Armand Jalbert:  

of friends in the area and it almost feels like we came back home. We are members of Riverside Baptist Church and I serve as a deacon. I have some opportunities to preach, which is something I really love doing. I miss being a pastor but I am involved in a ministry of providing furniture and household items to families in need. I also serve on the Highlands Veterans Honor Guard where we render military honors at the funerals of veterans. We keep looking forward to see what plans God has in store for us as the adventure continues. College My wife, Naoko, and I started school Sep.77 and both went full time. During my time in school I worked as a wood cutter and did farm work and building construction/destruction as opportunities came up. I took a number of music classes as electives and sang in the school choir for two years. I graduated with a Bachelor of Theology degree in Jan.81 then went to seminary in New Orleans where we were involved with mission work to the Japanese living in the New Orleans area. I received my MDiv and after seminary we moved back to Graceville for Naoko to finish her work. After that we went to Spain for four years. Military I was a navy signalman which involves visual communications. I used flashing light, semaphore, and flags for signals and had to know honors and ceremonies for special events. I loved working outside on the bridge and knowing everything going on. I enjoyed being at sea but there were times when we hit cold, wet and snowy weather that made it rough. In six years of sea duty I served on 6 ships. I decommissioned three of them and was TAD on the Niagara Falls for four months. We spent a lot of time in and out of Vietnam. Most all my ships were small with crews of 40-200 so we were able to visit ports that the larger ships couldn't go to and that was great. I finally went on shore duty for three years at a communications base on the outskirts of Yokohama, Japan where I served as Provost Marshal for 1 1/2 yrs and was in charge of vehicle control and registration. It was great duty. I made first class while at Kamiseya, and it was there I felt God calling me into the ministry and left the navy to attend college and seminary.