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About Pam

It has been a long and delightful journey….

Born in 1952 to very young parents Ron & Veronica (Michael) Frierdich, life was simple, and the world seemed safe and secure. Six children were born to this family and all were happy and healthy and much loved.

Now, there are still six of us – myself, Karen, Donna, Ron, Steven and Michelle, but our beloved parents left us for the other side of time just this past year. Mom was 89 and dad was 92 …. they left within 6 months of each other. After losing my youngest son Jason at 41 in 2017…and the following year my husband, Jim, and now my parents (who shared a duplex with me) it has been one tumultuous few years. But, ‘it is what it is’ as my son, Jason would always say….so…I carry on. But it is only through the grace of the Holy One that I can….carry on.

Looking back over these last 71 years I realize that I truly have lived several life-times – and enjoyed them all – well almost all of them. Growing up I had an insatiable love for animals and the outdoors and was always bringing something home….even an old opossum that was hit on the side of the road. Carried that poor ole thing home and got chewed out royally by the local rescue agent! Didn’t matter … I ‘saved’ him. Can’t even count how many critters I brought home before the age of 12 – and then I found boys! That kinda changed my perspective a bit.

During my teenage years it was pretty typical of one growing up in the 70’s… never did too much of anything except hang out with friends and we did that a lot. It was safe back then – you could hang out for hours and hours on the streets until the lights came on and then you were expected to come home. We had Friday night skate nites, Saturday nite football games and really good friends! It was the advantage of living in a very small ‘village’ – not even a city.

The love of my life showed up when I was 16 (even though I wasn’t allowed to date) and I chased him until he caught me in 1970. I graduated in June of 1970 and married in July…we were married almost 50 years. Wasn’t easy….but it was a real journey. Neither of us were perfect and we blew it many times, but deep down, we loved hard and we had faith in God.  Fifty years is a long time …

During those 50 years we really did a lot…went to Israel in the 90’s more than a few times, traveled to Costa Rica, Mexico, Hawaii and various states. We ran three dog-grooming shops and I showed shelties and cockers, bought a farm and bought, broke and showed horses (both mini and bigger) and enjoyed the farm to the utmost. It was my little-girl dream….and my husband made it happen!

Those fifty years brought a lot of growth and maturity and my ‘search for truth’ turned into a passion. All the things I filled that ‘need‘ in my heart with, the dogs and horse showing, the farm – all of it – took a big second place when I fell in love with Israel and her people. Somehow….I knew ‘this was it’.  From that first trip to the land in 1991, my life and passions turned towards doing ‘bible things in bible ways’.

There was much opposition from my own family, and most thought I had gone off the deep end. Truth be told, I did. After learning the ‘truth‘ and sharing it with small fellowships, churches and even synagogues, both my sons and my husband, and my parents, followed down this road. In fact…..my oldest son, Jim, took it a step further and had a ‘passion for truth’. And I was exhilerated – fulfilled!

From those first small steps in helping Christians understand that they should support Israel, and Jews that there were Christians that loved them, to helping Jim birth Passion for Truth Ministries and it becoming an international ministry teaching bible things in bible ways. 

There were some bumps along the way – even a separation between us and our son for several years due to major differences, and, as many know, we had to go thru a stint of Jim being in prison….sigh….which is a whole nuther story….and nothing to do with PFT. But … here we are … starting over, minus several members of our family. But God has given us strength through those trials and tribulations and while we are fewer in number, we are stronger in spirit and faith.

So….that about brings us up to date, minus a few details here and there…and that’s a bit about me to date, but hopefully the Father can use me a little bit more before I, too, cross over.

~Pam~

 

 

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