Personal Narrative: I Saved In A Christian Home

The weeks that followed were very difficult. My mother ended up changing her hours at work so she could visit my father in the hospital. On the weekends my mom would spend from Friday when she got home from work, to Sunday night in the hospital. I have an older brother and a younger brother; they are lazy most of the time, so the only help I got was from my grandmother. Unfortunately, my older brother wasn’t present for three weeks for certain reasons, which left my ten year old

I didn't go to school I was homeschooled for a little while until I got used to being away from my family then they enrolled me in school. I was in 3rd grade and it was my first year at this school I had Mr. Knew. I made it throught the year and basically my whole summer was going back and forth to court and it was the most stressful summer because I also had to make some decisions, and I didnt know if they were the right ones.

On March 27th, 1997, I was born. I was baptized on June 24, 1997, at Holy Face. Growing up, my family were strong believers in the Catholic faith. My sisters and I attended Catholic school from Kindergarten through 12th grade. We attended Mass every week, biweekly while we were at St. John's. My parents raised us as Catholics, with God at the center of everything that we did.

At my church I help clean, watch the kids, organize the youth group, plan plays, plan trips, and serve communion. Helping out at the church is one of my favorite things to do because I get to do so much. My favorite things that I do at the church are with the youth group. I organize who all needs a ride, what we will be working on that day, and the activity afterwards. I also plan the trips in the summer and which camp we will go to. And at church events I keep an eye on the kids for their parents and find things fun for them to do. I clean up after church, meetings, and events. Usually it only takes a little over an hour and a half to do. On Sundays I serve communion and sometimes I even read scripture. We do an Easter play and a Christmas play every year and I help decide what play we will do and organize the meetings and the performance

As I read the section of Her Home in A Woman After God’s Own Heart, I could not stop getting excited for my future. Ever since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to grow up and have my own house, my own family and my own choices for those things. As I keep growing up in age, but also in maturity I realize that a home is not only a place, but it is also the people. In less than five years I want to be married and build a tiny house. I want to be the architect for my own house, and I have all these great ideas of how I want it. Yet as I read, I realize it is not all about how the house looks. It is about the people, the atmosphere and the way they feel when they walk through those doors. I would like my family to feel calm and at peace there.

I see language as a huge blessing. When utilized properly, it can encourage, teach, and help others. It can also be used to express ourselves to our core. To be able to reflect what is within our hearts, though, we must dive deep into emotions and language. Paired, they allow us to understand one another so that we can communicate and help each other through life, something that is definitely not meant to be done alone—which exactly explains why God gave us all community. With life being like an ocean, I truly believe that we cannot survive without God, first of all, and also without people. Because they are so important to me, I place emphasis on understanding how to properly use the English language so that I may glorify God, showing my thanks to Him with my every sentence whether it is verbal or written or thought. This portfolio, thus, is a reflection of my identity and journey with God—all constructed with language and emotions to portray my love for communicating with Him and His people. “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable inyour sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14After being rescued by Him, I gained sight. I no longer saw the things around me and within me with a blurry lens; I took on the clearest lens, as though my eyes became cameras, to see things with truth. With this new vision and mindset, I began to see my own mistakes as well as those around me. Because of this, I understood what needed revision and what

I feel that I am called to a non-traditional role in ministry and that has been hard to explain to people, because when you tell people that you are going to school for ministry, yet you are not planning on working in a church, you honestly get weird looks, or even questioned why in the world then am I going to college for it. I feel that going to college for ministry is the best way for me to obtain the knowledge that I need on God's word, the history of it, and how to best answer things that I might be asked when I am reaching out to people, to help guide them to God. It is not that I would mind helping inside of the church if it is needed, it is just not where I feel that God wants me to spend most of my time. If I were to have to choose a traditional ministry, I guess it would be Compassionate Ministry or

I grew up in a Fundamentalist Christian home where we were subject to some very strict rules. For example, we were only allowed to have Christian friends and could not date. Interest in science was stifled and I hid books so they would not be thrown away. This environment held me back during my first few years of college as I stepped into what seemed like an alien world.

My journey with God started in February of 1993, when I went to a ladies’ conference in Columbus, Texas. It was while the speaker was explaining that she knew there were some of us out in the audience, who felt guilty about something they had done in their past, and they did not feel that God could forgive them for it. But then she quoted from God’s word; “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, not principalities, no things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38-39 NASB) The speaker continued on to say that all we need to do is

My call to ministry was actually not my own doing. At the start of my Christian life, my mother and grandmother raised me in the church where I would sacrifice my life to be a part of ministry. I participate in different ministries as a child. I became a choir member at an early age. Then, I became a praise dancer, a junior deacon, and a Sunday school teacher. This transition to different ministries became a part of my true purpose for God: to fulfill His purpose in my life.

Humans from my own point of view are God's creation, because the bible makes me understand that humans were created in God's image, and during the creation of man, God blew the breath of life into man to make him come alive. I assume the reason humans are so unique is that they were created like God. The reason why humans are the best of all creation is that they can think, invent new things, and have dominion of all other creatures on earth. Humans are the only living creation that is conscious of their own existence, because they have advanced knowledge and skills to do things, for example, humans can clothe themselves, cook their foods, and even invent numerous technologies. Humans have a well-regulated sense that is able to

I have been extremely blessed to be able to serve at my church in my children’s ministry for at least six years. I’ve served every other week on saturday nights in the toddler's room, and I now serve every sunday at my church's 11am service; I have been co-leading a class with my sister for three years. I also have served for three years at a weeklong day camp that my church puts on one week every summer. Just this summer I got the opportunity to serve at an outreach soccer camp, and a backyard Bible club. This fall I am attending BSF (Bible study Fellowship) at another church, and I have been enjoying that as well. This summer was my first year

Ever since I was little, I have always gone to church every Sunday, and Bible school in the summers, although, I was not “saved” until I was about eight. I remember worrying that I would never be saved, I believed in God and Jesus, but I was still worried that I would not experience being saved and baptized. I learned that you cannot “force” yourself to be saved, nor can you pick when it happens, where it happens, or what age you are. The reason I was so worried was because all of my friends were saved, and I was afraid I was “too old” to experience that, but everything changed one summer at Bible school.

The older I get, and the closer I get to adulthood, I am always trying to figure out the reason I am alive. Being the small person I am in such a big world, it makes it difficult for me to understand why I am here and what I am supposed to do. Growing up in a Christian home, I was taught to follow the rules, have good morals, and to be a follower of God. However, I never know if what I am doing is the right thing. I have donated most of my free time to my church, but instead of being involved in the action, I am usually in the back, pondering about what is so good about attending. I finally realized, maybe it isn’t the church itself, but the way our church is always finding ways to help people.

Interviewing several pastors can be eye opening in that you will begin to see different character qualities, disciplines and where they are in their spiritual journey. My intention was to interview several pastors, however, I was unable to obtain the responses needed to complete a study such as that. I did get to meet with one pastor, and I believe that it was truly difficult for him to answer most of the questions even after giving him some time to think about each question. My interview was with a very intelligent and spiritual man named Les Harvey. He is currently serving at the Church of the Highlands Greystone campus under many great leaders.