I am joyful and grateful to come in front of you and stand for election as a deacon. Growing up under a communist regime in Romania, my relationship with Jesus Christ was silent and personal. The body of the church was the inner family circle, yet my parents sowed the seeds of faith in me from a young age.

I rediscovered the beauty of community in 2017 at the corner of Perry and Iredell when Jenny invited me to attend her childhood church. The sound of Sunday morning hymns and the teaching from the pulpit led me to becoming a member. I had the privilege of participating in several programs such as the Alpha marriage course and men’s mentoring. Blacknall was where Jenny and I were married in September 2018 and the place where we baptized our daughter, Olivia, in August 2022. I continued to give back to the community by leading the marriage class and serving in the nursery.

My professional background is in business and technology, and I am currently a Vice President of Solution Engineering for an enterprise software company. I pray that given the opportunity to serve as deacon, I can apply some of the management and people skills I gathered to programs and events that will enrich our Blacknall life together.