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Right now, my purpose is to get healthy and to share my joy and new life with others. I am finishing up some psychology classes and beginning to volunteer with a youth ministry. I hope to tell others about the things I have gone through and how God saved me when all hope was gone. I want to encourage the hopeless and let them see that there is always hope and that no one is too far gone. Even after all of the pain I have experienced in my life, and all of the mistakes I made, I have found joy and hope. If I can, so can anyone else.

Thank you very much :)

Thank you :)

How are you doing?

Chase, yeah, I was asking how you are doing.

Thank you very much littlenick.

Chase, how old are you? Being young is tough, but it is awesome. It is a time filled with passion and excitement. When people get older, they are often too set in their ways to make big changes that God may call them to. As a young person, you have the chance to follow whatever passion God puts in your heart. You make me think of Timothy in the Bible. Paul was constantly telling him not to let people think less of him because he was young and not to feel insignificant because of his age. That is great that you are trying to figure things out and find out exactly what your calling is. Keep seeking after it and God will show you step by step.

Chase, sixteen is a great age! You seem very mature and intelligent for 16. I think God knows that if He let us see too far in advance, we would mess things up. He only gives us as much as we can handle at the time.

Yay! Gimli’s here! I have missed talking to you a lot. I haven’t changed my old e-mail address, so e-mail me any time. How are you doing?

I’m doing awesome. I’m also a little tired right now, but still doing great. Life has never been better. I have had two months of total freedom and joy and it is the greatest thing.

Alright, I’ll talk to you again sometime :)

Thank you Gimli. You have always been such a wonderful friend. You have helped me through the toughest times, and I wanted you to be able to see the best times too.

Hey Bex, good to hear from you. I am not really proud of myself, God has done all of the work for me, but I definitely feel blessed and hopeful.

Hey Spunky, hug right back at you. I have missed you a lot too. I am glad I can get a chance to talk to you a bit. God is definitely awesome.

Hey Matt, it’s good to “see” you. Thanks for saying hi :)

Hey Mitz, good to hear from you too. Much love right back at you.

Hey broussardhh, nice to meet you. Honestly, when it came down to it, the only thing I really needed to do was surrender to God. I went through every kind of treatment possible, every kind of medication, and every diagnoses they could come up with, but nothing helped. God took me step by step on a journey of healing and brought me to a place where I was desperate enough to give up the pain I carried around with me and had become dependent on. Some people from my church asked me to get together with them and pray with them, and we went through a 12 hour journey of seeking God, discovering ways I had allowed myself to dwell in illness, and repenting. At the end of it all, God gave me freedom and showed me that He has a much better plan for my life then I could have ever imagined.

thep, thank you so much. I really appreciate your encouragement. You are right, now I know truth, and I am going to live that truth out so that God can use me to help others.

Queen of Lost Vampyr, I missed you too. I am glad to be back and to get to talk to my friends here. *huge mega super hugs* right back at you my friend.

live4anon, nice to meet you :) Thank you for your encouragement. I hope to see you around and get to know you a bit :)

Limon, you’re so sweet. I have missed you. My wings have definitely been healed and I am enjoying flying. It’s so much better then I ever thought it would be :)

Broussardh, I am sorry to hear that you feel that God is part of your problem, not your solution. Even if your not too fond of God right now, I am praying for you. I spent a long time feeling like God was just making my life difficult and painful and that I would just be better off without believing in Him. Luckily, He didn’t feel the same way about me. Everyone finds the healing they need at different times. I spent my whole life just searching for healing, including almost 12 years in mental hospitals, finally, God had me at the right time and place, and He chose to bring healing into my life.

Cookies, I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YYYYYYOOOOOOOOUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Mama bear, it is good to get to talk to you. I think JoJo is a fun nickname. I love butterflies too. My mom loved them and she taught me to love them. She said they are an example of new life. The old, unattractive life is replaced with beauty and freedom in new life. As I learn more about freedom, I love that analogy even more. I really do hope we can work together to show people how much better life is with God.

Spunky, my friend Spunky (always Qzzzzz to me) totally rocks :)

Webjeff, thank you. Good news rocks and too often we don’t hear enough of it :)

LISTY!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s so good to “see” you! I have missed you too. I think it’s good that you don’t stay up 48 hours at the computer anymore, but I’m still glad you’re around when you can be :)

Forsakentenshi,thank you very much :)

Hope! I am so glad to see you are still here. I have missed you a lot. How are you?

Hi Sarah :) Thank you very much. God is so good and I am very thankful that He has helped me and that He helps all of His people.

Spunky, you are soooooo incredibly awesome and I have always loved and appreciated you. You have never put me down or made me feel bad about myself, even though there were plenty of times you could have. You have just always been so encouraging and kind and I appreciate it. You totally and completely rock :)

lol…the first almost proposal I have ever gotten :)

Thank you Spunky, that really means a lot to me. It is a high compliment because it comes from someone I respect so much.

hehe…the guys in Colorado don’t know much :p

You’re so sweet :)

Sarah,

You’re welcome. I am glad if I can help. I definitely want to be your friend 4eva :)

Thank you Nikko. Panic attacks are definitely problematic, and I think you are right, a lot of people don’t understand them, which just makes it more difficult to deal with.

Oh, you better still love me! Just because the capitals love me and not you doesn’t mean you get to not love me!

Yes, I stole your capitals, I admit it, I confess it, and now I beg for your forgiveness. It’s just that the capitals and I have such a special relationship and I need them to tell you how much I LOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEE YYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!!

I e-mailed you!