This user is a Christian.
This user is American; recognized ancestry ends at the border.
X This user is neither a Republican nor a Democrat.
This user is in the United States Military.
JHUThis user attends or attended
Johns Hopkins University
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The above largely defines me. I try to construct my life around Christianity. I am very proud of being an American soldier. I get twitchy when people congratulate me on my affiliation with "John Hopkins," though of course I think it is something worth offering congratulations for. I also speak Mandarin and read and write simplified Chinese characters, both of which are notable achievements for any waiguoren. I add the political note so that other users will understand my edits do not spring from bias.

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I WILL build up my house from the stark foundations,
If God will give me time enough,
And search unwearying over the seas and nations
For stones or better stuff.

Though here be only the mortar and rough-hewn granite,
I will lay on and not desist
Till it stand and shine as I dreamed it when I began it,
Emerald, amethyst.