| Laptop is WORKING!!! |
[Oct. 26th, 2006|07:37 am] |
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I finnally fixed my modem on my laptop...two years of pc repair training just paid off! I dont need a new laptop for college now. True, "Nightstar", is still slow as everything...but she works now...and that is the key. I had gotten her working other than the modem about 6 months ago...but just had not had time to tair into her and fix the loss contections. Got that done...and she works again! My Nightstar is BACK!!! |
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| Excited...and scared... |
[Oct. 24th, 2006|06:17 pm] |
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The 28th will be my first time speaking in front of a large group at a confrance. I am excited, scared, nervus, and thrilled. I will tell more after the event...^_^. |
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[Aug. 25th, 2006|07:53 am] |
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I am the last of the orgianal The Chalice team...still on staff. WOW. That is creepy. Everyone else is either not in the subcultures now...or is not serving the Lord. Sigh!
Things are going good towards college. Just ISoM is keeping me swamped. |
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| How things are going... |
[Aug. 7th, 2006|07:55 am] |
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Sorry about the depressing post last week...I was very swamped with work....school and other wise...and slipped into a down spell. But now I am back out... this week we will get through week 4 and 5 of studies. ^_^ |
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| My mistakes...(some of them). |
[Aug. 4th, 2006|12:03 pm] |
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* I have failed as a photographer because I don’t work fast enough, and I take to long to memorize sales promo.
* I have failed at work in general due to my inability to keep a long term job.
* I have failed as an example due to the years 2003/04.
* I have failed to EVER pass my parents standers for me.
* I am not good for much of anything other than art, history, and ministry.
* I fail to keep friends long term.
* I failed to keep myself pure.
* I have failed in proper handling of money.
* I failed to be accepted at Bethany College of Missions.
* I failed as an intern at Grace Lutheran.
* I failed at my first attempt to live away from home.
* I failed at being able to handle any of my grandparents dying (either before or after).
* I have failed in handling the deaths of those close to me at all. |
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| 4 years tomorrow..... |
[Jul. 24th, 2006|07:53 am] |
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For the first time in 4 years, I wont have to go through the 25th of July alone...without a friend who understands the depth of sorrow that can well up. Samuel Meadows died the 25th of July, 2002. He was like a big brother, a mentor to me. Now his younger brother (still oldern than me!), John, is like my brother...and we share this same sorrow. It is not easy....peace and understanding...are slow in coming. At least I dont walk the road to healing alone any more. |
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| SUNDAYS!!! |
[Jul. 23rd, 2006|04:01 pm] |
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Ahhh...how sweet! Free Sundays for 6 weeks! Then back to ISoM in Newton...Still doing classes, just on Mon. and Thur. this time. |
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| Aid Money! |
[Jul. 20th, 2006|09:03 pm] |
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I just found out...if I dont get the scholarship...I do have 12,000 in aid coming my way. ^_^ WHEW!!!! |
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| Right on Track.... |
[Jul. 18th, 2006|07:34 pm] |
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I sent off for my ISoM and Stratford Career Transcripts today. Talked with mom and dad, too. They want to wait, pray, and watch me for a week. If things go well, after I get the transcripts....the application goes in, followed by the scholarship form. |
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| ACKKKKK!!!!! |
[Jul. 17th, 2006|05:34 pm] |
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I feel rushed! I need to have my application in by this fall to make the deadline to get the into the scholarship deadlines. OK. So here goes...below is my essay for the college (the other is for the scholarship).
Personal Spiritual Essay
Of Michelle M. Houser
I gave my heart to the Lord at the age of 4 and first felt my calling into missions when I was 7. All growing up, Christianity was just something I was. I loved the Lord with all my heart. I could what about if all the questions, and in the end it would always be, “I know He is real.” When I was 19, I went through a six month period of time where family and friends were dying almost every month, and among them was my mentor. My faith faltered. I never deigned God. I just did not live like I believed. On October 6th, 2004, a bunch of the middle schoolers were being baptized. My heart broke; there and then I made an open dedication to the Lord in front of my friends and the youth I worked with. From that point on, my life has been different. Not only in how
Over the past five years, I have served in many functions throughout the church and beyond. At my home church, Christian Chapel, also known as Wichita South Foursquare Church, I am Assistant to the Missions Coordinator, Linda K. Houser (my mother), serving her with computer work, research, and flyers. I am a vocalist in the Youth Praise Team and have been since its founding in 2001. I have served a volunteer in the Youth Group since January 2002, serving as a teacher in training, a teacher’s aid, and a Middle School Teacher for Wednesday Night Church. Outside of church, I served as a missionary on the 2001 New Orleans trip with Teen Mania Ministries. I worked summer 2002 and 2003 with Legacy Day Camps in Wichita, KS (see included letter of reference). I have also traveled in Michigan, Indiana, and Oklahoma to see how youth groups and churches are run in different regions of the USA. Service has always be my outward way of expressing the faith I have inside, for as James says in the Word, “Faith without works is dead, being alone.”
To quote my friend Rob Nickels, “I can see Christ love shining through Michelle. She has a big heart for God and others; she has a great desire to reach the lost and to mentor young Christians.” It is never easy to rate ones own spiritual maturity. I know that I understand great many things about the Word. I know that I love and long to walk in the foot steps of the missionaries who have gone before me. Yet I know that I am not anywhere the woman of God I know that I can be. I don’t swear, act immorally, or ungodly. I dress modestly. I read the Word and pray daily. I am a student in the international school of ministry. My mom always has said, “I never doubt her spiritual maturity.” Personally, I am not as mature as I would like, but that keeps me always growing.
When I think about my calling, I see masses of youth from the cultures of American and the world. Troubled teens, girls looking for love in the wrong places, guys trying to prove their men, with a world of violence and drugs surrounding them. As David Livingstone put it so well, “God had only one Son, and that Son was a missionary.” So do I seek to be a missionary/youth minister among these youth. Would not Christianity be more vibrant if we had them pouring their lives into the kingdom instead of dying without the hope of salvation!? These youth of America and the world are my calling in life. It is my goal to serve as a youth pastor at my local church and to travel the world over to aid in reaching the youth cultures. I long to see places where youth can come before or after school to study and pray in a safe Christian environment. Together with the church, our Christian brothers and sisters around the world, and most of all, the move of the Lord, we can change the shift of youth culture in this nation and the world into a dynamic force for the living God! |
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| Grades... |
[Jul. 17th, 2006|09:56 am] |
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Ok... This trimester at ISoM I have an A. Not sure my total yet.
For High School with my mother finally finishing grading...I have a 3.76 GPA.
25 on ACT
90% at Stratford Career Inst.
Soooo....that looks like a good odds for the Presidential Scholarship I soooo long to get a LIFE Pacific! |
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[Jul. 15th, 2006|07:11 pm] |
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Pray for wisdom...I am talking with my Parents about applying to LIFE Pacific college for 2007. BIG step of faith. I have $0 in my pockets right now. |
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| Possible College Essay |
[Jul. 14th, 2006|03:16 pm] |
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Personal Essay
of Michelle M. Houser
When I think about my calling, I see masses of youth from the cultures of American and the world. Troubled teens, girls looking for love in the wrong places, guys trying to prove their men, with a world of violence and drugs surrounding them. Ron Luce has said, “If the current trends do not change only 4% of the current generation of youth will serve the Lord by the time they are in their 20’s.” The very thought of this drives me to my knees both crying and in prayer. How much more vibrant would Christianity be if we had them pouring their lives into the kingdom instead of dying without the hope of salvation!? These youth of America and the world are my calling in LIFE.
It is for this reason I am seeking to attend LIFE Pacific as the next step of my training in Youth and Cross-culture Ministry. Both of my parents, Melvin E. Houser and Linda K. (Fitzpatrick) Houser, attended LIFE Bible college back in the late 1960’s. My mother always told me while growing up, “If you are planning to go to Bible college, LIFE is the best.” When the time came for me to start thinking of what college I wanted to attend, I began looking at all the options, narrowing down based on what they each have to offer. LIFE Pacific is best option to do what I am called to do, to get the best education I can, and to double minor in both Youth Ministry and Cross-culture Ministry.
“Study to show yourself approved, a workman that needth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15. That scripture is the drive behind my applying for this scholarship. I am from a low income family, and live below the poverty level myself. Yet, I am mostly an A and B student in High School, Stratford Career Institute, where I studied PC Repair, and ISoM: Central Plains. I am dedicated to ministry and the Lord, and am dedicatedly working to earn the funds needed to attend LIFE. Should I be awarded this scholarship, it with both enable me to attend LIFE in 2007 debt free, and will benefit the college with my quiet determination.
I envision myself returning to my local church to serve as a youth pastor and traveling the world over to aid in reaching the youth cultures. I long to see centers where youth can come after school to study and pray in a safe Christian environment. I plan to train these youth to reach their friends and loved ones who I might never have the chance to work with. Together with my fellow workers, the church, our Christian brothers and sisters around the world, and most of all, the move of the Lord, we can change the shift of youth culture in this nation and the world into a dynamic force for the living God! “If God is for us who can be against us!”
Thank you for your consideration.
Michelle M. Houser
Haysville, KS |
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