Martin Baker

Started college 1970 Sul Ross State Univ.
Married Mary 1973
Graduated Stephen F. Austin State Univ. 1975
BS in Forestry
Drove a skidder for logging company 1975
Joined Board of Directors GODTEL Ministries 1975
Worked for Dan Lester Drilling 1976
Son born 1976
worked for Lufkin Industries 1976-77
Helped open the first GODTEL MISSION 1976
Opened welding shop in Nacogdoches 1978
Martin's Welding
Moved to Midland 1980 welding
Daughter born 1980
Moved back to Denver City 1981 welding
Moved to Lufkin to take over homeless mission for GODTEL 1989
Became Vice President/Secretary 1990
Built Staff house Lufkin mission 1991 $40,000/grant
Built new men's dorm Lufkin mission 1998 $267,000/grant
remodeled Nacogdoches mission 1999 $67,000/grant
Built new office building Lufkin mission 2003 $212,000/grant
Completed working on a $3,000,000.00 project to replace the Nacogdoches mission 2018
Became President/Executive Director upon death of founder from covid 19 in 2021. I now run all three homeless shelters of GODTEL

I seem to remember getting into several fights my senior year. I don't remember winning any of them.