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[never_again4]

Originally Posted by Pablo Rafael

Congratulations Amanda! Being true to oneself is very freeing, is it not?

I lost my job when I "came out". Now, a year and a half later I can say it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I hope that you feel the same way.

And being an Equality Rider will certainly be an experience. I pray God's blessings on your venture as an Equality Rider and all journeys in life.

Tu Amigo, Pablo

It is indeed. The less I pretended the better I felt. It was definately a process, but I couldn't live that way with integrity.

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
-Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet

And I am super syked about the Ride. It will be an adventure. I can't wait.

Thanks for the prayers and blessings.

Peace & Strength,

Amanda Lee

[scott snedeker]

Originally Posted by never_again4

Hi y'all,

Well, I did come out...

Got kicked out... of North Central University and Assemblies of God Bible College in Minneapolis, MN.

That turned my life upside down and was very difficult, but I could not with integrity lie and back down.

So after six years there I am starting over again at a new school and will graduate in about two years.

And

I am a 2010 Equality Rider!

Anyway, thanks for everything.

Peace & Strength,
Amanda Lee

Wow what a reversal of polarity! You were the one! The one who thw equality riders were coming for when they visited!

Now you have to unlearn what you were taught. Now you have to learn to love your precious heart and your capacity for intimacy with your own gender. Two years is just the beginning in leaning to be young.

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now!"

[Daniel]

Originally Posted by never_again4

Hi y'all,

Well, I did come out...

Got kicked out... of North Central University and Assemblies of God Bible College in Minneapolis, MN.

That turned my life upside down and was very difficult, but I could not with integrity lie and back down.

So after six years there I am starting over again at a new school and will graduate in about two years.

And

I am a 2010 Equality Rider!

Anyway, thanks for everything.

Peace & Strength,
Amanda Lee

Wow Amanda!

That is a lot you've gone through. And to top it all off, you are a Rider. Know what? I won't be surprised to learn that you are going to your school. Oh my...that is going to be some trip!

I went to Evangel College in Springfield- and I didn't come out until some years after I graduated. It's not easy any way you slice the cake. Pentecostals don't do well with out gay people.

I wish you much success and happiness, both professionally and personally.

[Poetic Awakening]

It's not everyday I get to see a post from last year get an update! And thank God it's a good one.

Good luck, Amanda!

[never_again4]

Originally Posted by scott snedeker

Wow what a reversal of polarity! You were the one! The one who thw equality riders were coming for when they visited!

Now you have to unlearn what you were taught. Now you have to learn to love your precious heart and your capacity for intimacy with your own gender. Two years is just the beginning in leaning to be young.

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now!"

I am reparenting/reprocessing/reprogramming myself in many areas...

Thanks

[never_again4]

Originally Posted by Daniel

Wow Amanda!

That is a lot you've gone through. And to top it all off, you are a Rider. Know what? I won't be surprised to learn that you are going to your school. Oh my...that is going to be some trip!

I went to Evangel College in Springfield- and I didn't come out until some years after I graduated. It's not easy any way you slice the cake. Pentecostals don't do well with out gay people.

I wish you much success and happiness, both professionally and personally.

I'm super excited. It is gonna be amazing... scary, conflicted, empowering, gut-wrenching, rip-out-my-heart, in-your-face, loving, caring, earth-shattering, enlightening time...

Yeah, they don't... too bad... I wish there was an open & affirming AG church I could find somewhere.

Thanks, Daniel. You as well.

I remember when I posted that in 2008 originally you were a big help to me with the coming out at your Evangel reunion stuff. wow

Thanks again.

[never_again4]

Originally Posted by Poetic Awakening

It's not everyday I get to see a post from last year get an update! And thank God it's a good one.

Good luck, Amanda!

haha, thanks Poetic. Not exactly the way I would have planned it, but just as it is suppose to be.

Peace