Carl Drury - Vice-President & Chief Operations Officer
Carl DruryMr. Drury joined the ministry in April of 2007. Mr. Drury’s role is to oversee the daily operation of the revolutionary process to ensure that all of our client families’ needs are exceeded. Mr. Drury travelled an unlikely path to find where God wants to use his passions, talents and time. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1989 and immediately went to work in a Fortune 500 manufacturing company and held many positions over nearly 18 years with the same company. At the age of 40, he thought that he had found success, at least by the world’s standard, as he had attained what he thought was his dream job as Director of Marketing for a $200M business.
Then, as an unbeliever, his life was changed forever by our loving father in heaven. Carl was diagnosed with heart disease in March of 2004 while training to run in a 13.1 mile mini marathon. After losing his health, he was put on disability in May of 2004. Then, on October 18, 2004, Carl came within an hour of dying according to his doctors because the left side of his heart failed completely. After an artificial heart was implanted to keep him alive, he was placed on the heart transplant waiting list. When he woke from the surgery, a pastor visited and prayed with him. During the prayer, he does not remember anything the pastor said but he knew what he had to do. He was to make a video for the church that he and his fiancé had started attending, marry his fiancé and make a commitment to increase awareness for organ donation and he was going to receive a new heart. He and the pastor made the video a few days later. Then he and his fiancé arranged to be married on November 20, 2004 while Carl was on the artificial heart and many IVs. Then God orchestrated a miracle as Carl received a heart transplant the next day and came out of surgery exactly 24 hours after he and his fiancé were married. Isn’t God awesome!
Carl returned to work 1-1/2 months after the transplant and his health is excellent. During this experience Carl developed a passion to serve God that just continued to burn hotter and hotter. As they say, God works in mysterious ways. Mr. Link and Carl met about a year after the transplant as Carl was struggling to mature as a Christian. As an ordained minister, Jay offered to help Carl study God’s word and apply it in his life. After studying together for nearly two years, God made it clear to both of them that he had plans that resulted in Carl leaving his career to fulfill his desire to serve our wonderful father.
It is Carl’s desire to utilize his leadership and management experience and training to serve God by providing world class service to our client families. Carl feels that it is such a blessing to use his talents to help people help people.
