My name is David L. Bauder and was born In Pennsylvania, USA on the tenth day of June, 1980. I have 3 sisters all but one are younger than me, the oldest is 10 years older than me which makes her 30. One brother and of course me. We all are from our original father and mother. I grew up in a pretty good home. I wouldn�t call it Christian because we didn�t exactly live that way. I was so young I barely remember anything. We attended church every Sunday and Wednesday. All us kids were involved in Sunday school classes and such. This all took place In Allentown, PA where I lived till Iwas 10 years old.
My father was abusive from what my Mom has said, mostly verbal abuse, showing
very little physical abuse. He died in 1989 at the age of 45. We stayed In PA for approximately 6 months until moving down to Georgia. The reason we moved was because of my Mom. She had a friend In PA who moved down to GA just a little while ago so she wanted to be down there. She also wanted to start over and have a new environment.
When we got In GA, we moved into a mobile home. It wasn�t all that great but it was fine. We started going to the First Baptist Church of Lithia Springs. I kinda liked it there actually. I was older and was starting to understand some more stuff. I was involved In Sunday School and I loved this little thing they had called Bible Drill. It involved memorizing the books of the bible and being able to get to any verse as quick as you could. It was challenging and fun. I was one of the fastest. It got you to learn the books of the bible by heart and that was good. I was also involved in some youth groups as well. I had lots of fun there as well. Around the beginning of 94 we decided to move to a town home (more of a 2 story apartment). After about 3 months living in our new home, my Mom decided to stop going to church because of the
reason of corruption and all the hypocrites. I honestly didn�t see anything wrong with our church - but I could be wrong.
Ever since then my life has gone very very steeply down hill. My attitude had got worse, my mouth got worse and my thoughts got worse. It was really bad because I was hardly ever happy. My school work reflected something different about myself. I got mostly A's and B's and only missed 4 days in High School because I was physically unable to go to school because I was sick. I am glad God has blessed me with the gift of organization, I couldn�t have gotten those A's and B's without It. After I graduated from Pebblebrook High School In 1998, I enrolled In The Art Institute of Atlanta to study In 3D Animation. This is when my life changed.
I always was fascinated with computers but never had one of my own. I immediately soaked In the knowledge that school was giving me about the programs I was using to create my art. Once I was full of that knowledge (which wasn�t much), I began coming to school early and staying late. From Monday to Friday I was at school from 7 am to 10 pm. I was addicted so to speak. I just couldn�t stop as I got better and better. I was so far ahead in my other classes that I used to just sit there and do other things while he was explaining assignments. I usually had the assignment done already. That is also where I met one of the most influential friends in my life. He would eventually turn me onto the right path towards the kingdom of God, after all I was travelling the rocky hills for the 5 years beforehand. He had an awesome Influence on my life. Got me to start reading the bible again and to start believing In God.
I continued to attend college until November of 1999 where I made a huge mistake in my life that would turn it all around. What I did was mess with a computer that I
wasn�t supposed to be messing with. I got caught messing with it and they didn�t like what I was doing so I got suspended for 3 quarters. As I had ample time to think about all of this stuff. When those 3 quarters were up I decided not to return to The Art Institute of Atlanta mostly because since I was caught messing with computer equipment they said "You may return to school, but you may not use any of the technology provided by the school. You must use your own computer to complete assigned projects". Upon hearing that I decided it wasn�t worth it to return to the Art Institute. I already knew more than the graduates new at the time. I considered myself to be able to get a good job. I then decided that I needed to make a portfolio to get that desired job. I have been working on that portfolio since June of 2000. I am still working on that portfolio to this very day. God has helped me tremendously through it. He has given me the drive and talent to do this. I am nearing completion now and hope to have It done by the end of 2000, God willing.
Upon completion of my portfolio I started to take God's word into me again. Letting Him work through me. He helped me change my life around and stop listening to secular music and stop swearing. To stop swearing was a hard accomplishment for me but I am glad God helped me through It every step of the way. I owe it all to Him. I continued to grow In the Lord from then on.
I have a select few very very good chat friends that I have met on my
journey and have helped me tremendously. You all know who you are, I thank
you for your support and so does God. He loves us all. |
