Brenda was born in southern WV and at the age of 4 her family moved to PA where she was raised in a Christian home environment and confessed her faith in baptism at the age of 12 in a nondenominational church. She remained a faithful member and regularly attended the same church (different locations) for a large part of her life.
Brenda received her bachelor’s degree for Elementary Education and taught 2nd, 3rd, and 1st grade (in that order) for 18 years before retiring. She is married to the love of her life and soul mate, Ed Pagán. She has one son, a daughter-in-law and two grandsons who live in Texas.
Her different roles in church throughout the years have involved teaching children’s classes, heading a single’s ministry, leading a women’s group, helping with prison ministry, establishing and running a church library, and eventually getting involved in the technology room during the worship hour. Brenda and Ed’s passion for the mountains and serving God led them to Western North Carolina where they are involved in different ministries outside the church they now attend. Brenda is the registrar, a prayer minister, and serves on the board for The Blessing Place. She is an active member, prayer minister, and greeter of the OSL – Mountain Chapter Christian Healing Ministry in Asheville. She can also be caught volunteering behind the scenes or serving on teams at most every walk for the Blue Ridge Walk to Emmaus (Spiritual Renewal Retreat) where she is also the newsletter editor. In her spare time, she loves quilting, crocheting, scrapbooking, baking and playing the piano.
