Welcome to Conversations with Buddy, here you will hear the stories of everyday people fighting through life’s challenges for meaning and purpose. From fear to faith, struggles to success, trials, and tribulations to triumph and victory. Where did they muster the courage to overcome and where does their hope come from? What is the lesson life has taught each of these people who share their stories and then be willing to share it with the world?
Gabriel grew up in the south with an alcoholic parent after his parent’s divorced.
Neglect and abuse as a young boy lead to confusion and anger!
But God... can do all things and create a better future for anyone willing to say yes to following Jesus Christ.
Gabriel’s words.. “from man’s trash to God’s treasure!”
He is now a business coach to the Christian community. To learn more, go to: https://benucreations.com
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Tim was born in Mexico as a missionary kid! He is a Jesus follower, married for 30+ years to his wife Pam and loves helping people…
He shares the pain of starting up a business during the meltdown of 2007/2008 and to where it is today!
Life is tough on everyone and quitting is always an option, but not for Tim and his wife, Pam… They run a successful media and marketing business for local businesses called WhirLocal!
“We’re local and proud of it!”
He talks about what their vision is in this episode to help serve local businesses!
To learn more about Tim, Pam and their company, go to: http://Whirlocalsalem.com
“Declaring and demonstrating the goodness of God in the marketplace.”
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Celebrating 1 year of “Conversations with Buddy” and I get to do this episode with Matthew! 🙌
Matthew is a young man who shares about the struggles of life that make the successes worth while! 🇺🇸🙏😎
It’s packed full of incredible stories and shows his maturity and also his humility! Thank you Matthew for your leadership, transparency and an example of what a man is supposed to be like! 💪
If you, like all of us, have ever struggled, this episode will be an encouragement to you! It’s a must listen to!
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Jack is a dear friend who has lived a great life! If you want a lesson in discipline, perseverance, faith and SO MUCH MORE, this will be worth your time to listen to!
Strength And Honor!!! 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
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First of all, Aaron is an extremely humble guy who is incredibly creative and talented and truly lives out his life by faith! You will hear it throughout our conversation!
As a husband, father, worship leader and business owner he has plenty of challenges… but what I noticed is that he still has joy!
We all know life can be challenging at times… There are some nuggets in here that will encourage you to have a new perspective on your current situation as well as your life! 🙏
You will hear about his journey of life and what causes him to still have joy!
To learn more about Aaron and his business Parsons Design, go to:
https://www.parsons-designs.com
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Alex shares about his life… growing up as the oldest of 1 brother and 2 sisters. Being competitive with a younger brother and learning to work hard from an early age!
Encouragement from a great dad and mom to work hard, have responsibility and unconditional love!
The challenge to continue to “show up” as a college basketball player when you aren’t the star player and being patient to eventually earn your place on the team as a starter and a leader!
The joy of being married, owning a business, investing in real estate and building a life that is about family and fatherhood!
To learn more about Alex, follow him on Facebook or Instagram @ferryinsurance.
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Mitch visits us again and we talk more about what manhood looks like. He is the author of "ATTRIBUTES of MANHOOD" and is currently working on his next book that will serve as a continuation of that.
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Ken is a young man who left the comforts of his family and home in Dallas, Texas to come to Oregon to play college basketball at Willamette University!
While in college he discovered that he has a passion for a variety of things, such as owning his own clothing business called Ovrlymisunderstood Clothing and Events.
He continues to play music since he was 14!
Go here to learn more about his local events: https://www.ovrlymisundertsood.club/membersignup
His family and friends help support who he is as well and what he desires to accomplish!
For a young guy, he is super clear on what brings him joy. Take a listen and see if anything gives you as much clarity and joy as Ken has!
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Morgan shares her life’s story and the challenges along the way that helped her become successful as a young mom of 2 girls, a mortgage advisor and a real estate investor!
She talks about the future and what she wants to teach her girls about living your authentic self and how to achieve the goals you set your mind to.
It’s a great story of what perseverance and determination can do!
To learn more about Morgan, you can follow her on Instagram and see what she’s up to! Go here to find her:
https://linktr.ee/morgandoesmortgages
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Dean talks about faith, marriage, entrepreneurship and life on the road with “In His Wakes”.
Click here to learn more about this ministry: www.inhiswakes.com
He is also an adventure junkie! You can check it out on Instagram @breit_adventures. 😎
Shout out to Chris Hahn for making our Podcast awesome! Thank you!
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Eric is one of the owners of an Oregon based mortgage company called PacRes Mortgage, a mortgage industry expert for 30 years and a proud dad of 3 kids.
We talk about Eric’s upbringing as a kid to where he is today. He shares his incredible knowledge and expertise from a 30 year career in the mortgage space from originating to ownership and also the Federal Reserve and secondary markets.
You might want to listen to this one a couple of times! It’s a great one!
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When daughters roast their dad! This may be the funniest episode yet! 😂😂😂
They get to roast dad and expose the good, bad and ugly of what their childhood looked like!
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Scott shares his story about life as a husband, girl dad, work-life balance and how he has overcome the challenges all men face… living an authentic life that is intentional!
IF you struggle with honoring your priorities, this is a great one to listen to!
To contact Scott, you can reach him at Scott.Wiegal@ampf.com.
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Chris talks about being adopted, not just once, but twice. How that experience prepared him to be a better husband and father and opened the door for more creative things like being a drummer in a band and his passion as a sound engineer.
You can contact Chris through social media or via email at chris@valormentoring.com.
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Matt shares his testimony about his life of homelessness, drugs and violence before he came to the TRUTH that he now lives by. He is now married and lives out his faith with his wife, kids and ministry!
To learn more about the ministry Matt is involved with, you can watch his video here: https://www.beboldstreetministries.org
You DO NOT want to miss this episode!
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This morning, we spend time with Coach Pat Bailey, a teacher for 29 years, 42 years as a coach, and most recently at Oregon State University and The Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Justin is a new husband, business owner, singer/songwriter, and non-profit board member.
Today we talk with Victor Hux, a young father, husband, and financial adviser with Thrivent.
Today we talk with Bruce Stefanik, pastor of Church On The Hill in Salem, Oregon, and his story of faith.
This morning, we interview Mike Peterson of 5ive Marketing and listen as he talks about his upbringing and how his love of people has informed and impacted his personal life and business pursuits.
Today we interview Jason Leon, father, husband, and owner of Rise Realty, and hear how his own struggles with transitioning from military life to civilian life led to his healing journey and a passion for helping military veterans.
Tim Davis is a father, pastor, and president of Valor Mentoring, a local mentoring-based non-profit based in Keizer, Oregon.
Welcome to Conversations with Buddy, here you will hear the stories of everyday people fighting through life’s challenges for meaning and purpose. From fear to faith, struggles to success, trials, and tribulations to triumph and victory. Where did they muster the courage to overcome and where does their hope come from? What is the lesson life has taught each of these people who share their stories and then be willing to share it with the world?