Speaker: Lt Col Hans Larsen, USAF (Ret.), PhD

Hans Larsen is a combat veteran pilot and a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (class of 1999). He served for over 25 years as a pilot, commander, and educator. Hans served as an instructor pilot in three airframes, the T-38, C-17, and the TG-16. Hans spent the latter portion of his career focused on developing the next generation of leaders at the Air Force Academy, and he now works as a leadership coach, educator, and consultant. Hans was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and grew up in Australia, as his family were missionaries planting churches there. His father had served as a Navy line officer on Destroyers and on riverboats in Vietnam before eventually returning to active duty as a chaplain. It was his dad who led Hans to Christ at a young age, and God used many other believers to help him grow in Christ. Hans has taught numerous Bible studies and discipleship courses over the years in homes, churches, chapels, and on mission trips. Hans married Angela, his high school sweetheart, three days after his Academy graduation, and the two of them have four children (one is married, one is engaged, and two are in high school) and they have a grandbaby on the way.

Topic: “God’s Sustaining Grace in Our Trials”

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted” (Ps 34:18)

What do we do when life doesn’t go the way we think it should? What do we do when we face sufferings and struggles that seem too much for us to bear? How can we trust God when it seems like things are so dark? How do we measure our worth in failure and loss? How do we engage with others when we are barely hanging on? How do we move forward? Join us in exploring these questions together through the lens of one man’s testimony of trial and suffering, and see how the Gospel shines through the darkness and how God’s love and presence makes all the difference.

Guest Ambassadors: COL Steve and Miriam Shambach, USA (Ret.)