Sandite Michael Wilson publishes first book, "Hello, My Name Is..."

Sand Springs evangelist Michael Wilson published his first book this week. Hello, My Name Is... is a Christian nonfiction guide to finding your identity in a world of labels.

Wilson and his wife Baylee recently returned to the United States after spending eighteen months in Haiti as full time missionaries. 

In March the couple attended a conference at Port-Au-Prince and Michael was given a "hello, my name is..." sticker to wear. 

"I was sitting in that conference, and I couldn't even pay attention to what they were talking about," says Wilson. "I was thinking about who I was and about all the labels I use to have and that I still carry. The labels that have been put on me by the world and the ones I put on myself."

"There's a lot of people that are being held back from achieving what God is calling them to do because they're telling themselves 'I'm always going to be an alcoholic, or I'm never going to get married,'" says Wilson.

"You're training your mind every time you tell yourself that. If you do what the Bible says and renew your mind with scripture, telling yourself what God says you are, you're able to walk in that identity."

Wilson also says that the book isn't only beneficial to Christians. "It is a Christian book, but if you apply what is in the book, no matter what you believe, I think you can be successful in whatever you're wanting. Whether you're Christian or not, you're going to get labeled something. So being able to overcome that, you can learn that from the book."

Right now the book is only available in e-book format on Amazon and can be downloaded for $2.99 through the Kindle app, which is available for free on most smart phones. After a 90 day period on Kindle Unlimited, Wilson will be able to begin selling physical copies. 

Wilson graduated Charles Page High School in 2009, attended Tulsa Community College, Northeastern State University and Victory Bible College School of Missions before marrying Baylee Slankard and moving to Haiti.

While living in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, the Wilsons would serve both the physical and spiritual needs of the communities they visited. Michael feels a calling specifically to help the elderly, a demographic often neglected in the poverty-ridden nation. They also preached the Gospel to a country that is 40% illiterate and often unable to read the Bible on their own. 

Now that they are back in the U.S. they plan to form a nonprofit organization that focuses on global and local missions. In addition to the local work they do with Word of Life Church in Sand Springs, they will also be leading teams into foreign nations like Haiti for both short and long-term missions. They will continue to work with the elderly here in Oklahoma.