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Some people advertise themselves on the world wide web through personal ads on various web sites. I suppose I could debate whether that is a lame method of mentioning their existence, but I cannot say much since I actually have my "profile" on some of those sites (albeit set so that people cannot view my profile). Seriously, though, I think that most profiles do not really give an accurate representation of an individual's likes, dislikes, beliefs, personality, and other characteristics. This is partly because internet communication, by nature, falls short of face-to-face interaction. However, a part of its insufficiency can be and, perhaps in my case has been, remedied through the use of personal web sites. Unlike the intelligent people who keep their web sites to a minimum, I have signed up for so many sites that I have forgotten how many different places I have accounts. This particular web site is intended to be my public one, where I will share all the personal details that anyone could possibly hope to know about me (more than that, actually, for most people)--but without mentioning my last name.

I came to know the Lord in the summer of 1985, when I was two and a half years old. My parents had begun teaching me Bible verses as soon as I could speak and they were very consistent in sharing the Gospel with me. At that particular point in my life, I recognized that I was a sinner and that I could not go to heaven apart from the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. I prayed and asked for His forgiveness and salvation, which He graciously granted me. As I began to grow in Christ, I recognized sin in my own life more frequently and sought the Lord's sanctifying grace for daily living.

My parents, especially my mom, began home schooling me when I was almost six years old, in the fall of 1988. They continued this means of education all the way through high school. I graduated in 2000 with no specific plans to attend college. I will share more on this subject in the section entitled "Bible Study," but I did not feel like the Lord was leading me to attend college at that time. Since then, I have attended a community college, where I earned two associates degrees for completing the core classes for science and liberal arts. When I graduated from the community college in 2005, I was planning to transfer to the university and begin courses that would lead me to an undergraduate degree in English. I hoped to obtain a graduate degree in education and become a certified English teacher for seventh through twelfth grade.

When I was young, the Lord began to plant a desire in my heart to work with unwed mothers. At the time, I really was not quite sure how this could happen or how I should prepare. Even earlier this year I was not sure, so I decided to take some time away from academic pursuits and seek the Lord more specifically and practically by volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center. During the three months that I have spent in that environment so far, I started to realize how helpful medical qualifications would be in this type of ministry. With this in mind, I am preparing to enter nursing school, despite my lifelong intentions to avoid the medical field. The Lord has a keen sense of irony, it seems.

Currently, I am working part-time at the community college I attended. My supervisors there have very graciously given me a flexible schedule that allows me to participate in many church activities as well as Bible Study Fellowship in addition to my time as a volunteer. I am also taking Heartbeat International's distance learning course to become a pregnancy consultant. Honestly, I miss school at the moment, but I am looking for ways to fill my time profitably while I finish my year away from full-time education. It is my intention, if the Lord wills it, to begin nursing school in the fall of 2006. I do share more about my life, beliefs, and goals on the various pages of my web site. Feel free to clarify anything that you find confusing. You can contact me by email or via comments on my Xanga or my LiveJournal. Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy your visit.