2008.09.05.Friday:
Dear friends and family: how are you doing? Greetings from me, Joseph Scott Arnold, your friend, brother, and former employee.
If we had the time, if you do not already know, I would tell you about how I was born and raised in Forest Grove, Oregon, USA, into a broken family, into a trailer, into personal setbacks, and yet, beyond all that, somehow, my mom home-schooled me until public high-school. Right after that, I was a student at the Word Of Life Bible Institute, in Pottersville, New York, for two years, 2004-2006. That followed with my transfer to the Appalachian Bible College, in Bradley, West Virginia, for the 2006-2007 school-year, then I came back home to save my mom, physically and financially. Somehow, after that, I volunteered with the Revolution Hawaii mission-team, in Hawaii, sponsored by The Salvation Army, during the 2007-2008 school-year. Plus, this summer, of 2008, was my fourth year, in a row, as a youth camp counselor.
Currently, I am back at home, where it all started, inside this broken twenty-five year-old trailer, alongside my abusive father (Donald Arnold), who is a heavy drinker, and his "disabled" girl-friend, Debbie Dove. What am I going to do with my life? I was planning on doing something but I disqualified myself from that, or something happened. Therefore, here is my plan, I think, as of right now: I am trying to move into my sister’s (Crystal) old apartment, for $350/month, in Portland, Oregon, because she is moving out of there in a couple of weeks, around October of 2008. Therefore, I am looking for a job (around there) in the field of youth work, at best, or in the field of web-design, journalism, acting, movie-production, art, teaching, or even telecommunications.
If you would like to be on my spiritual support team, to simple pray for me, to simple say that you care, and nothing more, then just let me know, free of charge.
If you would like to be one of my references, on my job resume, as a friend, relative, acquaintance, enemy, employee, or employer, then let me know, free of charge. If you were to ask me about this, about my job resume, about why I would be putting together a list of job-references, this way, then I would tell you that it never hurts to have too many references! If you were to be one of my job-references, you would be given the freedom or requirement to be honest about me, about what you think about me, what you do not like about me, what I can improve on, what you hate about me, what you do not like so much about me, what you really feel about me from deep inside me, and all, because I need this, I need to get better, I need to learn, and all!
Yours truly, through Jesus:
Joseph Scott Arnold:
3839 Pacific 163: Forest Grove, OR 97116
Cell: 503-367-4695
L4oj@yahoo.com; http://l4r.blogspot.com
By the way, if you were curious at all, this summer, I started teaching myself some guitar and piano: because I have a passion for music ministry. And during this past year, I have been learning about fear (of the Lord), about reference, about respect, about taking life serious, because I really do want to make a difference by being a difference! The older I get, the more people tell me that I have a gift with working with kids! At this point in my life, I am praying to God for direction because I want to give God all I got and do all that I can for Him. I feel like this is the biggest transitional period in my life, ever, which is scary and yet very exciting, too! I do not want to mess up with this crossroad, in my life, as I can go anywhere, right now! I feel so strange to be out of college, right now, and I want to return to it. But at the same time, I just want to be out there, reading children books to kids, making movies for kids, writing books for kids, drawing pictures for them, researching some more about them and about better ways of reaching them, and planting seeds in that big grand harvest out there (especially since the youth are the future, and they are key for the present, too)! That is what I am all about: but my transformation would not be possible without all of you people: I owe a big thank you to you, and to a lot of people out there: to my mom (and even to my dad), to family, to Katie Arnold, to relatives, to the Williams, to the Moreheads, to friends, to the Bishops, to church friends, to the Gassers, to Pete Steele, and his family, to the Koelbls, to my high-school friends, to Kari Herinckx, to Ander E, to an endless list of others, to my college friends, to everybody at the Word Of Life Bible Institute, in New York, to Ric Garland, and his family, to Tom Davis, to Marshall Wicks, to those at Appalachian Bible College, to the Andersons, to the many teachers there, and to the many friends from there, and then to my new friends and family within the busy revolutionary world of The Salvation Army, to the Collins, to Lincoln and Fulton Hawk, and their friends and family, to Rob Noland and his family and friends, to the Saunders, friends, Hawaiians, Kealoha Irvine, and to the Revolution Hawaii mission-team program that I was on!
If you are interested in being on the financial support team, for Revolution Hawaii (but not for me, at all, since I am no longer on that team), then send your checks to the following address, made payable to The Salvation Army:
Revolution Hawaii: (for their support): 2950 Manoa Road: Honolulu, HI 96822
rob@revolutionhawaii.com; http://revolutionhawaii.co
If you are interested in forming a foundation to your life, in forming lifelong friendships, in studying God's Word, and in getting hands-on ministry opportunities at reaching-out, at making a difference in this world, then take a look at my most favorite college in this world, the Word Of Life Bible Institute, in New York:
Adam Cook: Dean of Enrollment Management (at Word Of Life Bible Institute):
Office: (518) 494-1454: AdamCook@wol.org; http://www.wol.org/biblei/
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