James Beyersdorf:  

CLASS OF 1988
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Hemlock High SchoolClass of 1988
Hemlock, MI
Saginaw, MI
Saginaw, MI
Trenton High SchoolClass of 1987
Trenton, MO
Saginaw, MI

James's Story

High school was a wild ride for me. Four schools in four years, which makes it hard to be connected to any one class. I spent freshman and most of sophmore years at Ike. After my parents divorced I finished my sophmore year at the Hill. The summer before 11th grade we went to Missouri for a two week vacation. While we were there everything got stolen from our house in Michigan, and I mean everything. So we stayed in Missouri because everything we now owned was with us. I went to Trenton High for a very brief time. I didn't like Trenton much, I was an outsider and it was a little community filled with people who grew up together in clics. Most of them thought I was an undercover cop and shunned me(they were wrong). I quit school and got a job for the summer at the Trenton Park Dept. working for Richard. I moved out on my own and back to Michigan. I ended up living in Hemlock(in the back seat of a car for a while) without either of my parents. I finished up my junior and senior years a Husky, graduating through much adversity and late. Unfortunately high school was little rough for me, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Fortunately the "...Expand for more
rail" at Ike, the gangs at the Hill, the 18 months in Trenton Missery, and the alcohol induced stupor of Hemlock did not kill me. After High School, I moved to Bridgeport where I worked for a family helping take care of some of the greatest kids ever. I did this on and off for 11 years. Eventually 6 kids all together(3 boys 3 girls). They were amazing and it was a great time. I left Saginaw area for North Carolina where I earned an A.A.S. in Criminal Justice and a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Political Science. Graduating college with honors was far different from my 0.002 GPA in High School. It was kinda hard to care about grades when your struggling to stay alive through High School. I worked as a range officer at a shooting range through college. After college I married a wonderful woman and bought a house. I currently work at a 105 acre tree farm growing shade and ornamental trees. I also take care of 9 hyacinth macaws. I was a youth pastor and the head of our men's ministry at church, until recently when I was offered an interim pastorship of a church in Springfield GA outside Savannah. Its been a long road, but God has been faithful...
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on the phone
Riding the trails
Kristi and I
Kristi and I at Sloan Park
Kristi and I at Kerr Mill
Graduation Picture
Me and Tiny
Balcony of Biltmore
Church gathering
mrytle beach jan 07

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