LET ME TELL YOU A SECRET. MANY PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT WHILE
I APPEAR AS A OUTGOING AND SOCIAL INDIVIDUAL, IN REALITY, I’M AN INTROVERT. FOR
THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS I ENJOY BEING BY MYSELF MORE THAN BEING
WITH PEOPLE. THAT’S ACTUALLY ONLY A HALF TRUTH. I CAN, NEED AND THRIVE ON
SOCIAL CONTACT. BUT I ALWAYS GET RECHARGED AND DRAW STRENGTH FROM DOING THINGS
LIKE READING, WRITING, AND MY FAVORITE, STUDYING. BASICALLY I’M A SUPER SOCIAL NERD!
I HAVE MANY FIELDS OF STUDY, SOME SURPRISING SO. FOR
EXAMPLE, I AM A HUGE HISTORY FAN. MY SPECIALTY IS KNOWING TRIVIA ABOUT EVERY
WAR OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE WEAPONS AND VEHICLES USED,
AS WELL AS THE MAJOR PERSONALITIES INVOLVED. I KNOW PLENTY ABOUT TROOP
MOVEMENTS, AND THE STRATEGIC PLANS THEY USED. YOU’D THINK THAT I SHOULD HAVE
GONE TO WEST POINT OR ANNAPOLIS AFTER HS, OR AT LEAST ENROLLED IN THE MILITARY.
SADLY NEITHER THING HAPPENED TO ME. I ALWAYS BELIEVED SOMEDAY ALL OF THIS
“KNOWLEDGE” WILL BE USED FOR SOMETHING GREAT.
ANOTHER AREA I HAVE READ AND STUDIED EXTENSIVELY IS THE
REBIRTH AND RISE OF PENTECOSTALISM IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY. I
HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN GOD USED TO IGNITE THE FIRES OF
PENTECOST HERE IN THE US AND OVERSEAS. IT’S BEEN AMAZING HOW THESE ORDINARY
PEOPLE BECAME EXTRAORDINARY WHEN GOD IMPARTED HIS POWER AND ABILITY IN THEM.
YOU RARELY HEAR ABOUT THESE GREAT MODERN DAY HEROES OF THE FAITH THESE DAYS.
WHERE ARE THE MODERN DAY BILLY SUNDAYS, THE JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIES, THE MARY
WOODSWORTH EDDERS, THE SMITH WIGGLESWORTHS?
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