About Me
I am a worshipper of Jesus, a lover of my wife, and a friend to you. I graduated from Blaine High School, in Blaine, Washington, in 1994 and Trinity Western University, in Langley, British Columbia, in 2007 with a BA in Christianity and Culture and almost a minor in worship studies . All the years in between, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my life…I’m still trying to figure it out. I’ve worked as a warehouse worker, a representative for Lancome, a hodcarrier for a Stucco company (they called me a “hotty”…it made me uncomfortable), a lab attendant in a computer lab, a water slide attendant, and even a liquor and cigarette salesman for a Duty Free. Now I live in Bellingham, Washington where I head up Muse Ministries, the Creative Arts of Roosevelt Community Church. I found that I enjoy walking along side people and discussing faith and love with them and what this looks like in the likes of Jesus.
Some other things about me:
- Hobbies that I enjoy include listening to, recording, creating, and talking about music
- I played in a band called Forty Foot Fakeout. We opened for Kiss, Ted Nugent and Skid Row @ The Gorge Amphitheater…on a different stage.
My favorite book is “The Power and The Glory” by Graham Greene
My life dream is to meet and sing with Stevie Wonder and record with Clive Davis.
Someday I hope to participate in the Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain
I like to make “Top 5” lists like John Cusack in High Fidelity
I don’t like running.
why do they call you the brown kid?
Wayne – it is so good to unofficially officially meet you. Honestly, I have been semi stalking MissionBellingham for some time now.
The name the Brown Kid came up from growing up in Blaine as one of the few ethnic kids in the School and town. Though my official heritage is Hawaiian/Chinese and Scot-Irish, people thought I was everything from Filipino to East Indian to Mexican to whatever other brown ethnicity you can think of (everything but hawaiian of course). My friends just started calling me the brown kid. I see it as a loving ignorance from a small town mentality.
The name came up again a few years back as I did a worship internship at Cornwall Church here in Bellingham and a comment card came in saying, “I like when the brown kid leads”. It is my cross to bear.
Cool blog. It’s nice to see a different perspective once in a while, especially from someone who’s trying to make a difference!
thanks muse!
I am a huge fan of yours, Ron Pai, aka the brown kid. I love to see you are still as sweet and funny as you have always been…you will always be one of my favorite BHS friends:)
Looking foward to reading more! Check my blog out!