In Business

Together as partners in business (as well as husband and wife), Michael and Delane co-founded their apartment management and investment company, ParaWest Management, in 2003 after both had led successful careers for more than twenty years prior. Today, with offices in Scottsdale and Houston, and more than two-hundred employees, ParaWest has grown to be a, “best in class”, regional leader in the industry, currently managing a portfolio of apartment investment properties valued at more than one-half billion dollars with locations in more than fifteen cities and five states.

 

In Ministry Service

Michael and Delane began serving in ministries shortly after their marriage, beginning with, “Mathew Twenty-Five”, a group that served monthly meals to homeless families and individuals under a freeway bridge in west Phoenix, Arizona. They went on to work with homeless single moms in a program known as “The Bridge”, and later, looking to reach greater numbers with their service, reached out and worked with Mentor Kids, USA, serving underprivileged children and their families, eventually spearheading the start of a summer camp program for the kids, initially at their home and later combining that with classes at their nearby church. They celebrated their tenth year of summer camp in 2024!

 

Early on in their journey with ParaWest, Michael and Delane also began working with Bread and Water for Africa (a subsidiary of Christian Relief Services), an international charity serving orphaned children, widows, and impoverished rural villagers in Zambia, Cameroon and Sierra Leone, in sub-Saharan Africa.

 

Their involvement there has included the installation of water wells to provide clean water, medical campaigns and hospitals, housing for young adults, Bibles for children and widows, Christmases for the kids, schools, and teachers, and much more. 

 

They have been blessed to have made three trips to Africa over the past sixteen years and have many cherished friendships and fond memories of the children, the caregivers, the rural villagers, and others. As an added blessing from these trips, they have experienced God’s wonders on display in African wildlife and the beauty of this glorious continent!

 

Family & Home

Michael and Delane have two adult children (Michael’s stepsons), an adopted teenage daughter, six grandchildren, an enormous extended family of nieces, nephews, cousins and more… and their two (brother and sister) Maltese-Shih-Tzu’s, George and Gracie.

 

With family so spread out geographically, Michael and Delane are blessed to be able to get together with many of them on extended-family summer and Christmas vacations, often in beautiful and God Whisper-inspired locations!

 

As longtime members of Scottsdale Bible Church which they call “home”, Michael and Delane have been active in various ministries and outreach programs over many years.

 

Michael and Delane were married in a simple service on a beautiful, warm, sunny day in a garden patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, and recently returned there to celebrate their twenty-seventh anniversary!