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Name: Chuck
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Metro: Chattanooga
Birthday: 1/29/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: I love Star Trek, Star Wars, and basically any Movies or TV series that have to do with SciFi. I love Music-- especially piano. I like hanging out with people and just talking. I also enjoy taking on challenges and making things happen that normally wouldn't
Expertise: If you have a problem with something you should come to me. I may not be able to fix it but I promise I will give you a piece of candy and make you feel better. I love working through people's problems and helping them get through tough issues. I don't have all the answers but I am not afraid to try.
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Member Since:
11/16/2005
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| Well I am supposed to be doing philosophy homework now but what's
new??? I am in college and putting off homework is almost second
nature...
I just wanted to spend a moment talking to cyberspace about nothing that important (tell me what that
says about my worldview at the moment...)! I have really enjoyed the
past couple of days at school. They have been VERY enlightening... I
have had some incredibly awesome moments and some completely terrible
ones. All in a day at Bryan I guess. I am enjoying all my classes,
including physio especially because I have an AWESOME study partner!!!
I am pretty much overwhlemed by all the work and responsibility right
now but I LOVE being a Junior. It is so fun... I am excited about the
possibility of going to Focus in the spring but it bring about a whole
lot of other concerns, namely relationships. I guess God will provide
like he always has in the past. I have no doubt... I hope to be able to
post some more later but unfortunately homework is a priority in spite
of all the denial I can muster...
Goodnight...
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| Hello everyone,
Well, I am sitting in a Business Class lounge in the Istanbul, Turkey international airport waiting to catch a flight out to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. We never fly business class because it is so expensive but the two seats we got were the only two left on the plane and we needed to get there today. God is amazing though and will him as our financial backer I don't think it will be a problem. It is really nice here and looks like something out of those pictures from Sadam Husein's palace.
For the past week I have been in a small village in the Ukraine called Zhmerinka attending a conference at a missionary/pastor seminary in the basement of the pastor's home. Not in the basement for lack of freedom but because it is the only place they have and the pastor is so passionate about this ministry. It breaks my heart to see the passion in these young people's faces. They are at this seminary because they have seen the lies in the Russian "Baptist Union" that is really more like a menonite society, and have come to learn about the Bible in a free environment without censorship. (if you want more info ask me later). Once they finish at this institute they won't be able to serve in any of the Baptist union's churches or ministries so they have no where to go. So a group of missionaries and nationals in the former USSR got together for this conference to talk about the things that need to be done and help these guys out a little.
Now I am on to the second phase of the trip which is in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (only 1500 miles from Hyderabad. maybe I'll meet you all there!!!). Once there we will fly north accross the Panir mountains to Khujan where we determine what it is going to take to remodel a teacher training school up there that was destroyed by a flood. Tajikistan will be a different challenge than anything I have ever faced because it is completely Muslim. My dad has been preparing me a little but I am not quite sure I am ready to do this. I like it this way because the only way I can know I am trusting in Christ is if I could not be doing it on my own. This definately qualifies.
I have written this to ask for your prayers. Please pray for the ministry in Zhmerinka, for the young people there studying to serve God in a society that is completely against them. Also, Pray for my father and I as we go into Tajikistan. We will need it.
I am going to try and attach some photos to this page but am not sure if i will be able to right away. If they aren't here when you read this come back later and they may be.
Love you all,
Chuck
This is our group from Belarus. I grew up with these guys. I already miss them...
That's Dasha (girl), me, and Leonya next to a Russian jeep. Piece of Crap!
This is me and Vitalik. Vitalik was one of my best friends when I lived in Belarus.
I have lots more but not enough space on this post to put them on. I will post on facebook soon.
Chuck
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| I don't really agree with some of the things in this but I still thought it was pretty funny. I think it would be interesting if something like this came true. This is close to the attitude we need in our next president!
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT,
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?
My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of Iraq regime has
been completed.
Since congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our
mission in Iraq is complete.
This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American
forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 days. It is now
to begin the reckoning.
Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries
which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is
short. The United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria, Australia, and Poland are
some of the countries listed there.
The other list contains everyone not on the first list. Most of the
world's nations are on that list. My press secretary will be
distributing copies of both lists later this evening.
Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those
nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money saved
during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the
Iraqi war.
The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world
Hell-holes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption.
Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France.
In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this
money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home.
On that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we
will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face
of the earth.
Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France, or maybe China.
I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with
France, Germany, and Russia. Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are
retiring from NATO as well. Bon chance, mes amis.
I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many
UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid
parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded
and crushed. I don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You
creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets
tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over
to some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York
A special note to our neighbors. Canada is on List 2 Since we are
likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to
try not pissing us off for a change.
Mexico is also on List 2. President Fox and his entire corrupt
government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple
extra tank and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going
to put em? Yep, border security. So start doing something with your oil.
Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty -
starting now.
We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we'll be drilling for
oil in Alaska - which will take care of this country's oil needs for
decades to come. If you're an environmentalist who opposes this
decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there.
They care.
It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own
citizens. Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying,
"darn tootin."
Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around the
world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on
the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in America. It is time to
eliminate homelessness in America. It is time to eliminate World Cup
Soccer from America. To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thanks
guys. We owe you and we won't forget. To the nations on List 2, a final
thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic. God bless America.
Thank you and good night. If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you
are reading it in English, thank a soldier.
(Please forward this to at least ten friends and see what happens!
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| Well today was one I will remember for many years to come. Today I
witnessed what it means to act out REAL Christianity. And of course as
my old HS Bible teacher always said, whenever we get a glimpse at God's
true nature our eyes are always re-directed to back at ourselves and
our own inadequacies. Anyways, let me tell you the story.
Several years ago I was in a situation that I now can look at as a God
thing, but then I hated it. I thought the world was completely unjust
and that I was just not being treated right and that certain people in
the situation with me were just completely terrible. (sorry for the
vagueness but I'm not willing to put that much information on the www
so all the world can see it. If you need to know the details you
already do...) Over the course of the next few years I was consistently
being tried and molded by my Father in Heaven, who is, consequently,
quite good at it! But over and over again these seemingly unrelated
things were happening to me that were painful and yet healing at the
same time-- healing me of wounds and scars I never knew I had.
Then recently I found out that this person whom I so disliked all those
years ago was actually (quite out of the blue) about to placed in a
leadership position over me, and I was really spun for a loop!! (of
course God never does anything randomely) Because I loved what I was
doing I didn't want to drop it because of this person. So God got a
hold of my heart then and started making me think about what was going
on. I gradually began to see that this person was actually not all that
bad, though there was some immaturity on both our parts, and that this
person actually was instrumental in the working of many things God has
done in my life. So how random can it be that God is now placing him
back in my life!!!! NOT VERY!!!! Anyways, after a few weeks out of no
where I found myself talking about this person and actually being able
to be ok with the new position that they had, then gradually I began to
get excited about it. You cannot convince me that that is not God
himself working directly to change my way of thinking!!! Only He is
capable of such a thing!!
So today I was able to talk to this person and actually say what I had
felt way back when, and then he-- Opologized to me!!! It was so nice
just to hear it even though it immediately showed me how unworthy I was
of the opology. But the reason I say it is REAL CHRISTIANITY is because
it was two people, who by the world's standards should never have
talked again, were able to forgive each other for past mistakes and
actually look back with excitement on what those mistakes accomplished
in their lives. That is true love and Christ-like living.
I wrote this post at lightning speed and don't have time to proofread so forgive the typos and misspelling!!!!
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| Well, it seems I am doomed never to have a break. It is quite finny
really because I try to work things out so that I can slow down and
enjoy a timeless moment only to realize there is far too much
interesting stuff going on in time for me to want to be left out. I
realize that I am a slave to time and I love it. How sick is that!!! I
have been reading Sheldon Vanauken's book A Severe Mercy and
he mentions that as humans it seems all of our fondest memories are the
ones that seem as if we had escaped time-- even if only for the
briefest of moments. Then, after reading such wisdom, I realize that my
biggest dreams are of places in this world that seem to be timeless, or
at least seem to slow time down. DERAIL!!! The train of thought is no
longer on the tracks...
My phone just rang and it was Britney. I haven't talked to her in a
million years!!! I had a great conversation with her about all sorts of
things but mostly my thoughts were centered around... you guessed it--
time. How quickly life passes through the hourglass and things change.
Britney told me some terrible news about something that has happened in
her family and it just reminds me yet again that we are humans trapped
by the effects of time and we were not made for this. Everywhere around
me I see time robbing me of the present and forcing me into tomorrow--
farther and farther away from the past. Oh, that I could just stop the
hands of time for but a moment and enjoy that eternity with the one I
love. Many a men have begged for such an opportunity in the past and
many men will begg for it in the future and none of their wishes will
be granted-- I am no different. I suppose I can thank God for the
moments that I have right now and ask him to help me make the most of
them. I suppose it is time to stop living in a far away moment that I
cannot reach and start living in this moment-- never forgetting the
past for fear that I will make repeat old mistakes and forget lessons
learned, never denying the future for fear of loosing my way, and yet
never wishing away the present moment for fear of missing the simple
pleasures it has to offer.
So now that I have rambled on forever and I am not sure I have made any
sense I will shut up and let you go on about your life, praying I have
made some impact on it in even the smallest ways.
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