2 Timothy 2:3

 Pastor Grant Croswell was born in In southern California in the garden grove area but he grew up in Costa Mesa California. At nearly 2 years old he was diagnosed with epilepsy. At age 7 grant began to have grand mal seizures. At age 9 grant began rolling down the wrong path. He began smoking cigarettes. He tried drinking alcohol at age 11. Through out his life he used marijuana. Grant was able to go to college for singing as he was blessed with a beautiful voice. He went on to John Brown University for singing and still sings for all to hear where ever he goes.   

 In the mid 90's grants brother decided to move from California to Arizona. Grant decided to move with him. He wanted a better life for himself so to the dessert he went. Grant has always been a hard worker and one particular day in 2006 he was walking down the street to home depot. Bishop Benjamin Paris was driving down the road and noticed grant walking. Its very hot in Arizona most days of the year. 

 The Holy Spirit told Bishop to pull over ahead of the walking man and wait for him. Bishop did just that. He offered Grant a ride. They talked about life and about Grants past church experiences.Bishop asked Grant if he had ever been to the soldiers of the Cross church in mesa. Grant said no that he had not visited church in some time. Bishop knew that Grant had not ever been to the soldiers church in mesa, Bishop had never seen him there.  Bishop Passed Grant a card and told him to come to church. Bishop dropped grant off at Home Depot and he went on with his day. Later that day grant was looking at the card and noticed that there were no service times on the card. He quickly called the number on the card. To Grants surprise the man that had been nice enough to give him a ride was the pastor of the church. That next day was Sunday and Grant showed up to the Soldiers of the Cross church in Mesa. See the Soldiers church started in some old military buildings. The Pastors called them the Kwanza Huts. 

 That day Grant came to church at Soldiers of the Cross and has been with our ministry since. Shortly after that Grant shared with Bishop Ben his past church involvement and how is father was a deacon of the church that he attended as a child. That day Bishop promoted Grant to Deacon. In 2015 Grant was ordained in the soldiers of the cross ministry. His focus was establishing and running a church in Arizona.   

 Bishop Ben had made plans to move he and his family to Wisconsin to establish a soldiers of the cross church. Grant decided to go to Wisconsin with Bishop and his family. Grant was there for just about a year when he met and then married his lovely wife Sarah.   

 Today, Pastor Grant is a supportive uplifting and patient pastor for Soldiers of the Cross. He is the right hand of Bishop Benjamin Paris. Pastor Grant spends his days speaking to and singing for the people of a local Wisconsin Mission. Pastor Grant enjoys doing landscaping and helping build churches. Pastor Grant shared with me that he still has some seizures from time to time. He shared with me a moment he had with God regarding his seizures. He said that he was praying to God and asking him to deliver him from the seizures. He went on to explain that God whispered in his ear “ There have been many time I had you healed and you walked away from me.” God planted a seed in grant that day. Grant did not ask God to heal him of his seizures, Grant asked God to give him the energy knowledge and peace to deal with the seizures until he could be healed.   AMEN!