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		<title>A new beginning&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I know I have been MIA for a while now.  The last update wasn&#8217;t my happiest and it&#8217;s been a whirlwind since May. It was an interesting post-college summer.
The Job Search: Trying to find a job was difficult.  I sent out ten applications and never got a reply! I wanted to watch that movie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=57&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/a-new-beginning/</link>
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		<title>Humility and Punishment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I have to get this out here and now.  It may not make sense and it may be jumbled, misspelled, and incorrect.  I am going to get this out onto this page and close the laptop.
I am very strong willed and head strong.  I know this.  I make decisions and I live [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=54&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/humility-and-punishment/</link>
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		<title>Hello World!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know my friends, I have been gone for some time.
I am graduating in 15 days.  Thursday is my official last day student teaching at Burnet Middle School.  I loved ever second of the torture. lol.
I will hopefully be back soon with more updates on myself as well as on my story.  I know certain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=52&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/hello-world/</link>
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		<title>Purpose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is finally Friday!
I am exhausted.  This was my first full week of teaching.  I loved it, but it was tiring. Last night I finally got a full night of sleep and I&#8217;m feeling pretty well today.
Yesterday was my last observation and I got all my paperwork (my review) for this semester. I did really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=50&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/purpose/</link>
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		<title>Messy Spirituality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He also learned that sometimes the Holy Spirit asks us to violate our conviction for a season in order to live the faith, not just talk about it.&#8221;
-Mike Yaconelli Messy Spirituality
I picked up this book at NYWC because we did a series based on this book at The Connection. I have been going through a rough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=46&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/messy-spirituality/</link>
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		<title>Deteriorated-Installment 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I haven&#8217;t updated in awhile.  The comment on the last post has been one reason why.  I didn&#8217;t know how to approach the blog after such a misundertsanding of what I was trying to express.  So I&#8217;ve decied to finally update my story.
Just as a side note, I&#8217;m going to submit my little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=44&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/deteriorated-installment-6/</link>
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		<title>The Big Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been promising that I would answer that big question: &#8220;Am I depending on God or just believing in him?&#8221;
I decided to try and tackle this question on Monday and here it is Saturday and I&#8217;m finally posting what little I had tackled.
One of the big reasons for taking my time with this question [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=42&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/the-big-question/</link>
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		<title>A Conclusion to NYWC Pittsburgh 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stopped taking notes and attending seminars after my last post.  I decided I had recieved so mmuch, that I was going to coast through the rest.  I needed to relax before I came back.
Here I am sitting at a computer in Passaic School 11 and I&#8217;m back to my life.  I really needed that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=40&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/a-conclusion-to-nywc-pittsburgh-2008/</link>
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		<title>NYWC 11/1/08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting classes I have taken:

Talking about the Gospel as More than Penal Substitution
What make you and Others Tick: Finding God in our Messy Lives
Healing and Hope for Kids who Cut

Talking about the Gospel as More than Penal Substitution: This class containe tons of useful information and Scot McKNight was a funny man.  The only downside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=37&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/nywc-11108/</link>
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		<title>NYWC Day One and Two (10/30-10/31)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technically, NYWC didn&#8217;t start until about 6 pm when I walked into my critical concern class. When we woke up at 10 am, it was to get ready for our first official meal in Pittsburgh.
We ended up at &#8220;Steel City Diner&#8221;.  Being from New Jersey, I was appalled that this diner was only from 7am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samanthacostanza.wordpress.com&blog=2114524&post=34&subd=samanthacostanza&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://samanthacostanza.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/nywc-day-one-and-two-1030-1031/</link>
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