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TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SEARCHING: FIRST I JUST WANT TO OPEN COMMUNICATION FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT ME. YOU MAY EMAIL ME AT ANY TIME FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR COUNSEL! MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN TO THOSE WHO ARE SEARCHING. (tmcentineo@yahoo.com) THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS LETTER IS TO LET YOU KNOW AND SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT A PERSON CAN OVERCOME THE HAND THAT THEY WERE DEALT IN LIFE. THROUGH HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT YOU CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING AND BE A WINNER. IN LIFE THINGS DON'T ALWAYS WORK OUT THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO BUT IT HELPS TO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE IF YOU CAN GO BACK AND GAIN INSIGHT FROM IT. THE KEY TO INSIGHT IS TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING. TO UNDERSTAND YOU NEED TO BE OPEN. THAT'S WHAT I HOPE YOU WILL BE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS RECORD. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL PLAY MORE THAN ONCE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE BUT I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION I PUT INTO IT. I ALSO HOPE YOU CAN SEE THE ENORMOUS MOUNTAIN I HAD TO CLIMB TO GET IT DONE. THIS IS A DREAM THAT I HAVE HAD SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. I ATTEMPTED IT MANY TIMES ON THE SURFACE BUT WAS NOT WILLING TO PUT FORTH THE EFFORT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET TO THE POINT I AM AT TODAY BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF FAILURE. I ALWAYS KNEW THAT GOD WAS CALLING ME TO DO THIS BUT I WAS AFRAID, SO AFRAID THAT I HAD GIVEN UP ON LIFE AND GOD. AT ONE POINT I WAS A HOMELESS PERSON LIVING IN THE STREETS OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. I CAME FROM A GOOD FAMILY. NO ONE UNDERSTOOD WHY I WAS GIVING UP. I WASN'T HAPPY BECAUSE I WASN'T DOING WHAT GOD INTENDED FOR MY LIFE. I JUST WANTED TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WAS RISKY AND HAD NO GUARANTEES. REALLY I HAD NO FAITH IN GOD'S PLAN FOR ME. I COULDN'T FIND ANYONE WHO AGREED I SHOULD GO DOWN THIS ROAD AND SPEND MONEY ON DOING A CD WHEN I NEEDED OTHER THINGS A LOT MORE; EVEN MY CLOTHES LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED. THE CALL FROM GOD BECAME TOO GREAT. THE PAIN AND SUFFERING MY LIFE HAD ENDURED WAS CONVINCING ME I HAD TO BE A MESSENGER, A MESSENGER TO HELP OTHERS. THE LIFE I LED WAS A HARD ONE. THROUGH EACH CRISIS A SONG WAS BORN. I BELIEVE GOD GAVE ME THESE SONGS SO THEY WOULD CARRY SOMEONE ELSE IN HIS OR HER TIME OF NEED OUT OF A CRISIS AND BACK TO THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. FAILING AT EVERYTHING ELSE I TRIED TO DO I DECIDED TO SAY OK GOD YOU GIVE ME SONGS AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T PLAY AN INSTRUMENT AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KEY I SING IN I WILL HAVE FAITH THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THAT'S A VERY SCARY PLACE TO BE! FEAR OF STEPPING OUT IN FAITH WAS THE BIGGEST, HARDEST AND MOST CRIPPLING MOUNTAIN I HAD TO CLIMB. ONCE I REALIZED THAT FEAR WAS MY ONLY OBSTACLE AND THAT GOD WAS BIGGER THAN FEAR I STARTED TO TAKE ONE STEP AFTER ANOTHER TO ACHIEVE MY GOAL FOR GOD AND HERE IT IS FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. WHAT PURPOSE WILL IT FULFILL? ONLY GOD KNOWS BUT HEY I CLIMBED THAT MOUNTAIN AND THAT JUST MAKES ME READY TO CLIMB THE NEXT MOUNTAIN. THERE ARE ONLY FIVE HAND PICKED SONGS ON THIS CD BECAUSE MY RESOURCES ONLY ALLOWED THAT MANY TO BE PRODUCED. I HAVE MANY MORE BUT ALL I HAD WENT INTO THIS CD. NOT JUST ALL MY MONEY BUT ALL MY FAITH.... SO WAS BORN THE TITLE 'IN GOD I TRUST.' I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF WHAT I SAID MAKES ANY SENSE TO YOU RIGHT NOW BUT I HOPE ONE DAY YOU WILL REMEMBER IT AND IT WILL HELP YOU CLIMB YOUR MOUNTAIN OR FIGHT YOUR BATTLE. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF EVERY SONG THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN THEM YOU NEED TO HEAR. MAYBE NOT TODAY OR TOMORROW BUT I BELIEVE ONE DAY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND AND BE A BETTER PERSON FOR IT. THEN YOU TOO WILL KNOW THE PEACE THAT AT LAST I HAVE IN KNOWING I AM WHO I AM TAMEKO ___ MY TESTIMONY I am a 49 year old female who has struggled all my life with one set back after another. I took the hard road because of this, that or the other...reasons that don't really matter now that I look back on it. The reason I am doing this is because I am a person who overcame. I believe I can help others to overcome. The only thing is I need avenues in which I can do just that. I left
