BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — Some people say they feel a calling to a certain line of work. That was the case for Bryan Hochhalter."My mission is to serve Christ. Model Christ. I fail miserably at it. But, as an overall sense of 'call,' that's what I'm called to do," explained Hochhalter. It's that very mission that brought him from his hometown of Bismarck to California, to Detroit. After attending college, he went on a musical tour of the U.S. and Canada, and that's when he met his wife. "I saw Holly across the way and said, 'That's the girl I'm gonna marry, gotta go,'" he said as he hung up the phone with his girlfriend at the time. While he grew his family with Holly, he also worked on his career with the church and got started going on ride-alongs with a sergeant from the Detroit Police Department. "First ride-along I went on, it was horrible. I'd seen a woman who had been dead for three weeks, and I won't go into details, but it was gruesome, and I didn't need to see that, but my whole point was this guy saw this stuff all of the time. I think he needed someone to know what he was going through." However, Hochhalter always knew he would end up back in his hometown. So, after he moved back to Bismarck and started pastoring for the Bismarck Baptist Church, he was immediately asked to be a Chaplain for the Bismarck Police Department.Since North Dakota has very few Chaplains, Hochhalter is called all over the state to stand with people in their time of need and grief. And in order to fill the gap, Hochhalter has started a 501(C)(3) for chaplaincy crisis care, training in new chaplains across the state. That way, when something tragic happens, there are experts there to help care for all.Just like when Deputy Paul Martin was killed in the line of duty last year in Mercer County."Turns out that one of the chaplains that we trained lived across the street from Deputy Paul Martin. That doesn't make anything go away for the family. That's unbelievably tragic and there was someone there within minutes and we brought teams up the next morning and stayed for several days and debriefed people in a variety of settings and helped them begin to get through it and what they had seen. Well, that's what I want to happen across the state in counties," said Hochhalter. Hochhalter not only stands by officers in times of need, but also teaches young ones about marriage and about how trying a relationship with an officer can be."You're a courageous person. You're a disciplined person. You're generous people. You just are. And when you face the negative influences of police work and take those four qualities and apply them to your marriage/relationship, it can overcome some of those challenges that existed," Hochhalter said as he stood at the front of the class. However, about eight years ago, Bryan's calling changed. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 58 and says that being diagnosed left him nowhere to turn. "It was awful. No compassion. No care. No resources. Take a couple of these pills and I'll see you in a couple months or whatever else," Hochhalter said as he explained how he was diagnosed. He is not the only one and said that people are misinformed all of the time. That's why he began an on-boarding group for those who are newly diagnosed with Parkinson's. It offers patients support by showing them resources they can utilize within the community and doctors that can help. Hochhalter said that a lot of these resources have helped him immensely as he continues to fight the neurodegenerative disease. "I don't have to be sick or walk around being sick. I want to stay active and engaged and I can do these things. And that gives me reason to get out of bed in the morning. It gives me a sense of purpose," said Hochhalter. His calling has led him to help many throughout his life. In fact, one day at the dog park, a woman sat by Hochhalter and started to sob. She said that she remembered him as a chaplain after her fiancé died by suicide. After she lost her fiancé, she fell into addiction and became homeless."And she was saying. 'It's so cool God sent you here,'" explained Hochhalter as he told the story. A year later, Hochhalter and his wife took that woman and her dog in and are still helping her find her journey to sobriety today. His calling is to help others in life, whether that be housing the homeless, sitting with people, helping them in their grief, or encouraging the sick to keep fighting. Bryan Hochhalter is someone you should know.