Bio of Tim Malone

I returned home in August of 1978 from San Pedro Sula. I missed most of the excitement of the revolution in Nicaragua, having left Managua in May 1978. The closest I came to that was a few rocks thrown through the windows of our bus and a few whiffs of tear gas. I have read some of the stories on the Managua mission web page, especially of Elder Neeley and Elder Christensen in Leon. I’m sure glad I didn’t have to go through what they went through.

I was much more interested in catching up on the microcomputer revolution which had started just before I left on my mission. I quickly got my degree in computer programming, bought my first computer and took several concurrent computer jobs working 70-80 hours a week. The next few years were a blur as I threw myself into my work as intensely as I did as a missionary. I remember waking up one morning and saying to myself, “Hey, I’m supposed to be getting married!” So I started dating and found Carol, who had just returned from a mission to Zion – Independence Missouri.

We tried to make our home in Utah to be near Carol’s family but the job market for computer professionals was not quite the same as in California. Our son Mike was born in Logan but we were back in Southern California within a year of having moved to Utah. It seems like we moved every couple of years for the first 10 years of our marriage but stayed in the same stake most of the time. I changed jobs just about as often which is fairly common with computer people like me.

Carol and I have served in the church in just about every calling you can have in a ward. Carol has been the Young Woman’s president, a counselor in the Relief Society presidency, activities leader, seminary teacher and a teacher in every auxiliary organization. We both love to teach. I served for many years as a teacher in Sunday school, Elder’s Quorum and seminary. I think I was a stake missionary on at least five different occasions. I was surprised one day when the stake president called us in and asked me to serve as a counselor in the bishopric. I served for three years and then on the high council for about three years.

We lived in and around San Dimas in the LaVerne stake for about 17 years before moving to Camarillo to accept a job offer. I was called into the bishopric again and am now serving as the first counselor. Mike and I are going to school together at nights to keep up on our computer certifications. We love it here in Camarillo where there is no smog and the weather is perfect just about all year around. Life is good. We are happy. The Lord keeps his promises and blesses his children with peace in this life as we strive to be faithful and obedient.

I have been working on my life story in my spare time for the past couple of years. I have been putting off my mission years so I set a goal this year to get that part of my life out of my journals and into a more intelligible format. I am excited about the prospect of attending our 25-year mission reunion this October and look forward to seeing all my old comps and missionaries with whom I served so many years ago. And hey – if you’re concerned about how you look now compared to 25 years ago – don’t worry about it. We’re all older, wiser and just a little bit fatter. See you in October.

Click here for a list of my comps and the areas I served.