[Faith-talk] Praise Report

[Christopher Gilland]

Hi Stefan, great to hear from ya:

You wrote:

Praise the Lord for bringing you to a public
> confession of your faith in the Lord Jesus!


Thank you!  It was the most incredible night of my life!  Man, and I thought 
my wedding was beautiful, Lord knew a year later we'd divorce, but that's a 
whole different story that I won't bore you with.  LOL!

>
You wrote:

> I'm not sure how your congregation is structured; however, are you a part 
> of
> a weekly "home group" where you meet to study God's Word and support one
> another?>


You know what, Stefan, No, not at the present.  I am honestly not even sure 
what types of in-home or public study groups or what not like that they even 
have.  I really do need to research a lot of this.  Maybe call the church's 
box office, etc.

You wrote:

> What hobbies interest you? Could you ask that an "ad" be put in the 
> church's
> bulletin seeking for participants in your hobby--unless it's sleeping in
> front of the tv (smile)?


ROFL!  Bird!

I, don't, thank, so!  O, Gawod!  That was fresh!  No... seriously. 
Heheheheheh, I dono, like, playing and professionally recording music, 
anything dealing with helping kids/youth to come know Christ, I do watch TV, 
but not very regularly.  I don't really like sports, although I do like 
bolling, and i also do like Golf, then in the summer like now, I love 
swimming.  Granted, I really wouldn't do swimming as a quote:  sport, but I 
do like having fun.  I just recently have gottenh more into reading, like 
anything spiritual, I love Steven King, Really any type murder mystory, I 
also love youth fiction, granted I'm not a youth, or a kid, but, you're 
never to old to be one.  LOL!  Huge smile/grin.  I love animals, really any 
type of nature, don't really like hiking though as due to my disability it's 
impossible for me to walk more than about maybe a mile and a half at a time, 
and climbing, you may as well forget.

>
You wrote:

> These suggestions are only a start. It's not clear to me, from your post, 
> if
> you only mean friends from your congregation or whether you are including
> the possibility of moving into other community activities as well.


O, sorry, I thought I'd made that clear.  My bad.  I meant even just in 
general.  Look, ever since my wife and I split in 2005, I have since been 
devastated.  I won't go into the details, but I am sick and tired of staying 
cooped up all day long in this house with absolutely no friends locally. 
Family is good, don't mistaken me, but I'd love to do stuff also with peopl 
either my own age or people just outside my family that I could hang with 
without my folks always having to tag along.  I know that sound really 
crewel.  I don't know how to explain it.  I like being with my folks but 
sometimes I just need the space.  Anyway, getting back to what I was saying 
with my marriage, not only did I then nor now have no local friends really, 
but, I lost a 3 now 5, year old neece due to it, as well as a 4, now 6 year 
old neece, plus my wife and her side of the family.  At the time, they were 
locally about the only people that I had.  Yes I have my side of the family, 
but either everyone is working, or some, few, but some, of them kind a find 
me a little freaky, dono why, but, anyway, or they just work, so, they come 
home, the least thing they wanna do is then come swing by here and get me 
and go somewhere.  Granted most my family only lives like what... maybe 25 
minutes away, but still...

But yeah, no, I meant more in general, I would like to find people to talk 
with.

>
You wrote:

> Best wishes, brother;


Same goes to you!

God bless.


Chris.

Matthew 5:13-16:

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall 
its saltiness be restored? ... You are the light of the world. A city set on
a hill cannot be hid... Let your light so shine before men, that they may 
see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.