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Name: Adam
Birthday: 7/17/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Fishing, Fighting Fire, Looking at the stars, Swimming in the river, Being outside in God's Country
Occupation: Military
Industry: Government
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AIM:  MrFFAROTC
Member Since:
5/21/2002
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But I Want IT!!!!
This has been the best Valentine’s Day ever. It wasn’t
because I had a special lady to spend it with, or because I got a lot of stuff.
Actually, the only thing I got today was a small box of chocolates from my mom
(which I am enjoying as I type!) But then, despite what many would have you
believe, this holiday isn’t about stuff, it’s about love. And that, my friend,
is something that I have in excess.
Those that know me well know that I eagerly await my
wedding day. It has, for quite some time, consumed a great portion of my
thoughts and consciousness. I was the kid, like Jerel, that prayed “Dear Jesus,
please return quickly, but I please don’t come until after I get married.”
Recently, i.e. the last year and a half or so, the desire to find my soul mate
has become even stronger. But as I look back, I realize that while I was
waiting for God to put the right woman in my path I wasn’t waiting patiently.
I knew that
God knew what was best, and I knew that only in His time would I be blessed
with my wife. Yet even with that knowledge I often complained and was impatient
with God. He would tell me to wait and I would just say, “But I want it!” I was
acting very much like a small child. My Father was not giving me what I wanted,
when I wanted it, and I really didn’t like it.
I thank God that He is long-suffering, because
through His wisdom, grace, and mercy, I have arrived at a new destination along
my journey. I am, finally, content and happy with where I’m at and what I have.
It may be 6, 8, 10 years before I get married, and I’m honestly ok with that.
Sure, it seems far away, but so was the thought of graduating MTSU; and that is
fast approaching. In the mean time I will wait. Not in the impatient, resentful
manner that I have been though. I will enjoy and embrace my singleness and what
God will accomplish through it.
So yes, today was the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever
had. I had a date this evening at my Lord’s house, what more could I ask for on
the day that is supposed to be about spending time with loved ones. I still
greatly desire to be with my wife, and I will continue to fervently pray for her,
and that God will mold me into a Christ-like husband. But I plan on enjoying
the journey, and I’m looking forward to growing ever closer to my true love,
El-Shaddai.
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| Today was.....well, it was a lot of things. At 10am this morning, Bud's
Tire Shop caught fire. This was a major problem. For one, Bud's Tire
serves as a substation for the Kittrell Fire Department, which means we
keep a fire truck there (Praise God it was only slightly damaged). Two,
being a shop, it was full of hundreds of tires, 100's of gallons of
oil, and all sorts of other flammable stuff. And three, it's owned by
one of the best firefighters we have on our department. Our Captain
also worked there, and so now he's out of a job along with about 10
other people.
I was one of the first firefighters on the scene. I
put on all my protective equipment, including my mask and air bottle,
and went upstairs to the attic to try to prevent the fire from
spreading. I took the hose and crawled about 10 feet in pitch black
smoke, trying to find some fire that I could attack. I was in there for
all of about 2 minutes when I noticed that my skin was getting so hot,
I felt like I was burning. The heat was so intense that it was burning
me through my gear! I'm guessing it was at least 900F degrees in there,
at least. So I grabbed my partner and got the heck out. I couldn't have
stayed in there any longer it was so hot. Well, in my haste, I dropped
the hose on the way out. And, of course, it gets hung up on the
rafters. We tried for a few minutes to get it unstuck standing outside
the attic, but it was to no avail. I knew we had to get that hose, we
just had to. So I said a quick prayer and crawled back into the
billowing smoke and searing heat. I couldn't see a thing, so I just
followed the hose until I was able to unstick it. By now the fire had
been burning even longer, and it was even hotter. I couldn't stand it
any more. When I reached the opening to go down the stairs I dove out
head first, and luckily my brothers caught me.
Well after that I had to go sit down and cool off. I had the paramedics
check me out just to be safe. With some water provided by the amazing
Red Cross, I felt good enough to suit back up and get back in on the
action. I was assigned to the same stairwell I had just come off, but
this time I was standing at the bottom of the stairs with my partner.
We had two men at the top of the stairs spraying water into the attic.
All of the sudden I heard this deafening, horrendous noise. My first
thought was that the metal roof was collapsing while we were inside.
When we first heard that loud crash my partner and I grabbed each other
out of instinct and got as low as possible. Thank God the noise wasn't
the roof caving in. The noise we heard was snorkel truck (that's the
one that raises a ladder up in the air and shoots water from it) using
it's nozzle to try and extinguish some of the flames on the roof.
Looking back I remember thinking to myself that this could be it. I
would die right here with my partner. And I realized that I was ready
to die. If God had called me at that moment, I was ready. I'd never had
any sort of experience in all my life and in my 3 years of being a
firefighter like the ones I had today. And it gives me a new outlook on
Thanksgiving. I am thankful that although I had to be out there on the
scene for 13 hours, no one from the 5 fire departments that responded
were hurt. I'm thankful that God chose not to call me home today. I'm
thankful that when it is time for me to shed this flesh, there will
stand Jesus. I'm thankful to have such wonderful FRIENDS, several of
which were praying for all of us today. I'm extremely thankful that
there is a group of guys I that I trust enough that I can put my life
in there hands, and I'm thankful that they are selfless enough to do
what they do willingly, cheerfully, and for free.
You can go to http://www.wsmv.com/news/10380895/detail... and click on the video to see some coverage of the fire. | | |
| So, I went horseback riding today. My friend Emily took me over to the
MT arena to teach me how to ride. I'd been on a horse twice before, but
they were trail horses that just follow the horse in front of them. I
had a blast. It was such a neat feeling being up there on the horse and
'in control' of that massive animal.
I used to always think it
was kind of funny that cowboys wore tight pants. I knew kids in high
school that had horses and they always wore the cowboy cut Wranglers to
class. It never occurred to me why cowboys wear tight pants until
today. When a horse is trotting, there is a lot of bouncing going on.
To ride properly, you bounce with the horse, so that you don't beat
yourself up. You're constantly bouncing up and down on the saddle. So,
that's why cowboy's wear tight pants. And from now on, so will I. | | |
| For those of you that
get the Daily News Journal, look on today's (Sunday, October 8th) front
page. Look on the bottom half of the page and you'll see a good action
picture of me firefighting! Click http://www.dnj.com/news/pdf/frontpage.pdf to see the picture.
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| So out of sheer boredom and procrastination, I did as the talking box
told me to and went to eHarmony.com (the dating service) and filled out
all the information. So after a good 15-20 minutes of filling out all
the questions, this is what it came up with.
"eHarmony is based upon a complex matching
system developed through extensive research with married couples. One of the requirements for successful matching is that participants fall within certain defined profiles. If we find that we will not be able to match a user using these profiles, we feel it is only fair to inform them early in the process.We are so convinced of the importance of creating compatible matches to help people establish happy, lasting relationships that we sometimes choose not to provide service rather than risk an uncertain match. Unfortunately, we are not able to make our profiles work for you. Our matching model could not accurately predict with whom you would be best matched. This occurs for about 20% of potential users, so 1 in 5 people simply will not benefit from our service. We hope that you understand, and we regret our inability to provide service for you at this time." Maybe I'm just too cool for their system or something. | | |
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