Josh Bechtel founded Finding My Voice (FMV), a startup publishing company in 2014, however, he had already been developing as a wordsmith for longer than twenty years. He began with silly stories in first grade and he dabbled in poetry while in high school. In his case, his strict Mennonite upbringing discouraged considering anything other than traditional poetry as acceptable. In reference to these restrictions, he became a somewhat prolific contributor in the Sunday School papers of the Conservative Mennonite constituency. Throughout this time, Josh attended several conservative Mennonite Bible Schools and served at Faith Mission Home in Virginia for three and a half years, and also at Fresh Start Training Center in Indiana for a combined total of five years. During this time, he contacted and eventually reunited with his biological parents. After his “God directed” reconnection with his biological mother, two years later, she passed away, along with his adoptive grandmother, father and two adoptive sisters within the same timeframe. The memoir, Finding My Voice: A Journey into Faith, became the inspiration for Finding My Voice. Eventually Josh wrote his memoir detailing his experiences as a foster and adopted child that also included his spiritual journey into and out of the conservative Mennonite church.
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Why FMV Publishing and Services?
The mission of Finding My Voice Publishing and Services (FMV) is Publishing and helping others voice their visions, dreams and stories through poetry, art and other creative writing, including fiction and nonfiction.
Before FMV officially was founded in 2014, our founder, Josh Bechtel, had already been developing as a “wordsmith” for at least twenty years. He began writing admittedly silly stories in first grade. He dabbled in poetry as a high schooler. His strict Mennonite upbringing discouraged considering anything other than traditional poetry as “acceptable poetry.” For a time, he was a somewhat prolific contributor in the Sunday School papers of the Conservative Mennonite constituency.
Throughout this time, Josh attended several conservative Mennonite Bible Schools and served at a children’s home in Virginia for three and a half years, and also at a Men’s Rehab in Indiana for a combined total of five years.
In the course of this time, he contacted and eventually reunited with his biological parents. His biological mom passed away two years after their “God directed” reconnection. His adoptive grandma, two adoptive sisters and his adoptive dad passed away within the same timeframe.
He eventually wrote a memoir detailing his experiences as a foster and adopted child that also included his spiritual journey into and out of the conservative Mennonite church. This was self -published in 2012 under the title Finding My Voice: A Journey into Faith.
The title of the memoir became the inspiration for a fledging business called Finding My Voice.
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