which surrounded me. But it all changed in a blink of an eye. Our house burned down on Feb.4‚ 2008 and my Grandfather died on March 6‚ 2008 due to colon cancer. This sequence of events‚ awaken me from the depths of my blindness to reality. And those incidents changed my life and my views in life; I have opened my heart and mind to God. Who never ceased to abandon me and my family in times of problems and difficulties. Because of those incidents a lot in my personality changed as well my views in life
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My Catholic faith has impacted and influenced my growth‚ making me the person I am today in a variety of ways. The Catholic community’s warm and welcoming embrace has always been something I admired. Through sacrifice and service‚ the Catholic faith has helped to bring me closer to God. Helping those in need has always been something I strived to do. While I had done many different services around my parish and elementary school‚ especially with summer events‚ high school helped to open up many
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What the experience taught me? Everyone has many different experiences in his or her childhood. One of the experiences might affect him or her whole life. If this deep impression is a good experience‚ you could learn a lesson form it. Even it could change your thinking or cultivates positive values and look at things in a proper way. On the other hand‚ if that deep impression is a bad experience‚ you might start to feel afraid of something or someone. In my case‚ I have an experience I have never
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wrote‚ “what matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” That fire I had to walk through was anxiety. While anxiety most certainly had a negative impact on my life‚ it is through this experience in which new doors were and still are opening for me. My experience with anxiety helped me become the person that I am. Initially‚ my anxiety began sophomore year of high school. No longer was
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My unexpected experience Last month was horrible. My Dad had gotten sick. My family and I thought it was nothing but the flu because when he gets it‚ it always hits him harder than us kids; he is usually laid up in bed for about a week. When the week passed and he was still severely sick‚ we knew something was really wrong. That same day we noticed he was spitting up blood‚ his fever wasn ’t breaking‚ and he could barely move. My sister Brittany and I tried to get him to go to the hospital but
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John Winkel My Life Experiences "I‚ (state your full name)‚ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies‚ foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me‚ according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” This is the oath that every person joining
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My Salvation Experience My Father Was 62 Years of Age and My Mother was 16 Years Old when I was Born . My Father was appointed full custody of me at the age of 7 Years Old. I was repeatedly Touched Inappropriately‚ it started to occur every day and then 4 to 5 times a week until finally I was raped. I would hurt so badly‚ Emotionally‚ Mentally‚ and Physically. My only way to cope with the pain was to drink. My father had liquor Cabinet‚ I started to steal his whiskey and
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It was cold and dark passage; the walls were covered with a slimy film. My sneakers slid with each flimsy step‚ making me wish I had better brand sneakers with better grip. I reached for a support trying to keep my balance. As we entered a deep cave like passage we heard echoes of laughter and giggles. We had reached our destination for camping Golconda Fort. The large fort had dark rooms. Our guide pointed her flash-light into a murky passage followed by a small room. She shocked us by picking
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- by a female friend. While in the church I heard the gospel preached to me and was deeply moved by the words I heard. I responded to the alter call made by the preacher and was told am now born again. After my initial encounter I did not attend any church service at the church where I got born again despite numerous follow up attempts by the church members. I continued to live my normal life almost forgetting my experience at the church‚ however once in a while I still attend church services randomly
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My grandfather was a military trauma surgeon. My parents used to tell me the story of how he saved many lives during the Second World War. I was fascinated to see his name in the Martyr Hall of Honor. At a grass root level this was my childhood inspiration of being a Doctor. I have travelled and studied in my places in the world‚ namely: Qatar‚ India‚ Oman‚ UK‚ and Canada. In each of these countries I saw a diverse cultural community. My exposure to people from all these countries led to be open
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