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| Introducing
Alasdair Wood... |
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1.
Tell us your full name, where you live and
what you do …
My name is Alasdair Wood. I live in the west
midlands division. I go to a state high school
and have a weekly paper round.
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a)
if you have a job – why do you
do what you do?
b) if you are studying – what
do you want to do when you finish? |
I take my options this year; I have to do
RE and ICT on top of the three main subjects.
I will probably also take Geography, German
and either History or business studies. I
want to go on to study politics, law and whatever
else might help me in what I want to do and
go to university. I would like to go into
politics when I’m older and my dream
is to become an MP.
3.
What are you passionate about?
Firstly I’m passionate about Jesus.
I’m a sinner and unworthy of him, but
he died when he was perfect so that he could
make me worthy to be able to be in the presence
of God. He bridged the gap between humans
and God. And he gives me the chance to have
eternal life. So I have a good reason to be
passionate about him.
I’m also passionate about what’s
going on in the World, which is a reason why
I’m interested in geography and politics.
There are so many terrible things happening
in the World that we know so little about.
The second civil war of the Democratic Republic
of Congo killed nearly 4million civilians,
and the problems its created is thought to
be killing 1,000 people a day. But hardly
anyone has heard about it. I haven’t
spoken to anyone my age who knows about it.
But I believe they should.
4.
Something that has made a major impact on
your life is …?
In the summer 2005 my sister contracted E.coli and
kidney failure, coming back from holiday.
I never realised how serious it was. It wasn’t
till after I realised that it’s something
that can kill you easily if you get it. But
I trusted God. Loads of people where praying
for her. She recovered in a quite miraculous
way. She was able to breathe by herself after
10 days and she was out of intensive care
in another 4 days. She was expected to be
in for a long time if she survived. My faith
has been made strong through how God has been
so good to me in ways like this. I believe
God keeps giving and giving, he may take away
but he is still there for us. I know that
I am quite dependant on him and don’t
know where I would be without knowing him.
5. In less than
20 words, what is the meaning of life?
To carry out the mission in which God has
laid out for you.
6.
Why do you want to write for us?
I want to write to encourage people in the
New Year and encourage people in their walk
with God. Also I want to show the need for
Christians in this troubled World through
the news that takes place in the month. |
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