About Trent
As a kid, my attitude toward God could have been expressed like this: "I believe in Jesus, now let me live my life and slide into Heaven." I wanted to live for me. In high school, however, I became more involved with my youth group at church in LaCrosse/Onalaska, WI. Through missions trips and working at Arrowhead Bible Camp, I found that I really enjoyed being used for God's eternal purpose. But I still wanted to do things my way. In college, I found tremendous opportunities to serve God with my technical skills (or dumb luck when skill failed). But I really questioned the idea that God would want to use something I truly enjoyed for His purposes. That all changed when I talked to Steve, a director in Campus Crusade for Christ. He told me that IT (Information Technology) was one of the greatest ministry needs- both in our region and worldwide. I was sold. I jumped tracks and studied Computer Networking and Security Technology, with full intent to let God use me the way He made me. So my story really comes down to this: I wanted to live for me, my way. Then I wanted to live for God, but still my way. Now all I want is to live for God, and do it His way. I find more fulfillment in His plans than I ever did in any of mine. Trent's Sleep Quotes "Your name, your name, your name has not left the search path." - Feb. '08 (Eight months into marriage, Tara accepts that Trent is a sporadic, yet clear, sleep-talker.)
(a conversation with awake Tara, who's not sure if Trent's sleeping) "the buckets" 'hmm?' "the buckets" 'buckets?' "yes, buckets" (Tara plays along...) 'what about the buckets?' "there are some." 'what's in them?' "nothing." 'nothing?' "yes." 'what's around them?' "SHHHHHH!!!!!" -March '08
"You live with one fragmishlomyer." (spelling is uncertain) -April '08
"She is big and friendly, America lady." - June '08 (Tara roars with laughter!)
"But first I have to get the stuff off there so they can log in." -July '08
"Hold on, I'm on the phone with my ancestors." -Aug. '08
"I don't know what I'm doing, I don't know what I'm looking at-- some website." -Aug. '08 Tara is reading aloud from 2 Chronicles, "Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai..." .. a list of men. Trent, falling asleep, decides that these men need to go somewhere, but he's not sure if they'll all fit in the vehicle, so he says aloud, "Depends on what kind of truck it is!" - Sept. '08 "Literacy is the next milestone." -Nov. '08 "I'm going, I'm going to get up- I'm going, going. I'm getting ready, I'm getting ready, ready- dance dance dance." -Feb '09 "Yup. Sure. Something about my frequent flier." -Sept. '09 "I'm not telling you. You don't even have it on your card." -Jan '10 Trent slowly laughs... "Trip-wire." Tara says, 'what's a trip wire?' "If someone trips over it, you know they've been there." 'do you have a trip wire?' Trent extends his arm and flat hand, then makes a smooth line gesture over the bed. Tara starts laughing, then trips on her way to write this down. - Feb '10 "Que esta la problema? What's the problem?" -yes, he translated for himself -March '10 Trent rubs Tara's head and says, "I like you 64 times." -April '10 "When we went...nothing, just more verb tenses." -July '10 in Rennes, France "How we all doin? How is errr'body? We all good!" -July '10 in Paris, France "The dream is a set-up. Whose dream is it anyway?" -July '10 after watching the movie 'Inception' Trent gently lays his head on my feet and says, "Half is doing the job; half is doing I.T." (Information Technology) -Aug '10 |
