January 2011
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The Story of Me Part IV
In the midst of my scheming about the future, I visited a few colleges. The college that seemed to be a perfect fit was called Toccoa Falls in Georgia. I visited the campus the fall of my senior year and met with the head professor of the Communications department. I told him about the plan - how I wanted to do radio broadcasting in a Spanish speaking country. He encouraged me to do some type of...
December 2010
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Driving through Louisiana today, there was a sign for a “gentleman’s” club located in a town called Sulphur. Two very ironic things in one billboard.
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It’s been a weird birthday. Tomorrow my sister and I start on our first cross country road trip so today has been spent mostly packing and unpacking and then repacking with less stuff. I completely underestimated the difficulty of packing for six months.
This morning my church had a commissioning prayer for me. Time and time again I am overwhelmed by the mass amounts of people that are...
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The Story of Me Part III
I was standing on a roof in Chapala, Mexico during the summer of 2004. I was there on a missions trip with my youth group. At 17 years old I had experienced more than most people get to experience in a lifetime. That’s something I hope to never take for granted.
I was standing on a roof overlooking the city of Chapala worshipping and praying. In that moment, I felt the Lord ask a simple...
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Yesterday was my last day at work. Wow. I am...
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The Story of Me Part II
Radio Broadcasting?
Yeah, I’m not sure where that came from either. I can only assume it came from my love of music, talking and wearing jeans and hoodies on a regular basis.
I was home from Venezuela and in two months starting high school. I knew that some things had to change because I was having a hard time reconciling my pre-Venezuelan life with the post-Venezuelan me. However when...
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The Story of Me
(technically this story should start in the year 1986, but for your sake and mine we’re going to skip a few and start in the year 2001)
My ambition at the age of 14 was to become the next Katie Couric. Why? I can only assume that I loved the idea of being famous and interviewing people and feeling important. I can assume that because unfortunately I still desire some of those things. I...