Grace is a CPA who has focused her practice and expertise on the

specialty of not-for-profit accounting. Grace also serves as a consultant

for MBS, Inc., a team of management consultants specializing in ministry

management and operations.  Since 1989 Grace and her team have

been serving ministries in consultative and hands-on roles in all financial

and accounting areas.  Some of these  services include audits, reviews,

internal control studies, hands-on accounting assistance, consultations,

and seminars.

In CTI’s Your Church magazine, Grace was named as one of the top CPA’s

for ministries in the country.  As a member of the AICPA and the

California Society of CPAs, she has received their highest rating for work

quality.

Grace was a contributor for the Leadership Handbooks of Practical Theology, Volume 3 co-published by Baker Book House, and has been published in many journals.

Grace’s Faith Journey

I was fortunate to have been raised in a Christian home, but I didn't realize how fortunate I was until I was an

adult.

When I was young I believed in Jesus and asked Him to come live in me.   However, I never gave Him control

of my life.  When I was about 12 years old and at a Christian camp I remember really wanting to live for the

Lord.  I was baptized there that summer.  But when I returned home from camp it wasn't long before I was back into my selfish life style again.

When I was a teenager I thought that Christianity was full of hypocrisy.  I thought you had to live a perfect life to be a Christian.  Between a family crisis and my own rebellion I strayed from the Lord until my mid-twenties.  All I cared about was what would make me happy at the moment: friends, boys, and drugs.  During my 20's I realized I was messing up my life trying to find happiness.  Everything I had tried to make me

happy left me unfulfilled.  I went back to college thinking that a good career  would satisfy me.  However, I

became increasingly aware that I was a person who was "sitting on the fence."  I wasn't wanting to commit my

life to Christ, yet I didn't feel comfortable completely turning my back on Him either.  I wanted life-long

happiness, but temporary happiness is all I had.

Through the example of my sister and her husband I began to see that Christianity was special.  I started going to church with my brother.  Through the preacher there God showed me that the Bible says you don't need to be perfect to be a Christian.  You need to keep asking for forgiveness and keep trying.  What a relief I felt when I learned I didn't need to be perfect!

Knowing that I have finally allowed God to be Lord of my life gave me a sense of happiness and peace that I

didn't have before.  I know now what it means when some call it "bedrock" happiness.  It is a happiness

unaffected by circumstances.  My desire now is to strive to live for God.

Jeremiah 29:11 is a special verse for me.  "'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans

for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.'"