Hey everyone,

I just wanted to fill y'all in on what's been happening in my life these past few weeks. I am all done with the RA training and I will be finding out if I got the position on Tuesday the 22 of February. I believe I did very well in all the diffrent areas of evaluation and I think I stand a good chance of becoming on RA for next year. So be praying for that whole situation, and if I don't get it pray that I would just use this as a learning experience to better myself as a leader. I am having a hard time with my classes, my history class to be exact, it is kicking my but and I am a history major! I am going to more than likely drop my english class because it is too hard and the teacher stinks! Third Day and the David Crowder Band put on an awsome concert this Friday at College for a Weekend; I was on the front row right next to the stage. I saw them up close and personal, I touched Mac Powel's hand and got some awsome pictures. I am still a little def from having the speakers in my ear all night long. My buddy Chase flew up to see me and go to the concert this weekend, it was so nice to see him because I have been a little homesick as of late. I had my first birthday away from home and it was really nice but I did miss seeing my family on my birthday though. Me and Chase went to the Lacross game, watched the dunk team practice, played pool, watched the girls basketball game, and went out to eat for my late birthday at Buffalo Wild Wings. Also weighing hard on my sholders is my position as an SLD, it is getting hard for some reason; my PL's a great dont get me wrong but it's just that it is taking a toll on me to be there leader right now. I feel tired and unhappy, my joy is not were it needs to be; I know it has something to do with the fact that I am having trouble with the consistency I spend in the Word. It is hard somtimes when you feel like your in a box and your all alone and there is no one you think will understand or will actually listen to what you have to say. I feel left out sometimes, even when I am included; I know it sounds werid but thats how I feel. My best friends here both have girlfriends and I dont get to hang out with them as much, I know its a fact of life and I need a girlfriend but both of those are hard to deal with. Well I found out today that my belief that my granny was going to recover from her cancer opperation and be able to move on with her life as a cancer free woman is actually going to be a little more difficult or impossible. They were able to cut out the whole tumor and all of the cancer but they found more cancer in her lungs, and because of the type of cancer she has you have to cut it out, it cannot be killed with radiation or cemo therapy. Because of this you cannot kill the cancer because it is in the lungs and it will spread fast and kill her. I am having a hard time with this and I am glad she is a Christian, but it is still a heavy burden on my heart so I could use all of y'alls love, support, and prayers. I love you guys and I hope you are doing great.

In Him,

Shane

Hi everybody,

It has been a rough couple of weeks up here at Liberty University. I have just been down in the dumps about a whole lot of things lately, it feels like my whole world is crashing down around me.My mom is still pretty sick and I know she is not taking her medicin and I need to put her into the hospital. The thing that sucks is that the one thing that is keeping her going it the fact that I am comming home for Christmas to spend it with her, and she cannot do it if she is in the hospital. My uncle tryed to kill himself because his wife lost a lot of weight and thinks she is hott now (she is not!) and wants to she other men. My Granny may have cancer again and it is the type of cancer that you can only cut out and you just cannot keep cutting on someone for very long. When I went home for Thanksgiving I felt like a visitor in my own home, I have no room at either house; it is either my sister's room now or my stuff is all boxed up. So I feel like Liberty is my home now and that sucks because my home is this little 15 by 15 room were all I do is work on papers, and the one thing that made this place feel like home to me is my best friend Mike, who is like a brother to me, is now leaving to go back home to school. It is tearing me apart to know that he will not be here anymore and that I am losing my best friend. I am almost afraid to even try and be that good of a friend to anyone else so I do not feel this hurt ever again. I love this school, it is a gift from God but I do feel lonely sometimes, a lot of my close friends have girlfriends and do not hang out with me as much and do not lean on me first; I do not want to lean on someone unless they are leaning on me to, a mutual friendship you know. School work is pilling up and I have to buckle down in my New Testament and philsophy classes because I am in danger of getting D's in them both. I have never had so much trouble with classes before! I am so consumed by my school work it feels like I am neglecting my Spiritual Life Director ministry on the hallway and its like it is becoming like a job rather than a ministry to me. I am hurting in my devotions, I was once at 45 minutes and now I am lucky to get to 10 or 15 minutes. I miss home but then I remember this is home and I get sad, I want to go home for Christmas and then I remember I will be going back to Shirley Hills for Christmas Eve service alone and with out my family, again. It hurts to see all the families all dressed up and me to be there wishing that mine were with me. Please just pray for me to be able to get through this week and next so I can get back home safely and just relax and chill out for a change. I love you all and I miss you so much, and for all yall here at Liberty I am so glad God has put you in my life.

In Him,

Shane

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to say hi to everyone before I get so consumed with work before the the Thanksgiving break gets here. I am having a great time up here, my ministry with the hall as the Spiritual Life Director is really taking off. I love my guys, they are awsome and a blessing from God. I am also begining to apply for the RA position for 06-07 school year. It will be awsome and I also get $7,400 to do it and have fun doing it as well! I also wanted to say even though I am "hundreds" of miles away from home I am so very blesses to be able to call SHBC my home. I have been blesses in so many ways to be able to call you all my friends and my bothers and sisters in Christ, you mean the world to me. I hope and pray that God would continue to raise up and call out leaders to step up or return to the boby and lead in their own special way. We are all members of one amazing body, the Body of Christ and in that body we are unstopable! Do not magnify your problems magnify your God and you will see your faith grow and God move in your midst. I would encourage you all, who ever you are to read Hebrews 12, it is a great chapter and Paul hits the nail on the head here. Keep it up guys and press on and soon you will see great things happen among you and never forget you are living in the workings of a miracle right now, but do not let a new building spark your faith or your faith will soon flicker and burn out because new buildings always become old buildings. I love you all, each and every one of you for who you are, my borthers and sisters in Christ. Before I go one of my best buddies grandmothers died and please pray for him, the funeral was on his birthday. His name is Mike and I know he would love to have your prayers.

In Him,

Shane

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I am comming home on the 18th of November!!!