My name is obviously Brandon R. Ray, as you have seen on many a page on here.  I am a web designer and graphic designer, and I have been working with these elements since the Christmas of 2004, but my beginnings of messing around with designing goes back further.  Right now I am the Youth Intern at Diversion Youth Ministries in Murfreesboro, TN. Basically I design all the graphics for the youth group (t-shirts, website, etc.) and I do a lot of communications stuff with my friend Stephen Hamby. That is pretty much my passion in life. I was born in Ohio on March 16th, and two weeks later I moved to Murfreesboro and I've been here ever since. My whole family, though, is based in Illinois. Not most of my family believes in God, they are mostly rebellious against Him, but they all have heard of Him. So it is kind of hard to deal with that in the family. I am very thankful to have my parents be so faithful to Him.

Right now, I am a sophomore (graduating 2010) at Riverdale High School. This school is a great place, but not all that godly. This is a very dark area on the Christian map. It breaks my heart to see the kids that don't believe, or believe but don't obey Him. Slowly but surly, we are trying to change that!

Church is pretty much my favorite place to be. I would rather spend "one day in His house, than thousands elsewhere". I have been attending Belle Aire since I was probably 2 or 3 years old, and ever since then I have loved it. At first, I wasn't really drawn to God. It wasn't until I joined the youth group that I really saw Him and got interested. I didn't start coming till I was in my freshman year. God broke me down that year, and now I am in my sophomore year and am loving what He is doing in my life.

In my spare time, I love playing drums. I also have a band that plays rock music. I also enjoy playing bass when I get the opportunity. I love playing in the Diversion Praise band at church, and I also love technology stuff, like Macs, iPods, and all that good stuff.

What's on your Ipod?: Alot of Christian music like Hillsong United, Charlie Hall, Anberlin, Family Force 5, Diversion Youth, Sanctus Real, Switchfoot, and others. I also like listening to some of the Diversion Youth Podcasts.