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Jarin, untold.

Well, I’m Jarin. After a few conversations with some important people in my life, I decided to start a blog about church and culture. I’ve been involved in church leadership for a great amount of time in my life. Before that, I didn’t have much going on in my life.

We’ll start at the beginning. I was born to a family with a humble life. Things went well for a great while. When I was relatively young however, my family split up. Dad and Mom divorced; throwing my life into a whirlwind. I was forced to choose whom I’d live with. This is the worst thing to put a child through, and it shaped my life in a crazy way. I’ve spent the rest of my life dealing with it. I ended up staying with Dad, and seeing him try the dating scene out. Eventually, he found my step-mom and things have been great since then. I couldn’t be happier for him, or his decision on marrying her.

A similar story occurred with my Mom, she dated a bit and finally picked the man who is now my stepfather. They’re very happy, and they are good for each other. Again, I’m happy with the outcome.

The worst part of the whole ordeal was in my poor social skills as a child, I developed anger issues. Most people who know me, will never see these. I hide the anger well. In fact, most people say I’m one of the nicest people they’ve ever met. However, underneath the containment, I can get angry at the drop of a hat, and hold anger for a good amount of time. The Lord is working on me, and I see it everyday.

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