Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce; so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine.

I was raised in a Christian home, the son of a pastor. My father instilled in me a deep respect for the authority of the Bible and the belief that Scripture should shape every part of life. Faith wasn’t something reserved for Sundays — it was something lived every day.

That foundation set the stage for two biblical truths that the Holy Spirit impressed upon my heart early in life, truths that continue to shape my walk with God and guide everything we do through First Fruits Foundation today.

The first truth came from the story of Solomon. When God gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for anything, he chose wisdom over wealth, power, or long life. In response, God granted him not only wisdom but also everything else he had not asked for.

That story captured my imagination as a child. I didn’t ask for wisdom hoping it would bring money or comfort — I asked because I believed what Solomon believed: that if God is faithful, then through wisdom, everything else would find its place.

“Give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil.” — 1 Kings 3:9 (NASB)
 

The second truth was God’s unique invitation to trust Him through giving. Scripture teaches that we are not to test the Lord in anything — except one thing: our giving. God promises that when we give with an open heart, He will prove His faithfulness.
It’s not about prosperity; it’s about trust. It’s not about earning blessing; it’s about living dependent on the Giver.

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and put Me to the test now in this,” says the Lord of armies, “if I do not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.” — Malachi 3:10 (NASB)
 

Those two principles — to seek wisdom above all and to trust God through generosity — became the foundation for how I approached life.

As a teenager working part-time and earning $3.75 an hour, I began setting aside 10% of every paycheck. It wasn’t much, but it mattered. It was my way of saying, “Lord, everything good I have comes from You.”

When the offering plate passed on Sundays, I would quietly slip my envelope in so no one would notice. I didn’t want to be seen. I simply wanted to give thanks — privately, quietly, from the heart.

Before I met my wife, I attended several churches and gave faithfully, but I often wondered whether those gifts were truly reaching people in need. I longed for a deeper connection between giving and impact.

That connection came in 2010, when I visited Pfunanane Academy in South Africa. There I met a missionary who had unexpectedly taken custody of three young brothers with special needs. What began as a short-term assignment had become nearly two decades of motherhood for her. She lived with limited support in a small cottage without a kitchen.

On that first visit, I helped install a basic kitchen and provided a few essentials—simple gestures that grew into a lasting commitment to support her and the boys. As my career advanced, giving grew with it. Later, when my wife and I married, she joined in that commitment, and together we watched God multiply the effort.
One son is now a mechanic, another an engineering technician in the UK, and the youngest is finishing high school and seeking God’s direction.

When that season came to a close, we prayed about what was next. By then, God had blessed us with a growing company and a greater capacity to give. We began noticing needs closer to home—families in crisis, ministries stretched thin, opportunities that didn’t fit formal charitable channels—and started meeting them directly, trusting that if God placed a need before us, He intended to provide through us.

What began as a simple act of obedience became a way of life. Our family’s practice of giving first and best grew into the vision for First Fruits Foundation:
to make quiet generosity visible, faithful stewardship tangible, and God’s provision unmistakable.

“You will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.” — 2 Corinthians 9:11 (NASB)

After years of private giving, we sensed God asking us to take a step of faith—to make our convictions visible and our obedience intentional.

First Fruits Foundation was created to explain why we give and to point those who receive back to the Giver Himself. We are not seeking attention or donations. Our purpose is simply that every act of generosity would direct glory to God.

This site shares the principles that have guided us from the beginning:

• All we have comes from God.
   
• Giving our first and best honors Him.
   
• Generosity, offered with the right heart, is worship.
   

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” — Matthew 5:16 (NASB)
 

We also include free Christian resources—online Bibles, devotionals, and teachings—for anyone exploring faith. Our long-term vision is to become a registered nonprofit family ministry, creating ways for others to give their first and best within their own circles of influence.

Until then, we walk by faith, trusting that every act of obedience, however small, can yield eternal fruit.

“Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.” — 2 Corinthians 9:10 (NASB)

First Fruits Foundation exists to remind us—and those we serve—that generosity begins with gratitude. Everything we have comes from the same faithful God who has always provided and proven Himself true.

We give our first and best not to receive more, but to acknowledge that we already have enough.

“For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever.” — Romans 11:36 (NASB)