Agape Church of Christ

Agape Church of Christ

I started going to the Agape Church of Christ in Portland, Oregon USA in October or November of the year 2008, as I was moving out of my father's house in Forest Grove to my own apartment studio at the Alder Housing Apartments in Portland, OR USA.

I met memorable friends here.

2008
23 years old
Portland, OR USA
Joey Arnold

Appalachian Bible College

Appalachian Bible College

I started attending the Appalachian Bible College (ABC) in Bradley, West Virginia, United States, in August 2006 when I was 21 years old. I met many inspirational friends like Sawyer Frye and Jen Moore and others. I loved my classes. I major in Pastoral Greek. I worked in the cafeteria, in food-prep, server, dishwasher,& maintenance. I worried about the money, the finances. I took out my one and only student Stafford loan in November or December of 2006 and I am still paying that back in the year 2013 still. It was my only loan so far. I started getting bad grades, due to increasing accelerating distractions. I started thinking about my mother as well, since my dad was leaving her and my mom needed help and I wanted to help her.

August 2006
21 years old
Bradley, West Virginia, United States
Joey Arnold

Little Crystal Riding Hood

My older sister, Katie Jean Arnold, got me to play the big bad wolf in a bear mask from cousin Alan Williams (or at least he recognized it once), my younger sister Crystal to play the little red riding hood, and Lisa Evers as the mother and grandma of the little red riding hood, during the day after our dad came home with a camcorder for my brother's birthday which is on the 5th of February 1996.

We made the Little Crystal Riding Hood in the afternoon of Friday, the 2nd of February 2013.

Star Trek Generations

Star Trek Generations.

My mom took me to the Forest Grove Theatre to see the film Star Trek Generations. I remember listening to the theme song to the television show Star Trek: the Next Generation (STNG) on Saturdays since like the year 1991 or so. I think it was on Saturdays and I would so while waiting for my dad to come home. My other siblings would wait for my dad to come home. My older sister may have done it the most, or it was my brother who was the most disappointed when my dad would stay drinking and gambling at bars past our bed times. This film included the crews from the two shows. Captain James Kirk works with Captain Jean Luc Picard to save the day.

1994
9 years old
Forest Grove Theatre, Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal

Family Photo 1988

I remember holding onto my yellow binoculars as we walked to the Forest Grove First Baptist Church. It was me, my brother, sister, and mother. My younger sister was not born yet and my father was most likely at work.


1988
3 years old
Forest Grove First Baptist Church: Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal