From the moment I met Will (back in early 1998), I felt we established a great trust and friendship. I have nothing but great memories of Will. I worked with him on several songs from 1998 to about 2003. I was always impressed with Will’s professional ability to collaborate and creatively transform a rough or basic idea into a complete song (which is not easy to do). However, on a more personal level, Will was the kind of person who always made me feel comfortable in or out of a recording environment, allowing me to put my guard down, and making it easy for me to be me. I clicked with Will’s personality from the very beginning because he transmitted an aura that made my environment easy going. He always had positive advice for me and the confidence in his delivery was always comforting and reassuring. Will was simply the kind of person who ALWAYS had my back no matter what...

It saddens me beyond words to know that within recent years, my everyday life (which I thought to be a busy life) distorted my sense of time. My daily schedule (routine) distracted me from reaching out and connecting with Will on a more frequent basis. My disconnect blinded me and prevented me from ever imagining (let alone considering) a worst case scenario. At this point in time, any "could haves", "would haves", or "should haves", are too late – as time waits for no one. My heavy heart finds comfort and trust in the Lord, knowing that Will is now resting in Heaven.  However, as I am still in the flesh and moving forward with this recent heartfelt loss, I sincerely feel that for those of us who are still on this God given planet and blessed with time remaining, we should not take one of our most precious resources (time) lightly. If we do the math, we will learn that we are all blessed with an exact amount of 86,400 seconds each and every day. How do we really spend that time? Unlike money, time is non-refundable. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever with absolutely no exceptions. This is why I think it is so important to give it an extra effort to stay connected with those who are good to us, good for us, and genuinely in our lives, no matter how busy we are (or think we are).  Social media is great for those of us who are communicating from a long distance.  However, the unfortunate thing is that social media does not always reveal the truth or the reality of someone's life. This is why it's important to take some of that precious time and make an effort to connect with one another in person. Only then can we truly interact, read one's body language, understand, and really connect with them. Everything man makes, breaks. Everything God makes, dies. This is a fact of life. So, I encourage us all to make each and every second count when making that human connection. After all, those non-refundable seconds in time won’t last forever – and that’s a fact too...

With all that said, below is a link to a song I had the pleasure and privilege of producing for Will back in 2003. The name of the song is called "Fuego". It's an uplifting, Merengue, Latin-fusion, worship song. Comparing this recording from 2003 to some of Will's more recent live performances and recordings, you can hear how much Will grew and matured in his form of expression and performance over the years. However, even back in the day, Will had the pipes that could blow anyone away. His voice, energy level, charismatic nature, and Godly enthusiasm is definitely evident in this recording. In addition, you will hear Will’s bilingual skills in this recording too.  

To listen to Will's song "Fuego" from 2003, please click the link below:

https://app.box.com/s/7s8t7mfzj6vlkuuhzyeo5f1vkxmap1iv

God bless you all and thank you for allowing me to share one of many memories I have of our friend Will on the Forever Missed website. 

We miss you Will…

     - James Galvez -
www.jamesgalvez.com

Many years ago i remember hearing his voice and smiling. It was at Praise Chapel in San Diego off of College Blvd. I had just got through cursing my mom and cursing church! I was a teenager at the time btw. As soon as i entered the building an unexplainable peace overtook my body. His voice filled my ears with joy & i smiled. Thank you Will for letting us hear what a true Angel sounds like singing in heaven. I know you are with God singing & praising him. I miss you bro. God bless your sweet special family!

Even though we were not super close as we serve in different campuses,  we consider the Fejeran's our family. Will's enthusiastic smile & encouraging hello's will never be forgotten. The way he worshiped was one of a kind!  The best memory we have of Will is of one day when our family was walking through the crowded streets of Disneyland & from a distance in the middle of a big crowd we hear someone yell "I found Nemo" it automatically made us turn & there was Will with his big smile & with his beautiful family! It made us laugh as we all  greeted each other with a big hug. You will forever be missed Brother Will! Until we meet again! 

Nemo & Yessica Lemus

My favorite Pastor Will memory is when he was on stage PRETENDING to be playing the acoustic guitar i dont remember who asked Amy De Jesus Montoya to give him a spot light solo (which she did not get was a joke)soo on the next service bam! His "solo" comes up and there he is pretending to fake rock out (guitar was plugged in to nothing but air) like nobodys bidness haha

I remember this time last year, I was involved with PST (Pastoral Support Team) at our church. I was contemplating whether to do PST a couple months back at our SY campus. Willy enocuraged me to do it and how it would bless me beyond my ability just to sing but to be fully equipped to do ministry and also apply it in my personal walk with God. These were his exact words to me:

"Ice,-just remember, Everything we do is Others-Focused. No matter what were doing in ministry, it all boils down to pointing people to the only One who has the answer, Jesus."

I journaled those words. Thanks Boog! Im on my 2nd year of PST. I will always remember your words of encouragement! I love and miss you bro!  

Ice 

ps: We have many memories together throughout the 13+ years, but my brain only has the capacity of yesterdays memory. ha 

Before the official launch of the San Ysidro campus, there was a picnic just to get everyone together before Sunday. Jeff and I went, but when we got out of out car, it started to rain. 

We were halfway between the car and the park.  We were saying "Um, maybe we should just get back in the car and leave."  but then we saw Will, his beautiful smiling face, standing there in the rain, greeting people, playing with kids, hugging everyone. That rain didn't damplen his entusiasm at all!  His joy and enthusiasm is the thing that drew us out into the rain instead of running back to the dry safety of our car. 

He had that way about him, a big, beautiful, magnetic love that you wanted to be near even if it meant getting cold and wet. :)  

We loved him so much.

Tammy Waite