About the Author Chief Apostle Patricia A. Francis was ordained to gospel ministry in 1995 by the Rev. Joyce Gray, Senior Pastor of The House of the Good Shepherd in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the Chief Operating Apostle of the United International Federation of Christian Churches and Ministries Inc. and the Founding Apostle of Multitudes, Inc. and Mountain Tops For Jesus Ministries, Inc. A little about the two ministries is in order. Multitudes is a ministry whose mission is aiding the displaced, marginalized, and homeless. Mountain Tops for Jesus is an organization focused on the spiritual and physical healing and renewal of clergy and lay leaders. Chief Apostle Francis was born in the United States Virgin Islands as the seventh of eight children. Her primary and secondary education was in the Virgin Islands and on the mainland of the United States. She has a number of interests that allow her to use her various gifts and talents and is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and writer. She has served in a number of positions in the church, ranging from sexton to Sunday school teacher and superintendent to sacristan, interim pastor, and eventually senior pastor. She has spent the last 30 years of her life on an incredible journey with God. He who has seen fit to honor her one simple request made to Him from her innermost being. She pleaded, "If you cannot be to me the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, then please leave me alone. I am tired of other people's gods; they leave me empty and hollow inside." God responded with love, mercy and grace and has blessed her with a gift that she wants to share with you in the form of this book, Dumpster Baby."