Hello to all my name is Pastor Joseph Panaia and I am the Pastor and Founder of Bridging The Gap Ministries.  I moved to South Dakota in 1999 along with my wife Amy and our two children Joey and Morgan. My wife and I added a new addition to our family in April of 2003 our daughter Isabella.  I was born and raised in Pittsburgh PA and then moved to Maryland where I attended MD University and Antietam Bible Collage.  I was a Fire Fighter/Paramedic in Silver Spring MD.   At Bridging The Gap we walk by faith not by sight, God will always be in control of this Ministry as He should be.  I am the Pastor with a checkered past as we all have a past,  God forgives us all for our sins if we repent and ask for his forgiveness with and open heart.  All of our sins are left at the base of the cross and we need to move forward,  God looks at what we are doing with our lives not what we have done.  May God Bless all of you in all that you do and remember GOD IS LOVE.