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Throughout life, God has blessed me with many things. I've traveled to 39 out of 50 states. Although I doubt I could live anywhere other than Massachusetts, I enjoyed Wyoming and Alaska. The Midnight Sun is amazing to see, and people are very eccentric in Alaska. I've also visited Europe many times: Menton, France is my favorite. As of this writing, I've held 43 different jobs. I've bounced around a lot too, living 22 different places since I was born.

I've raised $29,387.11 for different charities over 18 years. The Walk for Hunger, the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, the Overnight for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Run to Home Base to support our troops are just a few fundraisers I've worked with.

I am very proud that I obtained my Associate of Science in Graphic Design - Print from Mount Wachusett Community College in 2011. Although I suffered long depressions each semester, God taught me not to quit and I earned a 3.84 GPA and won the Curriculum Award for highest GPA in my major. I graduated with Highest Honors. I started my own freelance company called, "All for the Lord."

It has been a tough life in some respects. I attempted suicide in 2005 and left Engineering because of that in 2007. I ended up on SSDI (Social Security Disability) for Bipolar Disorder I. During my time in the wilderness I worked many, many part-time minimum wage jobs or less. In 2012, I was unemployed for six months straight and lived off Project Bread food pantries. I ended up in low income housing for over a year. Taking Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University classes taught me how to live within my means and save money. I started paying for cars in cash. I bought my first one for $1,500, a 1995 Toyota Corolla that lasted two years. The Mass Rehab Commission and the MassHire Career Center paid for CAD and CNC training, which eventually landed me back in Engineering in 2017. Once back in Engineering, I got off SSDI, something that less than 1% accomplish.

As I gained momentum, all my family relationships improved. I never expected that, but had I known it could happen I would have prayed for it. As of this writing, I have seven nieces and nephews. I am the favorite uncle. After the ten year gap, I returned to Mechanical Engineering in 2017. Engineering is less competive and more lucrative than Graphic Design. The bump up in salary and a flexible employer allowed me to follow my dream of making music. I took the Electronic Music Production classes at Cambridge based MMMMaven. This taught me Ableton Live and I composed some killer music, available at zedek.com. The process of making music is one of the most rewarding things I've ever done.

Throughout it all, I have seen the Lord's faithfulness to me. God saved my life at a point where I could have died. And since then, at every step of the way, God has worked to help me trust Him more and given me a more peaceful life. Things still alarm me, but I have like zero static in my life with other people. The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). I have found this to be increasingly true in my life as God frees me from all fear. When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone's way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them (Proverbs 16:7). These things may seem foreign to you now, but grab hold of the Lord and see if He just doesn't improve your life too.

And so that you know, the way to salvation is simple:

If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ~ Romans 10:9

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16

"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." ~ Romans 10:13

It's been a fun life and it is looking like it is going to continue.
That's my shtory and I'm shticking to it.
Stay tuned and Toon in'!