Books
He Knew Me First
Indra should have had the easiest life available in his rural Nepal village. After all,
he was born to a wealthy Brahmin family, the highest rung on the ladder of the
country’s rigid caste system. Instead, rejected by his birth father, Indra was raised
as an Untouchable by a family who did not want him. Young Indra’s keen intellect
and burning curiosity eventually not only uncovered the truth of his birth but
caused him to look at the caste system and ask “why?” for the rest of his life. His
amazing true journey from Untouchable to Brahmin Hindu priest to devoted
Christian minister would take him through desperate poverty, wealth and power,
devastating betrayals, miraculous survivals, and an ending that even Hollywood
could not have scripted. Through it all, Indra, turned Joseph, would learn that God
was always with him along his personal road of grace-- because God had known
him first.
Half the Man, Twice the Faith: The Rick Salewske Story
At 538 pounds, Rick Salewske lived a small life that consisted of his job, his house, and his car---and he
was very close to no longer fitting into his car. His stomach rubbing on the steering wheel had already
worn a threadbare line across his pants. Often ridiculed by total strangers, he felt humiliated and very
much alone. Rick had been raised in a traditional Catholic family, but his relationship with God was
more “distant, respectful belief” than up-close and personal experience. He couldn’t fit into a church
pew and most definitely not into a confessional booth. What Rick didn’t know was that even then, God
was actively pursuing him, even when Rick was not pursuing God at all. When Rick’s weight cost him a chance at his dream job, God would lead him on a journey that would reach the mountaintops of national television appearances and even the New York Marathon, but his own poor choices would plunge him back down to a valley leading nowhere. It was in that valley that Rick eventually looked up and recognized God’s hand in his life. When he learned to keep his eyes on God, the life God intended him to lead finally came into focus. His path was not always smooth or straight. But, learning to put his full trust in the Lord led Rick to be
less than half and more than twice of the man he used to be.