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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="048005f0ermwup.gif"> <div> <B>Chris4Christ</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purpose"><U>Purpose</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U>Photo Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris4Christ Dorm Live!"><U>Chris4Christ Dorm Live!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris4Christ Music"><U>Chris4Christ Music</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Links"><U>Research Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archive"><U>Archive</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prayer Request"><U>Prayer Request</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The West Two Hall Brothers"><U>The West Two Hall Brothers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCCE4" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>page last updated </B></div> <div> <B>May 5, 2002</B></div> <div> <B>The Five Star Tour of </B></div> <div> <B>West II 208</B></div> <div> <B>(*****)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="04fb3860.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This is the infamous West Dorm.  It is divided into two halls: West 1 (the first floor) and West 2 (the top floor).  </B><B>I live on West 2.  </B><B>You can see my room in this picture. It is the third window to the left on the top floor.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="062b3860.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>When you climb the stairwell to the second floor, walk the hall, and see the numbers 208, you know you came to the right place.  Open the door and...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="060b3860.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is my Room.  I decided not to clean up my loft for the picture, since I wanted it to be as genuinely messy as it usually is (except of course for room checks).</B></div> <div> <B>For more pictures go to my </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U><B>Photo Album</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Welcome to the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Arial" >Chris4Christ</FONT> website. A website created for all of you to know what is going on in my life in Columbia, SC... and may be even get a taste of campus life at <A HREF="http://www.ciu.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ciu.edu"><U>C.I.U.</U></A>.  May God be glorified through and in this Website for His pleasure.</div> <div> <A HREF="#guest_book" TITLE="Chris4Christ"><U><U>Please also don't forget to sign my Guest Book.</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="312" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 137 WIDTH="154"><div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris4Christ Music"><U>Music Page!!!</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris4Christ Music"><U>Click here to</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris4Christ Music"><U>check it out!</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris4Christ Music"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-412/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="31" height="39">  </U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="139"><div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prayer Request"><U>Prayer Requests</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prayer Request"><U>Have a Prayer Request?  Want to pray for your fellow brother or sister?  Click here to share!</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1a0e9370.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="311" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Chris in Charleston, SC</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Pilgrim's Progress: Online Journal</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is where I keep you all informed on what God is </B></div> <div> <B>doing in my life and the continuing journey I have with Him...</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>5/30/02</B></div> <bR> <div>      Ok.... I won't be writing another long journal entry just yet.  And I do apologize to anyone who still checks for updates... because as you can see it's been more than half a year since I've last web journaled.  Sorry.  But just wanted you all to know that I am still alive and kicking by the grace of God.  And that the world around me is still changing, in pretty much every aspect of life.... and I still trust that God is using it to shape and change me to be more like His Son.  Goodnight everyone... and may God bless You (not the cliche'-d version).</div> <bR> <div> For pictures of my summer so far <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page Six"><U>click here</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>9/16/01</B></div> <bR> <div>      I've been back at school for quite a while now.  And I'm here with many mixed emotions dealing with pain and hurt...  even more so now because of what just happened on the 11th...  In the past 5 months I've seen more pain and suffering than ever before and I am dumbfounded.  There are questions I have in my mind that haunt me like...  God where are you in this?  or  Why is this even happening?  I don't have any of the answers...  all I know to do is just trust.  Or at least try my best...</div> <div>      By the grace of God I still believe in Him and the core of whom He says He is in His Word... but like I said, it's only by His grace.  If I rested in feelings and what I see, I might just be long gone.  But as I believe that He is, and that He is God, I also believe that He's bringing me where He wants to be... even through all this.</div> <bR> <div> <B>5/24/01 </B><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/chris4christ/id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.tripod.com/chris4christ/i"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/chris4christ/id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.tripod.com/chris4christ/i"><U><U>Listen to this in MP3 format</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div>      Well the semester is finally over.  I've been home for 6 days now and I've just  begun to settle down.... but not for long.  I just found out this morning that I am leaving for boot camp on June 5th.  Yes, that's right.  I am now Government Property in the Air National Guard!</div> <div>      I'm actually really excited about it.  I have signed up for fire fighting.  Before that I wanted to sign up for EMT(despite my fear of blood), but they were full in that vocation.  So, I picked the vocation that was the closest in relation to EMT, and that would be fire fighting.  Hey, I even heard it was fun.  I'm sure it would be if you had nothing better to do all day except to make sure your 3 ton red supersoaker worked.  And boys will be boys.</div> <div>      Boot camp will be 7 weeks long, which includes a prep week in the beginning.  I fly out on June 5th but don't actually start the basic training process until the following week.  That's when the real fun begins,... I think.  It's the Air Force, and I've heard it won't be that bad(as compared with the Army, Navy, and Marines basic training).  But I do know it will still be a drastic change of lifestyle.  I've started to jog to prepare myself for the rigorous physical work at basic.  Somehow though, I don't think jogging will be enough. :)</div> <div>      Speaking of jogging.  I just went out a couple of days ago around my neighborhood.  It had been a while since I've actually been out around my neighborhood in any fashion; whether by car, bike, board, or on foot.  As I jogged in my Mayor's Cup Regatta T-shirt with a hole on the back, and my black soccer style shorts(all which part of my highschool freshman crew attire) I was reminded of smells and sights from childhood and teen years.</div> <div>      I was all to familiar with the aroma of the slight salt sea and pine mix in the air.  Or even the smell of the lawns I passed with their sprinklers running back and forth brought back flashbacks of when I was 7.  I used to love to race them, hoping I wouldn't get wet while on my way to my best friend's house.  Or,... I would just plainly run into them, the times I didn't care.</div> <div>      As I jogged by wooden fences I occasionally heard a rustling of something following me behind it.  And following "it" would be a pant or a bark.  That too brought back memories of when I used to walk home  from the bus stop.  I'd pass many fenced-in dogs as a kid.  The feeling of childhood fear even crept back into my heart a little.  Then I remembered that I'm a grown up.  Or at least I think I am?</div> <div>      Sights of old friends' houses and streets I used to pedal my bike on were like picture books from when I was a kid.  I vividly remembered climbing fences to get to the movie theater behind my neighborhood, skateboarding down steep driveways with Gavin, and almost getting into a fight with a kid on a curb in front of our neighborhood.  I remembered when Gavin and I started a Trash Pickup club, membership of two.  We took our bikes equipped with grocery bags on the handles and picked up trash mostly around newly contsructed houses.  At the time our neighborhood was brand spanking new.  Our club only lasted that very weekend it started, but I remember it.  </div> <div>      I remembered Courtney Waters, the girl I had a crush on in middle school who only lived one house away.  She was a high school freshman, and we used to walk home together from the bus stop as she talked to me about her day.  She's in college now of course, but I'm not sure where. </div> <div>      It's amazing how fast the time has gone by... I look where I am now and I don't know how I have gotten so far.  There are so many ways I could have done something so incredibly dumb that I wouldn't be here right now.  Or there could be so many devastating things that could have happened that would have caused me  to not be here as well.  For example, I almost got hit by a car about a month ago in Myrtle Beach while I was on Spring Break.</div> <div>      All I can say is that it's the grace of God.  He has allowed me to go through what I have gone through; The good times and the bad, but all for His glory.  But it is also for my good.  Even the bad times, no doubt, God has used for my good.  </div> <div>      I don't understand either, but looking in retrospect, especially recently, I see my past as a blessing.  God has been so good in orchestrating everything, why should I worry about how He does it today?  I shouldn't at all.  Nor should I in the future or about the future.  But I am still human... and finite.  No excuse to worry... but I know that it's highly probable that I will.  So in those times of worrying about circumstances, decisions, or even the future... I must remember:  God is in control.  And I hope this will encourage you as well.  Trust in Him, and give Him control.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>3/18/01</B></div> <bR> <div>      God continues to bless.  As He continues to bless, I have come to realize that He is teaching me humility.</div> <div>      Lately God has pretty much blessed every aspect of my life in bigger-than-I-ever-expected ways.  He has blessed my friendships, He has blessed my ministry, He has blessed my family life.......... and He has blessed me in everything else!  But I don't understand.  Why me?  But then I remember, it's not about me, it's about God and who He is.  My God is a gracious God.  He is gracious because He gives us blessings that we don't deserve.  My God loves me so much that He gave His Son Jesus Christ to die for me so that I can live with Him forever and be with Him forever.  And if He did that (provided for my greatest need), then He will provide for my lesser needs.  My God wants to know me so intimately  that He wants to live in me and through me.</div> <div>      So His blessings are so numerous I can't help but praise the Lord for <I>Who He Is</I>.  And I can see now that God doesn't only use His discipline and correction to humble me, but He can use His extravegant blessings to show me that apart from Him, I can do nothing.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>2/21/01</B></div> <bR> <div>      I can't believe that a month has gone by without journaling on here.  Now I've put myself in a rut just trying to sum it all up in one entry.  Well how can I say this?...  God is awesome, and He is sovereign.</div> <div>      When I first got back I was scared to see how God would work, but He has done much to rejoice about.  First of all, most of my classes are taught by almost all of the same professors as last semester.  So there was not a lot of need to adjust academically.  Second, financially my family and I are doing quite ok so far.  I'm still here.  Thirdly, I have been able to start new friendships and to heal broken ones(By God's grace).  And lastly, this week is World Christian Week(WCW). </div> <div>      WCW is a time here at my school to focus on what the body of Christ really is(all Christians from around the world), and to communicate the heart of God for the world.  I have been humbled to be able to serve with the committee on this year's event using the artistic talents God has given me.  As I was hustling and bustling this past weekend to decorate the chapel and cafeteria, God amazingly provided for volunteers to help me.  I had initially only invited 3 or 4 people to help out but God knew better and "invited" more.  Without all the help I would have never had been able to finish the decorating.  Yesterday while I was in my Youth class I jotted down the names of the people who took the time to help out.  I listed 21 people!!!  Wow, God is awesome!!! :)</div> <div>      So, my past month has been really invaded by God's works... I have been able to see Him blessing me in so many ways.  And you know what?  I don't know why... but I do accept it.  I accept it and just simply thank and praise Him for it.  God is definitely loving, giving, gentle, and kind, and I continue to realize that now.  And prayers...  He answers His children.  Don't stop praying.</div> <div>      I continue to want to bring glory to God.  That is all that matters, and I pray that this week, God will continue to use WCW to invoke thankful praises to the Lord Jesus Christ in all of us at C.I.U.</div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Stay tuned for the newest entry... updated often.</B></div> <div> <B>  <SCRIPT>  </SCRIPT>  <form method="POST" action="http://mindit.netmind.com/mindit.shtml" target="_top"> <input type="hidden" name="SOURCE" value="510"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-1"><b>Click to receive email <br>when this page is updated</b></font></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <input type="hidden" name="DOC_TITLE" value="chris4christ_site"> <input type="image" src="http://mindit.netmind.com/images/mindit510.gif" border="0"></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-2">•<b> Powered by <a href="http://www.netmind.com/" target="_top">NetMind</a> </b>•</font> </td></tr></table></form>   </B></div> <div> <B>For Archived Entries go to the </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pilgrims Progress Archive Index"><U><B>Pilgrim's Progress Archive Index</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="guest_book"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <center> <p> <a href="http://titan.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbsign.dbm?owner=Chris4ChristDorm">Sign My Guestbook</a> <a href="http://www.guestworld.com/"><img src="http://www.guestworld.com/GuestWorldbutton.gif" height="31" width="87" align="absmiddle" border ="0" alt="Guestbook by GuestWorld"></a> <a href="http://titan.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=Chris4ChristDorm">View My Guestbook</a> </center>   </div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <CENTER><A href="http://counter8.bravenet.com/index.php?id=336388&cpv=1" target="_top"> <SCRIPT language="Javascript"> document.write('<IMG src="http://counter8.bravenet.com/counter.php?id=336388&ref='+escape(document.referrer)+'" border="0">'); </SCRIPT></A> </CENTER>  </div> <bR> <div>   <form method="post" action="http://www.weather.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/zip_city_search.cgi?par=trellix&site=magnet&code=301889&promo=english" target="_top"> <table> <tr><td> <font face="arial,helvetica" color="#004371" size="2">    Enter a City or US Zip: </font> </td><td> <input type="text" name="destination" size="8" value="">  <input type="image" src="http://image.weather.com/pics/button_go.gif" width="26" height="23" border="0" alt="go!" value="Go City"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <a href="http://oap.weather.com/fcgi-bin/oap/redirect_magnet?loc_id=USSC0065&par=trellix&site=magnet&code=301889&promo=english" target="_top"> <img border="1" width="270" height="140" src="http://oap.weather.com/fcgi-bin/oap/generate_magnet?loc_id=USSC0065&code=301889"></a> </td></tr> </table></form>   </div> <bR> <div> Contact me via:</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14678280.gif" border=0 width="120" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:chris4christ@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:chris4christ@hotmail.com"><U>chris4christ@hotmail.com</U></A></div> <div> ICQ - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009999" FACE="Arial Black" >94252738</FONT></div> <div> AOL Instant Messenger - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009999" FACE="Arial Black" >MrSe7en777</FONT></div> <div> Yahoo Instant Messenger - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009999" FACE="Arial Black" >chris4christ2000</FONT></div> <div> Fortunecity Odigo - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009999" FACE="Arial Black" >chris4christ</FONT></div> <div> Telephone - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial Black" >(803)735-8343, 1 Ext. 2208</FONT></div> <div> - Mail -</div> <div> Christopher Sim</div> <div> CIU Box # 881</div> <div> 7435 Monticello Rd.</div> <div> Columbia, SC 29203</div> <div> website and its contents copyright <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >©</FONT> 2000-2001 Christopher Sim</div> </td> </tr></table></body>