy Graham, "Because he is such a great man of God."
Dead: Joseph, "Because I want to know what it was like to be the father of God!"

From Javie
"The first time I looked into the eyes of my child, I saw one of the greatest gifts of God. I was able to see that the love that I have in my heart for her doesn’t even begin to amount to the love my heavenly father has for me. From the very first breath she took, I knew I would give up everything I own, or give up my very life for my child. My father gave up his son for me…….this is the love that I hope to show to all the children in my care."

I love children. A person can not have a life with Jesus that will stand without a good foundation. The children in the preschool department at Bethlehem Baptist Church are very important to me and my staff, and we strive to start a good foundation for them to grow. I have two children that God has blessed me with as my own. At this time I have about 50 more that he has blessed me with the opportunity to show then God’s love and in exchange I get a lot of neck hugs and leg hugs. I have the greatest job in the world. I also have been blessed with a great staff of volunteers that love children just as much as I do.

If I die today I have been blessed more than I deserve. I can only hope that when I do leave this world that I will be remembered as a man who loved God and change the life of a child. However , I know that the amount of people at my funeral will be dictated by weather ……