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Name: Nate
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Metro: Toledo
Birthday: 7/7/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: Ohio State and U of Toledo football, music--drums, guitar, playing drums for worship teams, making music on my computer like a loser, and listening to stuff; The Legend of Zelda series, talking about deep spiritual issues, getting closer to God daily, Campus Crusade for Christ , and a whole bunch of other stuff that comes and goes in waves depending on my mood for the day/week/month/year/whatever...
Expertise: Making stupid jokes from finding humor in everything, putting stuff off, not knowing what I'm doing but doing something anyway, spelling stufff wrong on purpose, typoing leik im inthe thidr greade, oh heck I dunno...
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  reidme7784
Member Since:
9/1/2005
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| So, life has been interesting the past few years for me. I have gone through rougher times than I have personally experienced thus far. Planning a wedding, getting used to the married life, and working a job that I never liked very much and at times hated with passion wore on me so that I felt very often like I had no passion and that I was always going to be too emotionally and physically tired to give to my wife or ministries that I was involved in. Turns out, now that I have been working as the Youth and Music Ministries Coordinator at my church (www.maumeevalleychurch.net/staff.htm) for the past two weeks after volunteering for a year and being part time in my "free" time for another year and a half. Those were a rough 2 1/2 years for me but it seems to have paid off.
I really REALLY love my new job. I mainly wanted something I could get up and be excited about and do it with all my energy and still having enough money to not starve in the process. This works for me! I love to get to know people and make a difference in people's lives. This is just the beginning, too. I have been reading "The Purpose Driven Youth Ministry" and I highly recommend it to anyone working with youth. It does an excellent job of showing good strategies for a healthy ministry and more importantly the WHY of youth ministry.
I do have to admit that I am a little ashamed that I had such a hard time fighting depression and feelings of worthlessness in the preceeding years. I should have been able to trust God and His timing, but I felt like I was on the edge of all these things and couldn't get past the hump. Wedding, ministry, etc. It all seemed like I was spinning my tires and going in circles. I suppose I could just make sure to learn from it and trust God in future issues and REAL crises that are guaranteed to crop up someday...
PS, I've been creating my first website ever for the Youth Group I'm leading. Check out my progress at http://www.maumeevalleyyouth.net. God bless, all!
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| Dilemma: Once again, something is calling for my money. Money that I'm trying to save for my wedding. Blast it all. I have a toothache. I know I need to see the dentist since it's been YEARS but I know that I probably need a root canal and everything and I'm not enthusiastic about potentially needing to spend $2000 on my mouth. Blast it all. Tell me what you all think of this: http://pcdentalplan.com/default.asp I don't want to take a line of credit with the dentist, but what else can I do? If anyone has any insight, I would be VERY glad to hear how I can get my mouth fixed with minimal cost. Chalk this up on the list of super expensive things that need to be done since something bad is about to happen and I'm going to have to spend an arm and a leg. Other members of this list: Health Insurance (yup, if I break my arm I might not be able to afford to get married...) and Car Repairs (never know when the thing's going to just quit on me). I feel a little stressed about it, not gonna lie. I know God will provide, though. Sometimes learning to trust Him isn't fun...  | | |
| SO, garage sale-ing the past 2 weekends has given me a new perspective on "stuff." I realized just how much "stuff" we have as Americans and how little of it really means anything. I looked only at my table of paperback novels that were priced at 25 cents a piece and realized that books cost something like $10 at minimum when they're new. Almost guaranteed, 95% of those books were purchased new, so that table full probably cost around $500. There I was, sitting in my plastic lawn chair in the hot late-June sun selling them for 25 cents each, hoping to get around $10 for the whole table of them. And that was just the books... Living in a small bedroom with all my "stuff" for almost a year now has taught me what the bare essentials are for living. It was worse than a dorm room in so many ways (nothing to do with roomies). I stack bookshelves 2 high, put all TV/entertainment equipment on top of my dresser, and use a futon (in couch form) for my bed. I get a whole lot of "stuff" into that little room. It has made me slowly get rid of "stuff" here and there to make room. I have seen that I don't really need all of it. Or any of it. It has made me realize JUST how much money I have spent (wasted) on pointless "stuff." What if I would have saved it? I don't want to sound like I'm trying to be "holy" or something, but what if I would have spent all that on missions? I wouldn't have student loan debt, for sure, and there would be a little less hunger in the world. But I sacrificed it for "stuff." "Stuff," I might add, that's going for a special deal: 5 for $1!!! | | |
| check this out: http://www.xanga.com/dana_kae it's dana's xanga. serves her right. and I could have been mean... | | |
| Ok...I see that people have seen the message. Does anyone want our CD or not? Good golly, people... SUMMARY: Electronic Delivery (just the songs): $5 - (must give us email address to mail to) Actual CD: $7 for pick-up, $10 if you want it mailed (must give address to mail to) Mail all payments to: Nate Reid 3229 Dorian Court Apt 1 Toledo, OH 43614 Checks can be made payable to Nate Reid as well. I'm the treasurer, of sorts. Thanks! | | |
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