Meet Michele

Michele currently lives in a small farming community in Pennsylvania with her husband of 35 years who is a Bible teacher at a Christian school. They have a beautiful grown daughter, son-in-law and an awesome teenage grandson.

Through the years the Lord has called Michele and her husband to various ministries living in Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, and Arizona. She has been involved in all aspects of the church ministry in addition: Pastor’s Wife, Child Evangelism, Regional Women’s Ministry Leadership, Missions, Nursing Home Ministry, Homeless Ministry, Wellness Ministry, Motivational Speaker, Christian Counselor and Freelance Writer. Michele has also been a Kindergarten teacher; bookkeeper; and office administrator for various businesses.

Michele has experienced various challenges in her life: an abusive father; parents divorced twice; miscarriages; hysterectomy in her 20’s; wayward child; family members with various chronic health and mental illness; death of their fathers, step-father and her mother-in-law; care of her aging mother; foreclosure; financial problems; just to name a few.

Since 1985 Michele has been living with multiple chronic illnesses: Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Interstitial cystitis, IBS, chemical sensitivities, Asthma, Sleep Apnea, and treated for SLE Lupus (among other illnesses).

Even though Michele’s illnesses have been debilitating, she says “The Lord has been a faithful Friend showing me that I am still an exceptionally useful vessel worthy of His use. Through all the pain, trials and sufferings there have been many more blessings.”

Michele has a very encouraging and informative blog, Beelieve You Can where she encourages us to claim and quote daily Psalm 18:29: “In Your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall” (NLT).

You can contact her at free2soarhigher@aol.com