Al Martin - Director

Al Martin - Director

Al Martin is right at home as the director of the Wesley Foundation at Texas Tech. He is a West Texas boy that met his West Texas wife, Jodie, while he was getting a graduate degree at Texas Tech. He and Jodie were married in Lubbock in 1993 and have bounced all over the place since then…it is nice for them to be in Lubbock. While neither Al nor Jodie attended the Wesley during their years as students, they were physically and spiritually on the “other side” of campus, they feel like they are now home.

Al graduated with a Master of Divinity at Asbury Theological Seminary in 2002.He is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and has served in Kentucky and Northwest Texas.He has a passion for seeing Christ transform lives.He loves working with young adults and children.He helps direct two church camps every summer.He spends what little free time he has in one of three areas of interest.

First, he loves anything “Tolkien-like” including books, board games and video games. He and his two sons, Maddux and Mason, are avid World of Warcraft fans and he tries to read through the Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy every year…he even has them on his iphone… yes he is a little strange.

Second, Al loves sports. Particularly anything that has to do with Texas Tech or Major League Baseball. Al plays many different varieties of “fantasy” sports. His first fantasy football league was in 1987…he hand graded the league with the USA Today on Tuesday morning. He is also very proud to have completed his 15th year in the same fantasy football league with the same group of “owners”. He used to play softball up to 5-6 nights of the week but has now trimmed it down to 1 league a year…his body can’t keep up anymore.

Third, the Martins love to travel. Al has a goal of seeing a baseball game in each of the MLB cities. He currently has been to 15 of the 30 stadiums with plans to knock a couple off the list each summer. Al used to work with USAir while in seminary and took full advantage of the flight benefits for employees…once flying to New Jersey just to watch Duke play the University of Kentucky in a basketball tournament. Al and Jodie also love to visit warm climates and just lay around. Al’s daughter Maddison is the apple of his eye, she really has her daddy wrapped around her finger…and Al is just fine with that. Drop by the Wesley and visit with Al. He would love to get to know you.

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