ISU news: Assistance sought in locating MISSING student

Iowa State University Police have issued a missing persons alert and are seeking assistance in locating a student who has not been seen since the early morning hours of Saturday, March 31, 2007.
Abel M. Bolanos, age 19, was last seen at approximately 4:00 to 4:30 a.m. on March 31. He was seen leaving an apartment at 208 South Hyland and walking south on Hyland. Friends and family have not been able to locate Bolanos since that time.
Bolanos may have been in the Wallace Wilson complex area at approximately 4:30 a.m., but it does not appear that he was able to gain access to his room.

Director of Public Safety Jerry Stewart (center right) and ISU police captain Rob Bowers (center left) work with the STAR 1 Search & Rescue team to coordinate the search for sophomore Abel Bolanos. Teams are searching fields, waterways and remote areas in and around the area south of the Towers residence complex.
Iowa State University Police, the Ames Police Department, and STAR 1 Search & Rescue, have conducted extensive searches of the area between South Hyland and the Wallace Wilson complex, as well as adjoining areas.
Bolanos is a white male, 5'7" tall, 165 pounds, with brown hair that is kept short and straight, brown eyes, and a fair complexion. He has the words "Ancora Imparo" as a tattoo on his upper right arm. Bolanos was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, and brown shoes.
ISU Police are asking for assistance from anyone who has had contact with, or information about, Bolanos since Friday evening.

To report information, please contact:
Iowa State University PolicePhone: 515-294-4428
EMERGENCY: 911 (from any campus phone)

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Mony's note: Let's hope this is not some kind of prank for April Fool's Day!!! I can't belive someone can be missing in Ames, such a small town,..geezz....this is really creepy..

Life

It's been 3 weeks since I had my interview and I still have not heard back from them. Although I remember that they told us to not be nervous if we have not heard back in 2 weeks (since 2 weeks is considered to be the earliest time they can let us know), I am still very nervous. But, I guess, I have to learn to be patient and have faith. One of my friends who actually got a friend who has an internship with Google told me that Google really does take a long time in evaluating candidates. His friend got the offer a month or so after the interview..soo I should keep my fingers crossed.
Well...if only I can draw the graph of my hope line..I will be in "decline" point since I am beginning to feel hopeless.. LOL.
Yesterday at church, our Pastor preached about the book of James and it really strucked me.

James 4 (NIV)
"1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. "

"13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins."

Hmm..yup yup.. I do that all the time.. "God, I want to get a job this and that, so that I can do this and that, bla bla bla"... I thought this Google job will be the most perfect job ever for me, that's why I really want it so bad. But..after listening to yesterday's sermon, I thought to myself..maybe I should change my prayer.. instead of nagging and nagging, maybe it's best for me to surrender everything to our God..
That being said, I know that I will be heart broken if I got rejected..afterall, I am still a human being..tee hee heee... But maybe I should have the faith and believe that God does have a plan for my life.. althought it might not go according to my plan...
*BIG SIGH*....Easier to be said than done, ain't it? Well...just keep me still in your prayer and I will be fine..