Getting to know you

[christserf]

Hello all,

I am starting this thread so that we as brothers and sisters in Christ can get to know each other better. In particular, right now, I want us to get to know Sadeyes better because she is in a lot of pain and needs people to share her burdens and help her to overcome them. I will give a short sketch of my life below. Feel free to ask me questions, even pointed questions. I think that we as brothers and sisters in Christ need to know each other and be accountable to each other.

I was born and raised mainly in the Midwest USA, though I did spend a lot of time traveling around. My dad was and is a street preacher, and he often took us with him when he preached from town to town. In 2003 our family moved by airplane to Anchorage, Alaska. We stayed there for about two months and then moved a little bit north to the small town of Wasilla (we've never liked big cities). The next year my dad, one of my older brothers, and I took a trip up to Fairbanks (which is in the middle of Alaska) to look for a place to live. Within days we were met by a brother in Christ who told us of another brother who owned some land outside of town, but he himself lived down in southern Alaska, and needed someone to watch the place. We agreed to live there, maintain his buildings, and improve the land. We moved the rest of the family up there in a matter of weeks. Since that time we have been raising gardens and some livestock, built a cabin, and harvested wild foods, especially blueberries. We continue to minister in Fairbanks and on the Internet. I maintain a website where we post our doctrinal teachings and have our own message board.

Let us all remember to keep Sadeyes in prayer, that she be healed body and soul, and that she learn to allow Jesus to solve her problems.

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

Thank you Christserf for taking the time to think about me and for introducing yourself.

It seems really strange to me to be writing about myself. It is not easy for me to do this, but here we go...

I was born in London where I grew up. My parents were both abusive towards me from the time that I was born. I had a very unhappy childhood with no happy memories at all.

Somehow I managed to go to university where I went on to graduate with a degree in education.

After some time working in London, I moved to Germany where I have lived ever since.

I like Germany very much. I like the open spaces, mountains, forests etc.
Before I became ill, I used to live life to the full with lots of friends and things to do.

I have been ill for a few years, but my condition is deteriorating, at times quite rapidly. I can no longer work and spend most of the day in bed, because of the pain. The doctors have said that there is nothing more that they can do for me ...

A couple of weeks ago, I decided that I had no quality of life anymore and that it would be better to be dead.

I decided to investigate suicidal techniques on the internet - well, if I was going to do it, I wanted to do it properly!

I don't know what happened next, but somehow (and I really don't know how), I ended up on this site, reading the Father's love letter and believing that it offered me some hope - so my suicide plans were put on hold!

Umm - that 's about all I can say at the moment.

Thank you for praying for me and for caring enough to want to know a little about my life.

 

[calluna]

Great Idea Christserf. Sadeyes, I have been following your story. I hope soon you can change your name to 'smiling' or 'happy eyes'. Yes?

I can be brief about my life, I was born in England and grew up there and I now live in the USA. God brought me here for a purpose, this is where I got saved.

I know about pain, and I know about hurt and being wounded and all those things that many of us can share. And I could tell you about my dysfunctional childhood, and the sordid lifestyle I led when I left home and all the trash from my past, the darkness I was in, the depression, the suicidal thoughts.

But my main story is this.....I was lost, but now I am found. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour, by His stripes I have been healed, He was wounded for my transgressions and my sins have been washed away. I am now a daughter of a King and He loves me unconditionally. I am a new creation in Christ Jesus, the old has gone the new is come.

If we seek Him we will
find Him, if we seek Him with all our heart, Jeremiah 29:13.
I sing praises to the Lord, He is worthy of all Honor and Praise. I am here because of His Grace and mercy extended to me. Something I did not deserve and I am eternally greatful to my Father in Heaven.

Sadeyes, you can be transformed, by the renewing of your mind.
Romans12:2. God can change us if we want to be changed.
Our transformation begins in our minds and our hearts, putting our faith in Jesus Christ and believing the Holy word of God. Read your bible daily. Accept it as truth. Believe the promises and blessings that God wants to give us as His children. And you will find in time your body and mind will heal, and you will see the purpose why you are still here living on this earth.

Numbers 6:24-26
"The Lord bless you and keep you
the LOrd make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
The Lord turn His face towards you and give you peace"

Love to you in Christ
Calluna

 

[Alicia]

Hi Sadeyes and everyone else.

Well I grew up in a single parent home in Trinidad (the Caribbean), with my mom and two older sisters. After my mother's job was burnt things were hard, I was much younger then but yes I do remember those times. I must say that I had a happy childhood although there were obstacles at times.

I went to school like everyone else started going to church around 13 but I was not a Christian. I stopped at age 15 because they wanted me to get baptised. At age 17 my aunt invited me to her home for vacation and I got saved there, it changed my life completely.

Not only were my life changed but I saw everyone in my mother's home also begin to prosper. They have all been blessed, I'm still praying for their salvation. I believe it will come!

Jesus is now my everything and I have served Him since 17, without ceasing. I cannot see myself surviving without Him. He is my good times and I do thank Him always for the bad times, because those times come to strengthen me.

God Bless you all!

 

[Chad]

Thank you Christserf for taking the time to think about me and for introducing yourself.

It seems really strange to me to be writing about myself. It is not easy for me to do this, but here we go...

I was born in London where I grew up. My parents were both abusive towards me from the time that I was born. I had a very unhappy childhood with no happy memories at all.

Somehow I managed to go to university where I went on to graduate with a degree in education.

After some time working in London, I moved to Germany where I have lived ever since.

I like Germany very much. I like the open spaces, mountains, forests etc.
Before I became ill, I used to live life to the full with lots of friends and things to do.

I have been ill for a few years, but my condition is deteriorating, at times quite rapidly. I can no longer work and spend most of the day in bed, because of the pain. The doctors have said that there is nothing more that they can do for me ...

A couple of weeks ago, I decided that I had no quality of life anymore and that it would be better to be dead.

I decided to investigate suicidal techniques on the internet - well, if I was going to do it, I wanted to do it properly!

I don't know what happened next, but somehow (and I really don't know how), I ended up on this site, reading the Father's love letter and believing that it offered me some hope - so my suicide plans were put on hold!

Umm - that 's about all I can say at the moment.

Thank you for praying for me and for caring enough to want to know a little about my life.

I suggest reading some books by Smartie Omartian. She talks a lot about her tough childhood also, including her abusive mother. Her stories seem similar to yours. Her stories are very powerful.

I don't know what happened next, but somehow (and I really don't know how), I ended up on this site

God loves you and brought you here to be counseled by the many that helped you. Glad He has brought you here.

 

[christserf]

Hello Sadeyes,

Well the snow is finally melting here in Alaska. We got our first rain of the year a few days ago. Soon we will be getting 15 hours of sunlight a day (unless it's cloudy, of course). We have many plants in pots indoors, near the window so that they can get sunlight. We also have a small greenhouse that we can put them in during the daytime. I've spent a lot of time cutting wood for next winter's firewood supply, and so that we will have more land available for gardening. I also intend to tap a couple of birch trees soon for birch sap, some of which we might turn into birch syrup.

My name is Elijah, what's yours?

So tell me, how old were you when you went to the university? How was your tuition paid? Where in Germany do you live? Do you ever go camping? Did you have any spiritual education before you found this website? Do you have any brothers or sisters? After you moved to Germany, how long did you work?

I care for you very much, sister, you are in my prayers.

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

Wow! - That is a lot of questions!!



I was 18 when I went to university and in those days, the British government paid for the tuition. Sadly, things have changed now and people have to pay more themselves which makes university education now only available to those who can afford it.

I live in north Germany and have done so for more than 10 years. I worked all the time until last year.

I have one brother, but have no contact with him nowadays.

I used to go camping, but not any more!!

Spiritual education??? - Ummm - A long story, but very negative so I don't want to go into details here!

Thank you for caring and thank you for your prayers.

 

[christserf]

Hello Sadeyes,

I'm sorry that I haven't been able to get into town much recently, even so this post has to be short. Do know that we still care about you.

Do you believe that Jesus Christ is God? If yes, how did you come to this belief?

Do you believe that Jesus Christ can forgive you and take you to heaven? If yes, do you desire to be forgiven and taken to heaven?

Do you believe that Jesus Christ is able to perform that which He said He could do?

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

Thank you for the post and thank you for the time that it took you to write it.



The good news is that the answer to all of your questions is

"YES!"



If I have understood what you have written in your post correctly, it sounds as though you only have access to a computer when you are in town. Is that right? How far is town from your home? How often do you get to town?

Take care of yourself

:star:

 

[christserf]

Hello Sadeyes:

The good news is that the answer to all of your questions is

"YES!"

Great! But you missed one:

If yes, how did you come to this belief? (that Jesus Christ is God)

If I have understood what you have written in your post correctly, it sounds as though you only have access to a computer when you are in town. Is that right? How far is town from your home? How often do you get to town?

Yes, that is correct. Home is about 30 miles (48 km) from Fairbanks (town). I usually get to town about once or twice a week, but currently I will be coming in more often because I need to research legal matters.

Soon the ground will no longer freeze at night and then we will be able to put our plants in the ground. Our tomato plants are about one foot tall. My experiment with tapping birches has hit a snag, insects are drawn to the sugars in the sap and die in the buckets. I tried putting a plastic shroud around the tree, but they still got through. When I have time, I'm going to try to put a tube from the tap directly into a jug, and make the seals airtight; that should work.

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

Hi

You wrote:

"how did you come to this belief? (that Jesus Christ is God)"

That was not difficult for me to believe, but to explain how I came to this belief is too hard for me. Sorry

I had an amazing day yesterday and have taken further steps in forgiving my abusers. It is a good feeling and a miracle that I could never have imagined happening without God.



I really enjoy hearing about your life and what you are doing. It is so different to my life, but no better nor worse, just different.

 

[christserf]

Hello:

I pray that one day you will be strong enough to bear your grief and share your story of receiving the Good News.

1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

I am glad to hear that you are learning to forgive. It is a vital thing to do in order to serve Christ.

I am always happy to share the blessings of what Jesus is doing in our lives. I praise Yahweh that for years now I have been able to live in a clean forest, breathing clean air, drinking clean water, and not being bombarded with the temptations of the world. I have found it so much easier to resist the cares of this world when I'm not constantly being exposed to people who want me to fall.

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

I have always been an active person who loves being in the open air. I love the natural world - rivers, forests, mountains etc. I loved walking particularly in the countryside, by the sea etc.

That is one of the many reasons why it is so hard being ill and not being able to do the things that I used to love to do. We all take health for granted until it is taken away from us.

The good news is that I have been able to spend more time out of bed in the past few days (and have even spent time in the garden) than I have been able to do for a long time. The garden might not be quite the same as the rivers, forests and mountains, but it is a million times better than my bedroom!!!!!!! (which in itself is fine, but had become more like a prison).

We are having glorious weather here in Germany - blue skies and lots of sunshine. That certainly gives everybody a feel good factor.

 

[christserf]

Hello Apples,

We were able to keep the plants outside last night and it didn't freeze. Soon we'll be able to put plants into the ground, and then the real intense work will begin. Since winter lasts so long the cycle of life here is basically to spend summer preparing for winter and spend winter recuperating from summer. I love every minute of it. It means that in summer time there's always something to do and in winter time you're free to do as you wish (pretty much).

Of course we still take Sabbath, all-year round.

Exd 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

We are having wonderful, but weird weather in Germany. Yesterday it was 29 degrees centigrade (I don't know if you measure temperature in centigrade in Alaska, but if you don't - THAT IS HOT!!!). Now everybody here is happy about the blue skies, sunshine and heat, but what has become of the traditional weather that we used to have, where there were 4 distinct seasons? I love this weather, don't get me wrong, BUT IT IS ONLY APRIL!!!!! Traditionally, April is the season for showers - well, we haven't seen a drop of rain in weeks!!!!!!!!

I hope that you don't mind me asking. but, are you Jewish? I notice that you refer to Yahweh and the Sabbath?

Have a good day!

:star::rainbow::rose:

 

[christserf]

Hello Apple,

We're also getting dry weather here in Alaska. We got less than half of the normal snowfall over the winter and so far have only seen a few drops of rain during April. Anyday now it will stop freezing over night.

No, I'm not Jewish, but I do believe in hallowing the Father's Name and keeping the Sabbath:

Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest (sabbatismos, keeping of sabbath) to the people of God.

I'll hear from you later,

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[Apple]

Hi

People are loving the wonderful weather here in Germany, but some are now getting concerned that we haven't had rain for two months. This is worrying as Spring is the time when we have rain before the summer comes.

Ummmm!

Pros and cons with everything, I guess!

 

[christserf]

We got a little rain a few days ago. Not much, but it was welcome.

One thing that I've heard on the national news that concerns me is that bees are disappearing in massive numbers. If this continues there could be massive crop failure seeing as the bees won't be there to pollinate the plants. So far I've only heard that this is affecting North America, have you heard anything about this?

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

 

[SpiritLedEd]

We got a little rain a few days ago. Not much, but it was welcome.

One thing that I've heard on the national news that concerns me is that bees are disappearing in massive numbers. If this continues there could be massive crop failure seeing as the bees won't be there to pollinate the plants. So far I've only heard that this is affecting North America, have you heard anything about this?

In Yahweh's Love and Truth,

Christ's Serf

The story about bees dying in great numbers in North America is true. I saw it several days ago on CNN.com. I don't think that the U. S. Department of Agriculture has a clue as to what the cause is.

SLE

 

[I.am.blessed]

I'm Hannah (as you may know by now).

I struggle every day with depression, social anxiety, and Asperger's Syndrome, and I see a therapist once every two weeks.

I often wonder why God loves me even though I am a procrastinator, completely lazy, an emotional eater, an ex-atheist, and amazingly self-centered.

The local library is my favorite place to spend my free time (other than my house, that is). I love to just idly browse the books there. It's so peaceful and quiet, perfect for an introvert like me.

I am only now about to get my driver's license, at age 19-almost-20. I used to be terrified of driving, but through almost-constant practice, I've been able to (mostly) overcome that fear.

Any questions, comments, etc.?