Category: OB1

I.T Support and ACPCN Services

Indeed I have not posted in forever, but I must digress to the title topic.

As you may know, ACPCN Services is already 5 years old (6 coming up). Many name and service changes later, I am pressed with closing down the site…but I cannot. It means so much to me and has helped build me (just as Christians 4 Life did many years ago). Instead of retiring the whole site 100%, I finally came up with a 100% free solution: make an I.T. Support webpage on my site with nothing more than the intended purpose and details. Nothing additional thrown in.

The old site will be revived once again sometime in the unforeseen future. I know there are tax issues that held me back from growing from a hobby to a business, but then on top of that barrier, God impressed on my heart to turn it from a monetary focus to a ministry focus, so to speak, and that was the hardest of all. That’s the reason the site is temporarily dissolved. I usually rush into projects for web designing and because I can come up with 0 thoughts on what to do, I feel 100% that this is God saying something like “slow down and lets work this out how I want it.”. This way, when ACPCN Services comes back (maybe with a new name [again 😀 ]) it will be just as God intended.

By making the site temporarily move to my personal website, I am able to not worry about what the site is going to look like now or tomorrow. I can still focus on providing quality pc and networking support without the numerous webpages and still build a Godly site for I.T. ministry work!

 

To all clients, I still appreciate you for sticking with me so long and to new clients I pray you’ll let me offer top-quality I.T. support for you!

Life & Website changes

It’s good to post again! It’s been a very long time since my last post. Sorry for that.

Nevertheless, a LOT has happened and is happening (both good and bad). Overall, my passions and drive has come back and it is hovered around the computer networking field. I am strongly set on becoming Cisco certified and am slowly making my way through it on top of school and stuff.

Website wise, I’m gradually phasing out LUVR (Life Under Viper’s Rocks). The name had no negative meanings, don’t get me wrong. It’s simply the point that I came up with this somehow as a teenager and I’m an adult now. So, there come a time when you need an overhaul and now is the time! The new title (or “theme” as I’ll call it) is “My Life. My Story. My World.” This actually has been my tagline at LUVR since the beginning back in ’04, so the transition will be easy. Anywho, I feel peaceful that this is a more mature, more accurate name that will perfectly reflect ME!

Thanks for checking back! God Bless!!!

Andrew

Certifications

Well, it’s another discussion about Cisco and CompTIA. Cisco is one of, if not the most, prestigious  computer networking companies in the world. Also, CompTIA is in its own way respectable (not necessarily prestigious) in that they basically set the benchmark for I.T. certifications. If you’ve followed one or both of my blogs you’ll know that I’ve tried my luck at pursuing a both companies’ certifications and am in the process at school in obtaining my CompTIA Net+ and A+ now. I was a student in the Cisco Networking Academy in my high school but never finished (which I could have had my CCNA!) 😦

Anyway, I got away from networking because of the math and overwhelming amounts of definitions, terms, and acronyms involved. However, it’s not all about that because the math is masked by the concepts, theory, and application of networking itself, and the terms/acronyms will actually fall in place if you substitute the acronym for the full word (such as DHCP, rather jus say Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Anyway, I’m again going to attempt at the Cisco certs after I finish Net+.

Cisco pyramid

With Cisco, preferably, I’d love to obtain a full track from Entry to Architect, as depicted in the revised Cisco pyramid below. I’m yet again going to pray and try to strive towards obtaining a Cisco certification…all the way to the top. Yes, VERY expensive and VERY long and hard work. BUT it is doable because people have passed it obviously. So, if it be in the Lord’s will for my life to obtain one, many, or all of their certifications, then I’ll pray and work hard at it and hope you’ll pray with me, too!

You can follow along with me on a webpage to notate which certifications I’ve completed and those I’m pursuing.

In Christ,


Andrew



Job Life

Well, I update my resume periodically to keep it fresh with the latest and greatest details. Bad part is, no employer’s are reading it. I’ve got my resume on all the large job posting websites like Monster, AtlantaJobZone, CareerBuilder, etc. So far all the hits I’ve gotten back are from retarded insurance companies that require heavy math…of which I easily deny the positions.

Any who, I’m consistently praying for God to reveal His will to me. It’s imperative that I stay as close as possible to His will so that I am obedient to what He has in store for my life. Especially since Danielle and I will be getting married next year, this is a super big reason I definitely need a better paying job. God will provide, though, so I’m hanging in there till the right moment comes around.

Keep my job situation in your prayers.

New Year…New Things

Aah well January is over!!! Goodness, 2012 will be here sooner than we think (ha-ha-ha. If Jesus said He doesn’t know when the world will end nobody does [not even Maurice Strong. ha-ha] You won’t get that unless you watched Conspiracy Theory).

Anywho, rambling aside. I’m sleepy. I spent the last 30 or so minutes reading all of my old blog posts, and as I’ve done in the past, I say again that I love reading my old posts and seeing how I’ve progressed in life and spiritually. So all the gibberish about this and that for schools is out. I settled on West Ga Tech (was West Central Tech) and am only in two classes; one online and one on campus which I thoroughly enjoy the instructor. A smooth, nice and understanding individual…not someone who beats a ruler over your head making you do useless bookwork. I like it all so far but know it will get harder. That’s to be expected.

Danielle and I are doing great. I love her more than anything in this world! We will be starting the “5 Love Languages” at Sweetwater BC this coming Sunday night for a few weeks I think. It will be good b/c most couples are married for long periods of time and have troubles and are clueless how to solve them and then they go get help (or do this study). Our mindsets are that we will benefit from this by getting this pre-counseling-ish study done now so we can better resolve issues that married couples have. 🙂


I still don’t have a passion for LifeWay, but I still do love getting people their first Bible. If it be the Lord’s will, I will do AM training again, but as I’ve said in past blogs I pray I’m not stuck in retail forever b/c you can not initially live off of the type of salaries AM’s or less make. God is continually guiding me and giving me wisdom on what I’m going to do as a career in life.

I hope LUVR Services thrives. I’d love to work for myself as a career rather than for “the man”. However, I can only do what I know how to do and hopefully the schooling will give me that credibility I need to take LUVRS further. God only knows.

Church is going well, I love being the pianist and the Director/Chairman of Info Tech! I love teaching computers to others and it’s possible this could be something I do. Although it’s not one of my 4 possible career areas, I did say God only knows and I’m content knowing that. 🙂


Well, I have to work early and go to school tonight. I pray you have a blessed week and hope you’ll let me know if there’s anything I can pray for you about. Pray for me!


MLIC,


Andrew