Royal Rangers Minastry
My name is CMDR William A. Zerby, of Outpost 145 in Oak Harbor Assembly of God. I have been with the Royal Ranger Minastry for 8 active years but I have known about them for over 18 years. I started when I was in Pioneers. I love my mother for introducing me to a minastry that I have loved for all these years. I made it up to Second Class which is now called Powder Horn Award. I was so happy to make it that Far. I meet 2 leaders at that time that I looked up to as a Father. They cared about me as a person and they had there own familys but as far as Rangers were concerned they filled in for the Father and son Events. Thank Commander Brooks and Senior Commander Max Radcliff. These brothers taught me some great devotions at the time started to shape my life.
We moved away from the church for a short period. I returned later to the Royal Rangers at the same church. This time I was a Trail Blazer. I started working on my Adancements full steam Ahead. This time I was introduced to another Commander that took over for CMDR Brooks and CMDR Radcilff. Commander Ryan. He had a son that was the same age as my self and we teamed up like a couple of brothers and worked on our advancements together. This time I made Second CLass and First Class. Plus Mulitiple Advancement Awards. Commander Ryan looked after me like a son. He allowed me to come over to his place and work on my advanvements. In LA, Calif I had to travil by bus to get to his place but it was worth it and his family took me in. It was not untill I was in High School that we moved again to a place that at the time did not have a Royal Ranger Minastry. I would be with out for 2 years. During this time I really learned about living by the Royal Ranger Code. One of my girl Friends said later on in life that she knew that I was diffrent than all the other guys because I treated her like a human being.
Well after the two years of being out of the PROGRAM. We moved again. I wanted to stay were I was. I did everything I could to stay there but this day I look back and see that God had a plan for me and it had nothing to do with were I was. He need me to move. So I went to Lemoore Calif. Were I meet a man 3 men that helped Change my life. Cdr Junkermeier, Senior CDR Sherman, and Pastor Dave Vincent. They all helped to get a future sailor Ready for the world ahead of himself. CDR Junkermeier treated me like one of his sons. HE challenged me to perform and get my Advanced Award to the point that I made Outpost Royal Ranger of the Year for 1983. I was on fire for God and for Rangers. I was going strong I joined FCF and was getting ready to to come into the Navy. I had a challenge to get all the Awards I could. The Big challenge was to get the Gold Medal of Achievement. I saw the goal and i was heading for it. At this same tine I was taking the Leadership Training Courses getting ready to join the Navy and go off were the Lord leads me. I worked all the way up till I left for the Navy for the GMA until I was just to old missing the mark by 2 awards.
Well it took me 1 1/2 years to finally get to a place were I can get back to Royal Rangers. God sent me to Oak Harbor Assembly of God. I came in and basically started from scrach. I had people transfering in and out to help me. I went to Sea with the Navy and had to leave for awhile. As I came back from sea I would pick up were I left off. Then I would leave again. The Navy was very demanding. So eventually I got married in which I would work nights for the Navy and I would not be able to attend Rangers. I finally gave up on trying to DO Rangers and soon everything with Church went also. The big slip. In 1994 I started brining my Royal Ranger Manuals with me when I went to sea so I would have something to look at and to start getting my life together.
Well I ended back at Oak Harbor again after a failed marriage. The biggest thing for me to do was to get my life together. It took alot for me to come back to the same church I was married in. But God need me to come back to start my healing. I was missed while I was gone. Some of the old timers knew me wanted to know when I was going to be coming back to Rangers to teach. There was an opening and they needed it filled. I told them I wanted to get my life together befor coming back. I even talked with the pastor about it. The first Goal of my healing was to get the kids back to church. That was an easy task with my ex-wife. The hardest one was to get them into the minastries. It took alot of persaion to get her to say yes. Today I have all of my children in the minastries. They are loving it. I am so happy for them. They need the minastries. Royal Rangers and Missionettes is the greatest place for my kids. God has given me the greatest assests and it is my job to raise them the best I can under the cercumstance.
I am right now taking the Leadership training courses to get up dates in the Minastry.
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