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| Location: Bakersfield, CA |
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Name: Joey (The Hubby)
Started Attending church: July 23, 2005 at Valley Bible Fellowship
Walking with God since: August 2005
Ministries I highly recommend if your desire is to get plugged in: Mighty Men
Self Description: Otter/Golden Retriever. Pretty easy going. Like to know my surroundings. Like to be in the middle of things. Love to serve -- with Team Nazarene, under Mitch. I've come a long way but still have a long way to go.
Name: Alex (The Wife-ee)
Started attending church in 2004
Walking with God since 2005
Attending Valley Bible Fellowship Since: Winter 2005 (just before I married My Love)
Self Description: A Beaver. Mostly an observer until I feel "safe" enough around people to open up a little bit more (like in the case of my Video Room homies who've had a little insight into my goofy side, right guys?). I feel I can learn so much more from people by watching them interact with others.
Favorite Lyric of the Day:
I am full of earth
You are heaven's worth
I am stained with dirt
Prone to depravity
You are everything that is bright and clean
The antonym of me
You are divinity
But a certain sign of grace is this
From the broken earth
Flowers come up pushing through the dirt
Our Story: "For Every Good Girl There's a Bad Boy." When Joey and I met, we each had different lives. He was married. I was engaged and living with someone else. He was a believer, I was not. He was just a friend from work who would bug me from time to time, nothing more. We didn't speak much after he left the company until through mutual friends he found out that I had broken it off with my then fiance. At the same time he was in the middle of a seperation from his wife. He was also in the process of backsliding. We had lunch one day, and the rest was history.
We started a relationship despite his legally married status (not my proudest moment). We had a rough 3 years mostly because he was a heavy drinker. Although I wasn't a Christian (I was raised a Jehovah's Witness) I still knew that I deserved better. Sometimes he would disappear after an argument and not re-appear for a few days. A friend of mine at the time suggested that he was doing drugs. "Not Joey!" I thought, "He wouldn't!" I couldn't have been more wrong. I never knew that Joey used drugs. He was either very good at hiding it or I was very naive. After three years I couldn't take that lifestyle anymore and I broke it off. At the same time I started attending a Christian church called Crossroads. Every Sunday I was faithful and eventually I decided I wanted that lifestyle for myself. I lost contact with Joey -- changed my number and everything.
It was on a Wednesday I believe that he decided to visit VBF. He was so convicted by what Pastor Ron spoke about that he decided it was time to reconnect with God. He was still using Meth at the time, but he was determined to break his addiction. He came to see me at work and he shared his experience with me. Despite what my mind was telling me, I knew in my heart that he was a good man and that he could be so much more. I started attending Wednesday nights at VBF at his request and Sundays I was still going to my own church.
Was it easy? No. We went through a lot during that time of purging, but God was there in our midst. In fact, it was on VBF grounds, sitting on a couple of boulders one night that Joey and I decided to leave the past behind us and only look forward to a new life together. It was important for us to make a conscious decision that we would never bring up the past. Looking at numbers, it doesn't seem like too long ago. But looking at what our lives are now and what they were then it seems like a lifetime ago. I'm so thankful to God for the restoration he has brought into our lives. Every day he shows us little snapshots into the even better things he has in store for us. Will there be challenges? Of course. He never said it would be easy. He only said we'd never go alone. | | Interests | | Television |
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how much do you want for the clothes that is my daughters next size up and I could use it for the kids at work (Probation Department) I am a family advocate I hook up the family with basic needs.
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We have never ever gone on a Sunday Morning we are too involved but we leave from Valley. So we go to the IHP underground on Sunday evening it used to be on every other Sunday but it is awesome. I wish we could go every Sunday. I only went once and my sister when twice and we want to go again for the lecre concert. It is nothing but hip hop and the pastors are choreographers. They are so cool and the Word is Right On too. I have the CD if you ever wanna hear it. check out their videos on God tube search for In His Presence or IHP. We totally recommend you visit. |
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Alex looked so cute at church this Sunday. Pregnant mommas are so blessed.
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NOoooo WAaaaaY! That is so wonderful! that your
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hey joey....it's good to see you up in here....keep servin the Lord! be blessed bro!
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Wow Alex, for someone that has a hard time meeting others "as you say", you have totally stepped out in faith and poured out your heart. I love you for the tenderness in your heart. Your spirit shines and I sit here thinking how God has an awesome way of opening a person's eyes. My sister Shelly and I have been saying the same and not doing what we say we are going to do. We get excited, yet do nothing come Monday. Thank you! God's Blessings. I love you bunches.
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November 01, 2007 |
hey there joey, just wanted to say that u did good 2night. just need to work on ur acting skills some more. don't get stage fright. its ok we'll laugh just a little. ;) ok see u sunday bright and early. always faye
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The pirate ship is lookin' awesome...can't wait to see the finished product!
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Hey you guys,
Alex I see you serve in the A/V team I serve in the Childrens A/V team. Cool! Joey I saw you the other day @ Childrens ministry meeting you are going to make our big prop! Cool to see you all around these parts! Keep up the good service! |
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