While stationed in Darmstadt, Germany in 2002. I had the honor of being accepted into the greatest fraternity on earth; that of Free & Accepted Masonry... After years of progressing in the ranks, I was honored with receiving the Ancient Honorable Degree of Snapping Turtle immediately following my initiation in the Magnanimous Order of Knights Templar..

Having traveled the world for years, and creating new Turtles at every opportunity I could, counting well over 600, myself and 2 other brothers made the decision to form the very first pond in Houston Tx in 2009... Aptly name "Bayou City Pond #1"