Glen taught and coached in the East Side Union High School District in San Jose, California from 1966-1978. He and his family joined OC International in 1978 and served for 7 years, with terms in Sri Lanka and the Philippines. He served at Los Gatos Christian Church from 1985-88, heading up the college ministry and overseeing the youth department. He has also been on 18 Sports Ambassadors basketball teams sharing Christ in 20 different countries. He served at San Jose Christian College from 1988-99 as Campus Pastor, Athletic Director, Professor and basketball coach. He has organized and led over 35 different short-term mission trips. Glen is also President of Hands of Hope, an organization that ministers to AIDS orphans, mostly in Africa. Currently HOH has 19 residential orphan homes through local churches, 6 preschools and they feed over 2,000 every day. Glen came on staff at Valley Church over 18 years ago as senior pastor. He continues to pastor, although he currently spends around 3-5 months in Zimbabwe with Hands of Hope. Glen has been married to his wife Patty for 51 years. Patty is currently involved in the leadership of women’s ministry at Valley Church. They have two children, Kelley and Glen. Kelley graduated from San Jose Christian College with a BA in Christian Education and from San Jose State with a Master’s in ESL. She has served the Lord in Nigeria, Kenya, China and Cambodia and currently is teaching third grade at a Christian school. Glen graduated from San Jose State University with a Biology degree. He then received his doctorate at Loma Linda University in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. He was a medical writer for two biotech companies for 12 years and is currently a Microbiologist for 4 counties in California.
