Hi - I'm Amanda
Hello! My name is Amanda
and I am 20 [*edit out date*] and my story is like so many people. I was born into a Christian home (my father is a pastor) and raised to be a Christian. Off and on in my life I had Mt. Tops and I had deep valleys and sometimes I just easy roads ahead. When I was in my early teens (12 or 13) I made the choice to be rebatized (I was baptized as an infant). But not long after that I drifted away. I had small spurts here and there but nothing big until this past May (2007) when I felt my Father really tugging on my heart and pulling me back into his fold. I followed. Not long after I married (June 2007) and life was good. My husband and I were happy. I was happy and secure in my faith - though being tested left and right. In August my husband who is Army was given a warning that there was a chance for a deployment to Afghanistan but no one took it seriously. In September he came home with the news he was going to Iraq 
and it wasn't a joke. October he was gone training and I really started to feel tested. I begged God to please just give me the strength to get through things and to keep the nightmares away and He got me through. Brett came home and we had just over a month together. He deployed the end of November to Iraq for 6-18 months and this last month has been a test for me. I've felt very distant from God and very hurt. It has felt like that He really isn't here for me - but part of me never gave up (thanks to some help from people from another forum who brought me here) and I know He never gave up on me. I won't say things are perfect but things are better. I can pray again - and I hope to feel peace when I open my Bible.
Anyway that is my story in a nut shell but here are some odds and ends
I'm a full time college student majoring in History and minoring in Sociology. I love NFL (American) football (GOOO TITANS!) My parents are divorced but both found new spouses - as a result though I have 5 siblings I am close too, 1 that I know, and 2 that I have met once. My husband, Brett, is 23 and like I said in the Army. We have two kitties (our furbabies) KP and Tink. Um and thats about it
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Hello! My name is Amanda
and I am 20 [*edit out date*] and my story is like so many people. I was born into a Christian home (my father is a pastor) and raised to be a Christian. Off and on in my life I had Mt. Tops and I had deep valleys and sometimes I just easy roads ahead. When I was in my early teens (12 or 13) I made the choice to be rebatized (I was baptized as an infant). But not long after that I drifted away. I had small spurts here and there but nothing big until this past May (2007) when I felt my Father really tugging on my heart and pulling me back into his fold. I followed. Not long after I married (June 2007) and life was good. My husband and I were happy. I was happy and secure in my faith - though being tested left and right. In August my husband who is Army was given a warning that there was a chance for a deployment to Afghanistan but no one took it seriously. In September he came home with the news he was going to Iraq and it wasn't a joke. October he was gone training and I really started to feel tested. I begged God to please just give me the strength to get through things and to keep the nightmares away and He got me through. Brett came home and we had just over a month together. He deployed the end of November to Iraq for 6-18 months and this last month has been a test for me. I've felt very distant from God and very hurt. It has felt like that He really isn't here for me - but part of me never gave up (thanks to some help from people from another forum who brought me here) and I know He never gave up on me. I won't say things are perfect but things are better. I can pray again - and I hope to feel peace when I open my Bible. Anyway that is my story in a nut shell but here are some odds and ends
I'm a full time college student majoring in History and minoring in Sociology. I love NFL (American) football (GOOO TITANS!) My parents are divorced but both found new spouses - as a result though I have 5 siblings I am close too, 1 that I know, and 2 that I have met once. My husband, Brett, is 23 and like I said in the Army. We have two kitties (our furbabies) KP and Tink. Um and thats about it
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