Growing up in New Jersey, Joachima (Kim) always remembers having a desire to play music, getting her first guitar as a birthday present at age 10. She was raised in the Catholic faith, and played in church services with what was then called the folk guitar mass. Kim was writing songs as a teenager, and began her Christian walk, accepting Jesus as her Savior in 1977 after meeting (then boyfriend, now husband) Jim, who influenced her greatly by allowing his faith in Christ to show through his words and deeds on a college campus!
Jim was born in Oak Hill, W.V., and made his decision to follow Christ in 1972 after serving in the U.S. Marines, upon his return from Vietnam. Kim and Jim have three children, Christopher (who is married to Adia), Michael, and Eric. Kim and Jim are also grandparents! Chris and Adia have a daughter, Mayden Rae, born June 20, 2005, and a son, Cameron Jude, born June 18, 2007. Kim holds a degree in social work. Jim's degree is in psychology, and he served as a counselor for troubled teens for 27 years.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
He set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is the man who
makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are
the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.