My life Story (anybody like MXPX?) thus far anyways

 First off, this will help things as i go along, I was born to an American dad and a German mom, and due to the laws of both countries, I have duel citizenship, which has been a huge blessing.

    My parents were both part of a missionary organization called The Covenant Players, they still exist today and they travel by van all around the country and do Christian plays at any church, school, retirement center or whatever they can book. They are a worldwide  organization My mom joined in Germany, and my dad joined in the States. My mom was then transferred to the USA and my parents met there. So I've grown up in a (somewhat) bilingual Christian household. But my faith didn't become mine until one day, I randomly stumbled across the audio book version of Son of a Preacherman by Jay Bakker . The book which I later got the paperback version of, radically changed my outlook on Christianity, My faith became my own and I started to have passions. It was also around this time that I decided that one day I wanted to be a youth pastor. That next year, I began down what would be the next life changing thing in my life, I started to get into Hardcore music. Zao, Project 86 and Norma Jean were the first bands I got into. As I began to listen to NJ's Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child, I also began to look up to the lead singer. Which led me that summer to pick up The Chariot's first album. Which i fell in love with. That next year in school I started dating my first serious girlfriend and started going to shows. One show in particular would change my life in the long run. It was P.O.D, Pillar, The Chariot and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. There I met a member of the band Wrench In The Works, who i would bump into randomly over the course of the next 2 years. (but more on that later)

    At the end of that school year,  two things happened, first my girlfriend broke up with me via email, and so utterly depressed by it, I decided to get plastered, but there was no booze in the house, so I stayed sober. It was at this point that I became straight edge, reasoning that, if that;s my first impulse, then I;d beter just not start drinking. Second, tipped off by the fact that I failed completely, my mom came to conclusion that school was not for me. So She suggested that I take a year off and figure my life out, but not at home, In Austria. That summer I turned 16, and after much prayer and blessing from my youth pastors mentors and friends. I decided to take the year off and go to Austria. There I worked at a Bible school doing maintenance, grounds upkeep, and construction. The first 3-4 months were ok, but in February, a few things led me to spiral into a deep depression. First was the homesickness, I didn't have any very good friends there, and second I developed an unhealthy and deep crush/attachment to a girl some 8 years older than me. The last few months there I dealt with depression, mania and panic attacks. Near the end I all but cut myself from contact with the others there I would wake up eat breakfast work, eat lunch, work some more, skip dinner and shower and hang out in my room until I decided to go to sleep. A few things kept me sane, one were weekly calls with my mentor, the other thing was music, specifically The Chariot's Fiancee and mewithoutYou's Brother, Sister.

    In May of 07, I came back home and my life returned to normalcy. That next summer I officially dropped out of school and began to study for my GED. Which I took and passed. The start of the next school year I began to intern at my church under my two youth pastors. And I was the best man at my best friend's wedding. The next summer I went on a missions trip to Germany with my church's college ministry and found out about a program with the church there, where I, in a very hands on way get a theology degree. More on that in a bit.

Remember how I met that band Wrench In The Works?  Well at the end of the summer, they told em they needed a roadie. So I quit my job at Subway, and embarked on a total (not all at once) of 2 or 3 months of touring.  I traveled the country and met some of the most awesome people, made some of my closest friends, learned a ton and grew up a lot. I got back from tour at the end of November.

      The next few months I geared up to move to Germany. I moved here in March and I've become a leader in both youth groups at the church here. I am currently job less (I think I'm just lazy) but I'm loving it. G-d provides. 3 weeks ago, I began dating the most emotionally damged girl I could possibly find, but yesterday we decided to take a break, she was not ready for a relationship, she just has too much baggage at she needs to work through. So here, I am. I can't wait to see what happens next.