My Story
Joshua W. Spitzer
When I was young, I went to Lincoln Public Schools. The teachers really helped me. They were my friends. One teacher gave me an Apple computer to use for a whole summer. The principals were also my friends. I liked their offices! I did not like homework. When I graduated Lincoln South East High School, I was very proud. I have a picture in my room of it. In New Jersey, I took a class at Burlington Community College. We did computer graphic design. I love computers. My mom and dad gave me my first one when I was three-years-old. I used to play Chips Challenge – that was my first game – on my Gateway computer. When I was in fifth grade, my dad and I visited the headquarters at Gateway in South Dakota, and I got
Joshua Spitzer being baptized in the Jordan River by his father, Rev. Dr. Lee Spitzer
to act like a worker on the factory floor. I like to play computer games and surf the Internet. I have a book of every college in the United States and I visit their websites. I like the NASA website and weather websites. I also like to collect the HTML codes of web pages. I save them in alphabetical order. I have a great dog named Peanut. I really love animals. Peanut understands me and likes to play with me. I buy her bones from work as presents because she is a good girl. My mom and dad walk her every day. I like to ride my three wheel bike in front of them. I work at ShopRite in Bordentown as a bagger. My job is fun and I like everybody. I do a good job, talk to customers and sometimes I get tips. I have lots of friends at ShopRite and I know everyone’s name. I like to chat with them online from my home computer. I work on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I make a lot of money because I work hard! My checks go to the Commerce bank server. I have a checking account and a savings account. I like to swoosh my Commerce card when I buy things. Each time the bank’s computer adds a line to my account. I like to eat at McDonalds and buy computer programs online. Quicken tells me how much money I have left. I have a neat sister named Larisa. I like to call her Larisa Loser Labadie and Tiny Snail Brain! She goes to Montclair State University. I go to see her perform on the violin. Sometimes Larisa and her boyfriend pick me up from work and take me out. He’s a nice guy. My dad takes me to San Francisco to the MacWorld Computer Conference every year. We stay at a nice hotel. We stay at a different hotel each time. It has to have wireless internet. There is a big, two story Apple store and I like to go there every day. I love to travel! This summer, I am going to Long Island, Maine, and Nebraska. I also like to take the NJT to NYC and go to museums and the new Apple Store at Central Park. I go to First Baptist Church, Mt. Holly. My pastor’s name is Bob Ingram. I work in the sound booth and I record the services. I love church and I love to sing. My favorite song is “Amazing Grace.” I like to give my money in the offering plate. I also like to work at my dad’s region office. I help with mailings, put paper in the machines, keep the internet connection, and go to churches with my dad. In 2001, I went to Israel with my friends from First Baptist Church, Lincoln. My dad baptized me in the Jordan River. That was my favorite experience. I am really happy because I know God loves me and so does my family.
Joshua Spitzer is a young adult who works for ShopRite and as a volunteer in the offices of the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey. In November 2007, he received a Self Advocacy Award from the New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Ministries.
29
A Journey Into Community
Made with FlippingBook - PDF hosting