It's about time!!

Hey Fam!!

Sooo I don't think I have ever posted on here... Or if I did it was a longggg time ago. So I think it's time for an update! I was looking threw our Kaleo yearbook this morning and something hit me really hard. It was God telling me it was time to let my family know whats been going on in my life. As you all know I haven't been good at keeping in contact with all of you and I am greatly sorry for that. Truth is after Kaleo when I got back home I went right back to my old friends and therefore my old lifestyle. When I went out to Kaleo I was honestly doing it mostly for my parents. Throughout the program I learned more about God and his love for me but I still didn't let him take control over my whole life. I wasn't in the right place at that time and therefore didn't use Kaleo to its full potential. I believe that's one of the main reasons I went back to my old friends and was able to fall so easily. I continued to live at home until about four months ago when I got an apartment with an old friend. This is where my life took a turn for the worst. I started getting involved with a very bad crowd and started experimenting with very hard drugs. In a sense I just gave up on myself and said this is the life im meant to live. I literally sat in my apartment everyday for almost three months with my roommate doing drugs and drinking and thinking that, that was the best life for me. I knew God was real the whole time but felt like it was too late to come back. I thank God for my parents and their faith in him. Even though I gave up on myself my parents never gave up on me. They continued to pray everyday that God would work in my life. Well I can tell you now he has and like never before!! About three weeks ago now I woke up one morning and decided I just didn't wanna get high that morning. Well I can say that was definitely God and the power of prayer! I went out to my living room where I have been spending the last two months of my life and I just woke up. I saw all these things on my table that I once told myself I would never do. God definitely woke me up that day and told me there is a way better life I am meant to live. I went home the next week to my parents such a broken child and told them everything. I cant say how thankful I am for them and their grace to me. They welcomed me back home and said its time to start over. I am now two weeks to this day sober and I can't even explain to you how good I feel. God has already moved in my life soooo much in these last two weeks. I applied for the teen challenge program here in London and am heading out there near the end of January! So please pray for me as I am both excited and scared for the journey ahead. I thank God everyday now for my life and for my family. He is amazing and full of sooo much grace. This high I have now on Jesus is better than any high I have EVER experienced. This change in me now is soo different than ever before. My parents let me go and experience what I needed to, to reliaze that wasn't the life for me. I have come home now to God and my family and fully ready to do God's work from here on out! I have fully given every part of my life back to God and have FINALLY let him take full control of my life. AMEN!!! ahhhhhh i still can't get over this amazing feeling I have rushing threw my body. God is sooo good and I hope this is an encouragement to all of you! I love you all and hope you are doing well! I deleted facebook to get away from my old friends so this is the communication I have for now but I would love to get back in contact with all of you! :) Stay strong my brothers and sisters for God is good all the time!!
Much love
Nate

MERRY ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!

Hey guys! I hope every one is doing very very well :) I am getting excited for Christmas myself, and all the fun stress of school work to be done for a lil bit!! I was wondering who all might be up for a big group skype over Christmas? I was thinking sometime after Christmas, like from the 27th onward, or even in Janurary at some point. All I know is that it has been much too long since I've seen most of your loverly faces, and I would like to have the experience once again. If we can get a general feel for when will work for people, then I will go around to everyone's facebook pages and let 'em know too! Hope to hear from you guys!

Many Much Blessings :)

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