Armando is a really cool young man and has a heart for Jesus! He shares his life growing up in 40 different foster homes. His story will encourage you to live out your faith on a daily, moment by moment basis! He is a professional painter and the name of his business is GIHTIIM, which is an acronym for a Bible verse, “Greater is HE that is in me…” 1 John 4:4 You will want to be friends with Armando after hearing his story. Reach out and connect with him. Please… SUBSCRIBE, GIVE US A REVIEW, and ...
May 05, 2023•50 min•Ep. 39
Justin shares his life… adopted at birth along with his identical twin brother. He later became a fishing and hunting guide in Alaska and also talks about the challenges of running a family business that he eventually left, causing him to wonder what God’s plan was for his life. Now, happily married and has an amazing family! Justin and his wife Emmy Arana are the founders of a ministry called Acres Of Hope, Youth Ranch! A place where young kids who come from broken homes get to come and take ca...
Apr 28, 2023•45 min•Ep. 38
Dan shares the challenges of life from being in the Airforce, the challenge of Vietanm, dealing with agent orange and much more. THANK YOU for your service, Dan! 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸 The victories Dan has experienced since his early life is pretty amazing and what his faith means to him! Dan talks about the extreme benefits of doing long-term fasting, which he has been doing for more then 30 years… he even fasted for 60 days. To learn more about an amazing retreat center in Costa Rica, go to: ...
Apr 21, 2023•52 min•Ep. 37
Nate grew up in Keizer, OR in a Christian family. While searching for meaning and purpose Nate was introduced to alcohol as a 16 year old… then drugs was his next step! For the next 17 years he was fighting a battle he could not win… at least, not on his own! Continued pain and brokenness was not enough to make a change on his own! Listen to his story and you will learn what finally changed! Today, Nate has been clean and sober for over 15 years, has an amazing wife and 4 kids! He is a business ...
Apr 14, 2023•58 min•Ep. 36
Bryce shares life, from growing up, college life, his faith, getting married and learning/praying about life as a foster parent! The passion he shares about fostering kids is super impactful and you will hear the full story in this podcast! His SMILE says it all! 😀 Bryce is also a “digital creator” and is passionate about helping people and organizations share their story! To learn more about Bryce or to connect with him, go to: https://instagram.com/brycefunk?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY= Please… SUBSCR...
Apr 07, 2023•42 min•Ep. 35
David shares what life was like growing up and playing competitive sports in high school and college! 🏀 🏈 From knee surgeries that ultimately left him not able to finish his senior year in college playing football! How God used that difficulty to transform him in to the man he is today! Now, being married with a new baby and a new career with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) that allows him to share his faith! What a great testimony for such a young man to be able to live and share! I ho...
Mar 31, 2023•41 min•Ep. 34
Justin shares his life as a kid growing up with identical triplet sisters, a great mom, with some tough life situations that helped shape him into who he is today. Learning to channel his energy and competitive nature into basketball early on… to now a love for being married to Megan, 3 young boys, a real estate business, golf and a new family adventure of “farming”! 🐄🐓 To learn more about Justin and Megan and their real estate business, click here: Simnitt House and Home! Please… SUBSCRIBE, R...
Mar 24, 2023•42 min•Ep. 33
Klinton shares his love for math as a kid growing up, challenging the mindsets that everyone has to think the same or come to the same conclusion in life, his journey of faith, marriage, raising kids, 20 different jobs and today… he is a licensed real estate agent. Being a stay at home dad with his 2 boys and teaching them to love the outdoors, being active and disc golf! It’s a great story and there are some great lessons and takeaways here! Check out Klinton’s YouTube channel on Disc Golf: htt...
Mar 17, 2023•45 min•Ep. 32
Dave shares his life growing up in San Diego as a military kid, with dad, mom and siblings. His dad was in the Navy and gone 6 months out of the year. Life was more challenging when dad was home and being a military family they had to move quite a bit. A challenging upbringing that lead to drinking, a failed marriage and health problems… to a life that now is filled with incredible relationships with family and friends, snow skiing, wake boarding, basketball, gratitude and yes… golf! To learn mo...
Mar 10, 2023•38 min•Ep. 31
Darryl shares how his family migrated to the US from the Philippines in the early 70’s, growing up in the Bay Area as a kid with two younger brothers. His college life to marriage, kids, work, travel and of course… golf! The challenges of life to the successes! You will love his word for the year and the way he shares and lives out his faith! He is a humble dude and well liked by all who know him! Please… SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nu...
Mar 03, 2023•45 min•Ep. 30
Ross shares his life from living in the country, college life, long distance relationship to marriage, dog lover, real estate agent/investor and let’s not forget his obsession to shop at Costco! 😉😂 You will really enjoy Ross’ story… his passion for life and love for people! To learn more about Ross and connect with him regarding life and real estate, go to his website at: https://rossmartinsonrealestate.com Please… SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any...
Feb 24, 2023•32 min•Ep. 29
Jerry shares about his life, family, upbringing, and real estate! He’s transparent about the good and bad. He has authored over a dozen books, been a professional coach and owns Pikes Northwest, which is primarily a commercial real estate and property management company! To learn more about Jerry, go to: https://pikesnw.com/about/ Please… SUBSCRIBE, REVIEW, COMMENT and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you or just simply made you lau...
Feb 17, 2023•56 min•Ep. 28
Steven shares his life of being homeless, drugs and prison to a life of freedom! What did it take to change? Listen to this episode! Steven is now married with kids and passionately works at the Union Gospel Mission leading and serving men who have found themselves at the end of a very dark road and not knowing where to turn to! 🙏🙏🙏 You can listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, your favorite Podcast platform or by clicking this link here: https://conversationswithbuddy.transistor.fm/ Please… SUBS...
Feb 10, 2023•36 min•Ep. 27
Mike shares his early life of drugs and gang life… from divorce to an awesome marriage and the joy of having 2 sons! The challenges and successes of being a business owner - things he has learned about himself along the way and the changes he made! Mike also shares about his time in the Navy! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 THANK YOU Mike for your service! 🙏🙏🙏 Please… SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you or just simply ...
Feb 03, 2023•36 min•Ep. 26
Marjorie shares her journey of life as a wife, mom, the struggles of the birth of her 2nd child, overcoming those challenges, hobby baker and a Professional Sales and Leadership Coach! Here is the YouTube link for the live version: https://youtu.be/9WxPcOIpEjA She coaches professionally for a company called Southwestern Consulting and is absolutely amazing! Go here to learn more about how to elevate your life through coaching with Marjorie! https://southwesternconsulting.com/coaches/marjorie-dud...
Jan 27, 2023•45 min•Ep. 25
Jake shares life as a new author of a book called “Digital Marketing Sucks”! It’s the lack of transparency that he is shedding light on from his shed in his back yard! Jake is world class at his digital marketing business, Weldwood Marketing, and will help you gain market share in your business! Order his book on Amazon and also learn more about his business by going to: http://sucks.jakezufelt.com Jake is also a family man, which he talks about as well! Be encouraged as you listen to this one! ...
Jan 20, 2023•39 min•Ep. 24
Mitch is a new author of a book called “ATTRIBUTES of MANHOOD”… calling men to step up and be the man God has called each one of us to be. He is extremely transparent about his life, marriage, parenting, finance and his faith! You can order his new book by going to: https://www.amazon.com/Attributes-Manhood-Stones-foundation-weather/dp/B0BN7KH83W Please… SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you or just simpl...
Jan 13, 2023•47 min•Ep. 23
Nick shares his life growing up in Hawaii, disobedience, drugs, diabetes and blindness… to his new life in Christ! I appreciate Nick’s transparency in his journey of life. The good and the bad. No life is perfect, but there is hope! Please… SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you or just simply made you laugh! 🙏😎👍 #conversationswithbuddy #FreedomInChrist #connection #relationshipsmatter...
Jan 06, 2023•31 min•Ep. 22
Rick is a great guy who is extremely transparent about his own struggles. He shares what life was like before marriage, being a twin, being a professional disc golf player to now the joy of being married to Caley, being super active with their four kids and being involved in ministry. As a super driven guy, Rick also works a full time job and operates a full time business! Working as a teacher for Salem-Keizer and also running Saffeels Social Media! Rick shares the challenges of being intentiona...
Dec 30, 2022•46 min•Ep. 21
Reid shares the details of his life from growing up in Petaluma, CA, playing football, marriage, having kids, the founder of RSA where his team shares the Gospel of Jesus here in Salem and all over the world! If you know Reid, he’s all in! This is Reid… “Taking the message of the cross to the ends of the earth. All For Jesus!” To learn more about his ministry, go to: https://reidsaunders.org You can listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, your favorite Podcast platform or by clicking this link here: h...
Dec 23, 2022•28 min•Ep. 20
Ron shares his life story of becoming a quadriplegic from a surfing accident 1 day before his 18th birthday, to becoming an author, mouth painter artist and a motivational speaker with a message “NEVER GIVE UP”! If you ever find yourself complaining about the difficulties of life, hang around Ron and get some perspective!!! You can visit Ron’s website and learn more about his story by going to: https://ronheagy.com https://www.rollonron.com https://m.facebook.com/100066704060084/ Shout out to Ca...
Dec 16, 2022•49 min•Ep. 19
Dr. Corey Gilbert shares his passion of marriage, family and also talks all things sex from a Biblical worldview. He is a speaker, author, podcaster, counselor as well as a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Corban University! You can listen to his podcast “Family Features Podcast” (Fighting for Marriages, Families & our Children) right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/family-features-podcast/id1471056437?i=1000443380497 You can listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, your favorite P...
Dec 09, 2022•35 min•Ep. 18
Mary talks about the joys of life and also the trials! The loss of her husband, Chuck Lucas. Her love for her family, kids and grand kids. Life in Costa Rica. An event at the Salem Riverfront Park that will forever leave its mark! Lastly, God’s faithfulness through it all! 🙏 You are going to definitely want to hear what Mary has to say! It’s extremely powerful! To learn more about Mary’s ministry, please go to: https://crosswalksalem.org You can listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, your favorite P...
Dec 02, 2022•36 min•Ep. 17
Dean talks about faith, marriage, entrepreneurship and life on the road with “In His Wakes”. Click here to learn more about this ministry: www.inhiswakes.com He is also an adventure junkie! You can check it out on Instagram @breit_adventures. 😎 Shout out to Chris Hahn for making our Podcast awesome! Thank you! You can listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, your favorite Podcast platform or by clicking this link here: https://conversationswithbuddy.transistor.fm/ Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE “Conversat...
Nov 25, 2022•32 min•Ep. 16
Eric is one of the owners of an Oregon based mortgage company called PacRes Mortgage, a mortgage industry expert for 30 years and a proud dad of 3 kids. We talk about Eric’s upbringing as a kid to where he is today. He shares his incredible knowledge and expertise from a 30 year career in the mortgage space from originating to ownership and also the Federal Reserve and secondary markets. You might want to listen to this one a couple of times! It’s a great one! You can listen on Apple Podcast, Sp...
Nov 18, 2022•40 min•Ep. 15
Sven shares what life was like before Jesus and all things marriage, family and business! What true relationships look like and living out the priorities in his life! Sven is one of the founders of a local non profit called, Valor Mentoring. The mission: Mentoring men and teaching them the way of Jesus! Click on this link to learn more… https://valormentoring.com Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you or just simp...
Nov 11, 2022•36 min•Ep. 14
When daughters roast their dad! This may be the funniest episode yet! 😂😂😂 They get to roast dad and expose the good, bad and ugly of what their childhood looked like! Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE this episode of “Conversations with Buddy” if it impacted you and/or just simply made you laugh! 🙏😎👍 #conversationswithbuddy #familylife #lovemygirls #completecomedy #coffeelovers #connection #relationshipsmatter
Nov 04, 2022•49 min•Ep. 13
Scott shares his story about life as a husband, girl dad, work-life balance and how he has overcome the challenges all men face… living an authentic life that is intentional! IF you struggle with honoring your priorities, this is a great one to listen to! To contact Scott, you can reach him at Scott.Wiegal@ampf.com. Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you in a positive way or just simply made you laugh! 🙏😎👍 #con...
Oct 28, 2022•33 min•Ep. 12
Chris talks about being adopted, not just once, but twice. How that experience prepared him to be a better husband and father and opened the door for more creative things like being a drummer in a band and his passion as a sound engineer. You can contact Chris through social media or via email at chris@valormentoring.com. Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impacted you in a positive way or just simply made you laugh! #conv...
Oct 22, 2022•43 min•Ep. 11
Dr. Bisson shares her story from real estate agent, real estate investor, business owner to a doctor of naturopathic medicine! Her desire and passion for helping people who are suffering from health challenges is very clear! To learn more about her passion to help all people find the help they need to overcome their health challenges please visit her website: https://doctorbisson.com Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE “Conversations with Buddy” if you gained any valuable nuggets, if someone’s story impa...
Oct 14, 2022•33 min•Ep. 10
