My Thoughts On The Economy

As you very well may know, the economists, the government, media and everyone else who is alive and breathing, are talking about the state of our economy and their recession. Notice I said their recession. I for one, am sick and tired of hearing how bad things are because I choose to walk in the BLESSING, instead of the curse.

All you hear is doom and gloom and that things are getting worse. What are they trying to accomplish by putting fear into people. They say, "Get taxes done now and get your return." Once people get their return they don't spend it wisely, but blow it on things that only bring happiness for a short while. I heard one person on the news say that they'll get a big screen tv. Why? How does that help the problem? To me, it adds to it.

Now, I know this country is facing hard times, but the Church shouldn't let itself be dominated by fear and the worlds system. It should be dominated by God's system. God's system always has a good return and its resources never run dry.

As a traveling minister, I have to believe God for every cent that comes in because I don't work a normal job like most people. I travel to churches and minister about the goodness of God. But when the Church is struggling, that limits the opportunities I get to preach. I shouldn't be dependent on churches, but on God. He's El Shaddai, the God who is MORE than enough, He'll get me through.

I guess I'm telling you this because in the past several days, I have either had meetings cancelled or been turned down because, "I'm sorry brother, because of our recession, we can't have anyone." I don't know about you, but that is exactly the time to have someone. Someone who preaches the Word with signs following. Someone who encourages the body so that faith is built in their heart.

All my life, I was raised on the principle, "Even in tough times, sow a seed towards your need." This isn't just a give to get principle; but a seed, time and harvest principle. God said give and expect a return on your giving. I could share story after story about how God supernaturally supplied my every need. It's when our natural, meets His Super that things begin to happen.

The Bible says in Proverbs 10:22 "The BLESSING of the Lord, it maketh rich and He adds no sorrow with it." It's the blessing that will cause us to prosper in hard times. It's the blessing that will cause us to stand when others fall. I choose to stand and walk in the blessing.

Why? Because God will meet me where I'm at and He will see to it that every need is met. Now this doesn't just happen over night. You give in faith and you release your seed to God and stay expecting. Pay day doesn't always come on Friday, but it does come. When it does come, be ready for that net breaking, boat sinking catch.

There's more I could say about the blessing, but I just wanted to wet your appetite a little.

Until next time,

Josh

2009 Goals and Expectations

In the past few weeks, I have read blog after blog from people who have mapped out their goals, aspirations and what not for the new year. Me, well, I've never really had a plan going into a new year and so I thought that maybe I should.

Habakkuk 2:2-3

NKJV: Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. (3) For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

If I every want to accomplish anything for God this year; I need to first and foremost have a plan, His plan. I need to run with that plan because it will bring me success at the appointed time. I may have to stand in faith and not waiver, but that plan will surely come to pass in my life.

Outside of His plan for my life, I too have some goals, expectations, dreams, desires and so forth that I want to accomplish this year. I have had some success in the past without making a plan, but sometimes I experienced failure because I wasn't prepared like I needed to be.

So this time I plan on nothing but success. I plan to come out on top no matter what. Come hell or high water, I will not fail.

What is this glorious plan then, well for starters I would like to get a good nights rest every night. I understand things come up, but in most cases turning off the computer and/or tv is a must and hitting the hay before 11:30.

Secondly, I desire to devote more time in prayer, rather fellowship with my Heavenly Father and just getting to know Him better and learning to become more sensitive to His voice. I might also throw in regular devetion time. Not just doing devotion books, but more time spent in the Word for my own personal growth.

Thirdly, I would like to lose about 30 pounds, it's not that I am super huge, I just want to be healthier. I already exercise, yet I don't do any cardio or abs. This is a must, thus the reason why I have a spare tire..... hmmmmm?

Fourthly, I would like to learn something new everyday. Not just to obtain facts, but to gain knowledge and insite into new things. I enjoy reading, so I may just pick out a subject and read books on it. Literature? History? Biographies?

These are just a few of my goals, mostly dealing on a personal basis. Now ministry wise, that is a whole different ball game because I have goals already established and I am making them off as I complete them.

For example, I plan on preaching more and more every year, maybe increase my schedule by 5 services or 10. I'll do my part by making the phone calls and then I'll rely on the Holy Spirit to send the opportunities my way.

What goals have I completed, you may ask? Well, I 'm preaching more out of state than ever before and I am licensed with Rhema. Another part of my ministry vision is to preach from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from Canada down to the Mexico border. This is just a start, when I complete this then I will believe for opportunities to preach in every inhabited continent and island of the sea.

That's pretty much it when it comes to my goals. I haven't included anything concerning relationships or friendships because that's a little more personal, plus I am in the middle of being molded and shaped into the man God wants me to be, after the molding process is complete and I've been proven by fire, then the relationship aspect will happen.

If I left you hanging in any way, sorry about that. If you want to know more, just ask.

Be blessed,

Josh

Why I Dare To Dream Big

To honestly say that 2008 didn't have any challenges and setbacks, I would be lying. Now I don't want to be all down in the mouth and make it seem as if 2008 was miserable, it's just that I lost some really important battles both in my personal life as well as in my spiritual life(ministry included).

For starters, I didn't get to preach as much as I wanted. Since I began in ministry, my itinerary doubled in size every year. This year however, I faced some pretty lean months. Months where I didn't speak at all. Some because of being cancelled on, others, well, They said, "I'll get back to you." If they had no intentions of having me, then just tell me. By the time I realized they were never going to call, it was too late to schedule anything.

Other than that, I nglected to really buckle down and just have a real personal devotion time. I would read and study, but that was for preaching only. I know, I know...you idiot!!! I realize that and so I have made some adjustments that I have implemented starting today. Now you know why I lost some battles.

My success in life solely depends on my relationship with my Heavenly Father. With out really getting to know Him and His Word, I robbed myself from walking in the blessing. By blessing I mean everything: Spiritually, Emotionally, Physically and Financially.

My one true desire is to see the Manifold Blessing of Almighty God explode in my life. I dare to have clear cut vision of what God has designed for my life. even though He moved step by step. I desire to just trust Him as I walk with Him. I desire to see myself better than where I was a year ago. My dream is to reach more people and accomplish more things for the Kingdom of God.

For starters, I desire to understand His Word in a clearer way. My dream is to have the Word just explode in me and become my way of life. My way of victory. My way of success. To accomplish this I have to lay some things aside and pick some things up.

I have to lay aside those things that would rob me and hinder me from fulfilling my call. My call as a minister, but more importantly, my call as a Believer. A Believer's call is to simply believe and act like the Word is so, no matter what.

I dare to dream big because I serve a big God. I dare to dream big because Greater is He that is in me. I dare to dream big because no weapon formed against me can prosper. I dare to dream big because I have the mind of Christ and I know all things.

In the next few days and even weeks, I would like to share with you what my goals are for the year. Why I set them and what I need to do to accomplish them.

I trust that this has awaken you somewhat into what causes success and failure. It ultimately rests on being a doer of the Word and putting the Word first, no matter what.


Love Ya,

Josh

My Call pt. 4 "The Final Frontier?"

I never once dreamed that my sharing about my call into ministry would have brought me this far, part four to be exact; but it has also allowed me to share with you some of the more detailed and intimate side of who I am.

Those of you who know me, may see me as being very outgoing and sociable; but it wasn't always that way. I am very shy by nature and chose, rather ran into my shell because of what others have said about me either to my face or behind my back.

Words are very powerful in the arena of life. They can make or break you. Bring life or destroy life. I have always wanted the sense of belonging to something or someone. I mean, wanting to feel like I'm a part of something.

I can remember kids my own age at Bible School and how they acted, I sorta wondered why they were even there. Was it mommy and daddy that sent them? Was it the Lord? I hate to judge and this rant sounds like I am, but the call of God is a serious thing and that call carries with it a heavy responsibility. God is love!! God lives in us!! Love(God) is in us!!.........Without love, we are nothing but a bunch of noise.

Anyways, I came back to Rhema for my second year a different person. I came determined that I was going to be a friend, an ally, someone that could be trusted. After seeing how people acted, I wanted God to shine in me. I wanted His love to radiate from me to others. Slowly, my shyness started to melt.

Really, it took the combined effort of many people to bring out the best in me. They took me out of my comfort zone and taught me how to be the man of God I am today. I am by no means perfect, just crowned with dignity and worth. Just blessed and highly favored.

Second year at Rhema was a blast. I entered into it knowing what I was to do which was to be an Evangelist. How bout that, a shy kid called to Evangelize? School was easy for me because I was determined to learn all I could and put it into practice.

I was in the Evangelist group and not long after registration, God began to stoke the fire. I was sold out on God and I was ready to begin the path He had for me. As I mentioned previously, I got to know many well-known ministers and something I would do would do is when I had the chance, I'd ask questions. Questions about their call, how they prepare to minister, things like that. I wanted to know what I was getting into.

Something that has stuck with me is what Rod Parsley shared. I asked him, "What do you do the day your to preach? How do you prepare?" His answer rang in me and has brought many victories in my life. He said, "I get alone and just fellowship with my Father." It's that personal fellowship with Father God that will calm any internal storm and release that burden-removing, yoke-destroying power that abides in you.

Something I did regularly was to go to Rhema's park at night just to pray. I'd walk around the entire campus praying either in English or Tongues just to quiet my mind and get revelation. What I'm doing now was prayed out during those walks and things I haven't even entered into was prayed there as well. I called this my Gethsemane experience because it was just me and the Lord, no-one else.

During Second year I made it a priority to get to know the some of the First year students, just to prepare them for what to expect and to help out if needed. One instance that comes to mind is when my neighbor was having problems with his roommate. They lived in a 1/1 (one bedroom/one bath) apartment. Those things offered no privacy and so there was bound to be some problems. I know because I faced that two times. My first roommate kicked me out because I wasn't into the party scene and just having fun I was there to learn, not party. Second roommate fought with me constantly. Come to find out from his friends that he was jealous of me for some reason and just wanted to put me down. This happened during First year so by the time I came back to Second year I had my own place.

Getting back to my neighbor, he came by and asked how to get a stain out of the carpet and so I offered to show him how. When I walked into his apartment, the place was a disaster zone. It was a pig sty and there was food crumbs all over the place, not to mention it looked like 2 pack rats lived there. I asked him about this and that's when he mentioned about having roommate issues.

I shared with him about some of my experiences and advised him to talk to the roommate and settle the matter peacefully. Well that didn't work out too well and after having a meeting with the head of student housing, he was told that he could evict his roommate. The roommate was allowed to stay until the end of the school year. There is more to this, but I'd rather keep you guessing.

Also, because of my love for sports, I made it a priority to attend every home basketball game and travel to some of the away games. B-ball was a lot of fun and I got to spend it with a great friend who I keep in touch with to this day. Really, there was a girl on the team that I liked, but didn't have a chance with. I probably did, but no worries. It's all in the past.

The games brought great stories for me to use when I preach. Some stories have never been told because of things that took place. Plus I don't want to embarrass anybody.

Second year went by fast and so I accomplished a lot in just those nine months. I came out of my shell, made friends, did great in school and accomplished many other things by the grace of God.

I graduated May 18, 2002 with a 3.95gpa which for me was great. I was a C- student in High School. I left Rhema the following morning and never looked back. I miss Rhema to this day and look forward to the day when I can travel to my Spiritual home.

What do I miss most about Rhema, you may ask?

1. That strong corporate anointing
2. The love that permiated the campus
3. Exaltation (Tuesday morn prayer service w/ Miss Lynette Hagin)
4. Hearing Pastor Hagin Preach
5. Mom and Dad Hagin who both went home to be with the Lord
6. Friendships I made.
7. Zio's and China Star Buffet

This list isn't half of what I miss nor is it in any particular order. Rhema molded me into a man with an unshakable confidence in God and it developed a confidence in me that I can do anything with the Lords help.

Well, that about wraps up the story of my calling. I didn't do it justice by sharing all the details or share about what is happening with me to day; but if you just sit tight, maybe I will share with you some of what is happening in my life today.


Love ya,

Josh- Mark 9:23

My Call pt. 3

In the previous 2 blogs I shared about how I was called into ministry and what events led up to me applying to and getting accepted to Rhema. Today I would like to share with you about my experience at Rhema. The trip to Rhema all the way to my departure.

After getting my acceptance letter from RBTC, I continued to work at Interforest and sow seed towards my Rhema adventure. Finally on August 13th, I and my folks made the 1,050 mile trek from Monaca, PA to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. This was my first time driving this far of a distance and so I was not used to sitting so long in a car(ouch!!) We made the trip a 2 day event to save us the pain, agony and tiredness. A straight shot would have been 18 hours, but that wasn't about to happen. We stopped just outside of St. Louis Missouri after driving about 12 hours, I was sore and stiff, but hey, my first cross-country trip!! We took two cars and after driving 12 hours, my dad and I felt that we needed to stop. We found a Ramada Inn just outside of St. Louis; come to find out that a Six Flags was next door, thus making the price for a room astronomical. So we got back in the cars and drive some more. We eventually found a place 5 miles down the road which was reasonable. To be honest with you, I slept so well that night.

On Sunday morning, we finally arrived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I expected to see desert and cacti, I was so wrong. It was actually green. I won't bore you with details, but let me say that I was able to get a place in the Student-housing complex across from Rhema, which was a total blessing.

Living at Student-housing was a blessing because I met so many interesting characters. Some, I wondered whether or not they were called because of how they acted. For instance, there was an egg fight in the parking lot and some of the cars were hit. I had a knock on my door and the maintenance guy, told me that I had to pay for the damages done to his car because one of the kids who threw eggs actually lived in my apartment the previous year and was friends with my room mate. I told the guy (Dale Hayashi) that I wasn't paying a dime because I didn't even know the kid or even the fact that eggs were thrown. Actually, I insulted the guy because he made me mad.......That's how I was baptized into the apartment life.

Making friends was real tough for me because of my introverted nature. I was shy and really struggled mightily, what turned all this around was just people taking me under their wing (The Hagins, Wiggins and may others) and helping me to really open up. I eventually by the time I graduated, became a social butterfly and was the go to guy at student housing. What I mean by that is that I helped people out with their roommate problems and other issues. I had roommate problems too because I didn't get a long with them. It was a combo of both of us. When you live in a one bedroom apartment, you're bound to have problems.

Anyways, I started school in September and was blown away by the amount of knowledge that the instructors had. I had classes on so many different subjects and a mountain of books to read. The key to the books is (1) Read the books for Doug Jones's class first....these were usually due by midterm (2) Read the larger books and the boring ones to get them out of the way (3) Read the smaller ones which won't take too long.

After the first week, I was thrilled about the adventure the Lord had for me. I was enjoying school and meeting many, many people. The classes were not difficult if you'd just pay attention and do what the instructor wanted.

I can remember in N.T. Literature that for midterm we were to do either the maps of Paul's missionary journeys or do a written report of his letters (Prison, Pastoral, General). The teacher stated that she was grading the maps harder because everyone does them. so being the Einstein that I am, I chose to do a report on the Prison Epistles. A few weeks later we got them back and I got an A. It wasn't a 100% A, just an A. On the paper it said, "This isn't the oder in which I taught." So what? was my response, but still it was an A. A lady did the map and she got an F because the teacher couldn't see the lines. This woman bawled and cried and wined....hehehe.
This woman said a few weeks previous that she was going to doll her paper up, I mentioned to her to be careful and just do as was instructed, she didn't listen and so she received a big, fat F. F as in failure. F as in foolish.

As she was crying, I rubbed it in and said, "I told you, you dingbat!!!" The other ladies didn't like that too much, but so what. She was eventually allowed to do it over and received a C because she was late. As I mentioned earlier, we had many, many colorful characters at Rhema; including yours truly.

We had a guy that laughed all the time and at everything. We had a guy with growths all over himself. I have an interesting story on him, but if you want to hear it, just email me....LOL

One of the memorable highlights of my first year was the Christmas Banquet. The weather that morning was around 60 degrees and nice, four hours later, the weather turned south and it was 20 degrees and snowing like crazy. I picked up my date and drove to the NRC for the banquet. I couldn't believe the weather changing that fast. Later that night after having an awesome time, we were heading to leave when we were informed, "During the Banquet, it snowed 3.5" and had freezing rain to top it off." What a lousy night, it took me almost 40 minutes to drive her to her apartment which was about 4 miles away. The drive was hairy, but I got her there safely.

During my first year, I met so many wonderful people. I made it a point to go to ORU every week to sit in the audience during "The Hour of Healing", hosted by Richard and Lindsay Roberts. I was there so much that they eventually learned my name and even asked if I wanted to help by running a camera or something. I refused only because I wanted to focus on my studies. During this time, I met the cream of the crop when it came to TV ministers. Everyone from Creflo Dollar to Jerry Savelle to Jesse Duplantis and many others. Talk about having favor!!! That's what happens to a Kings kid...

The year just flew by and before I knew it, I was finishing up my first year. I had so many interesting things happen to me and so many opportunities to prove that the Word works.

All in all, I believe that I was at Rhema at the right time. If I only knew what would happen down the road, I would have been in doubt because God had a plan and it was His timing that made the difference.

Well, this is long enough so I will stop here. Sorry to disappoint you by quitting so soon, but my creative juices are finished for now.

Be blessed,

Josh

My Call pt. 2

Last time I blogged, I began to share with you a little about my testimony and how I ended up in ministry. Well, I skipped around a little bit so let me back track somewhat to when my dad and I went to Rhema's "Get Acquainted Weekend." This weekend was during my senior year of high school and I knew I was called but I didn't know how to begin. If you remember I had said as a kid that I wanted to go to Rhema. So here I am a senior in high school and my grades were the pits. I got by with C's, however it wasn't good enough to go to college to become a history teacher so that was out. Well, the Lord reminded me about Rhema and dropped it into my heart about going. So I spoke with my folks about this and we decided that maybe we needed to visit the Rhema to find out more; maybe I would get a leading or a witness about it.

So my dad and I registered to go to the Get Acquainted Weekend. As soon as we landed in Tulsa, I got a witness that I was making a right decision. What that decision was exactly, I didn't know. So here we are in Oklahoma, a place I knew not. In this weekend I was able to attend 3 classes as well as meet the Hagin's and as well as attend other functions. Sitting in the classes, the Lord began to speak to me again and I knew that Rhema was the place for me. It seemed that way because the favor of God was all over me. God was placing me into situations and opportunities to meet and speak with individuals that normally I wouldn't have had any contact with.

For example while in Tulsa, I attended "The Hour of Healing " that Oral Roberts Ministries televises from the Maybee Center. Dad and I were sitting way in the back when a gentleman motioned to us to follow him. We did and ended up sitting with him on the FRONT ROW. Come to find out, this man was the producer of the program. That night Richard and Lindsay Roberts(hosts) had their board of regents on (School and Ministry Advisors). This included: Creflo Dollar; Jesse and Cathy DuPlantis; Jerry Savelle and Marilyn Hickey. Talk about favor. Sitting within inches of these giants of faith.

At the conclusion of this weekend I told my dad that I felt that I needed to be at Rhema. Well, he still wasn't sure and he wanted to talk to mom about it. Anyways they felt that I wasn't ready and told me to wait a year. I was disappointed, but I waited the one year. In that year I worked and was miserable. I ended up around people and places that were so ungodly that my heart was grieving. I had 3 jobs and no I wasn't fired from any of them. The first one I had was doing construction with my brother. I hated it simply because I did all the back breaking qwork while he stood around smoking doing nothing. I understand that I was the grunt, but he bossed me around. He wasn't even the boss, he thought he was. So I quit, qhy bust your but when you aren't making much and there's no room for promotion. My next job was at a grocery store which wasn't bad, but it robbed me of even attending church, my spirit man suffered because of it.

Just to let you know: construction lasted from June '99-August '99. Grocery Store lasted from August '99- October '99. In the grocery business I hated it because I was paid peanuts while doing the job of the whole store, whenever there was a problem in frozen foods, call dry stock(me). What does dry stock and frozen foods have in common? NOTHING!!! So I left there only making $6.35/hr. I'm not a quitter, I just knew that these two previous jobs where taking me nowhere. Really in my heart I knew the Lord didn't want me at these places. I only was after the money. Yes, I missed it.

Finally I ended up at a place called Interforest which makes veneer for counters and whatnot. I got the job just a few days before my 19th birthday. I was here from November '99-July '00. Interforest wasn't a bad place to work. I got along with my co-workers even though they ribbed me for my faith. I was here for a purpose and I feel that I fulfilled it. I worked in the warehouse doing everything from loading trucks; to working in the showroom as well as working mainly in the warehouse doing other jobs. I started to gain favor with my bosses as well as the big muckety-mucks of the corporation. I did the job to the best of my ability and I was rewarded for it. I received loads of overtime plus many benefits not normally given. This my friend is the favor of God in action. I started at $7.25/hr and finished up making $8.60. Not long after I left, the corporation started to face hard times and of the many factories all over the globe, the one I worked for closed.

While working at Interforest I sent in my application to attend Rhema. All those months of waiting I was nervous and worried that maybe I wouldn't get accepted. One day after coming home from work on a Saturday, mom handed me an envelop from Rhema that was addressed to me. this was in April of 2000. Inside was a letter from the dean informing me that I was accepted. Hallelujah!!! I was on cloud nine after that. So here I am, a 19 year old young man with a call on his life and an acceptance letter to attend the greatest Bible School in the world.

I continued to work and work hard all the way up to my final day. They were sad to see me leave because of the influence and joy that followed me. So I left Interforest just a few weeks before my trek to Oklahoma to go to Bible School.

I wrote enough for one day.....I thought I would have finished!!!! lol....maybe next time

My Call pt.1

Some of you have asked me to share my testimony and how I received my call into the ministry. To begin, let me take you back a year or so before I was born. My folks were unable to have kids and so my older brother was adopted. Now not long after they adopted him they became saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. They learned about the promises of God and what the Word has to say about children. So in 1979, just 3 years after getting saved, they attended Kenneth Hagin Ministries yearly campmeeting that was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In one of the afternoon sessions, John Osteen (Joel Osteen's dad) was ministering on "Having An Unshakable Confidence In God." As he was ministering, he had a Word of Knowledge about women who were unable to have kids; mom being one of them. Anyway, to make a long story short, she received that Word for herself and believed for a child. I was born November 12, 1980 the following year.

I was raised on the Word. I heard it night and day because my parents have a hunger for the things of God. I heard preachers such as Kenneth Hagin, Fred Price, Kenneth Copeland and many others preaching about faith and how to act on the Word. This didn't register with me, but I heard it. I can remember my parents receiving "The Word of Faith " magazine from Kenneth Hagin ministries and inside it would talk about Rhema Bible Training Center. I would often tell my parents, "Someday I will go there." I was little at the time and ended up forgetting about that. I ended up with one foot in the Church and the other foot in the world. This wasn't a good thing, but it's what drew me closer to the Lord.

Skipping ahead, it's now May of 1997, I am 16 years old and my life is slowly turning around. I had been saved as a kid and so I rededicated my life and eventually got filled with the Holy Spirit in 1996. During May of '97, I was at a youth retreat with my church's youth group and the last night of the service, the minister had a call for those that felt called to ministry. I wasn't one of them, at least I didn't think so. Many kids went up and I was happy for them. My plans were to go to college and get a degree in history and become a teacher. Notice I said, "MY PLANS".

As the speaker was laying hands on the kids, I heard and audible voice say, "Go to the platform and have him lay hands on you." I thought I was hearing things and so I ignored it. Maybe it was my friend trying to be funny. A minute or so later, I heard the voice again, "Go and have hands laid on you." I looked at my friend and said, "That isn't funny, I'm not called to ministry and I don't want to go." He looked at me like I was nuts and said, "I didn't say a word." Maybe I was nuts. I heard the voice a third time, this time it was more direct and forceful, "Get your butt to the platform." I knew that couldn't be my friend and so I went. (1) because I was scared and (2) What did I have to lose? As I was walking I was questioning myself, "Why am I going, I'm not called?" I reached the platform and heard these words, "I called you and I've anointed you to be a voice in the last days." I wasn't stupid and so I figured it had to be God.

Why me Lord? Why not? was the answer I got. From that day my life began to change for the better. I got hungrier for God and His Word and things began to fall in place. I graduated from high school near the bottom of my class and so, I didn't go to college. I went straight to work making a little above minimum wage doing manual labor; Yes, I was a ditch digger...lol

Before I forget, let me add that during my junior year in high school and even in my Senior year, Rhema Bible Training Center kept rising up from my heart. Was I to go there? So during my Sr. year, dad and I traveled to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for Rhema's "Get Aquainted Weekend." I sat in on 3 classes and got to meet the instructors. During this visit, I knew this was it. I was to go there. Like I said earlier I worked a year to save money. During this year, I worked in a factory making 8.60/hr which isn't much, but counting the favor I had with the company plus working overtime a lot, I managed to save enough to pay the whole tuition my first year. Not only that, but money came rolling in from many different avenues.

God had a plan for me and He knew what it would take for me to get there. The training aspect of the plan, that is.

Ok, it's getting late, I'll continue this soon......