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Victor

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About Me

For the past twenty years I have worked with troubled children and teens both as a volunteer and professional. For the past thirteen years I have served as a Marriage and Family Therapist. After years of working with the remains of dysfunction and abandonment that children I served were presenting, I spent time dwelling on what I could do to split my time with the prevention of these problems. With just a little reflection I came to a simple answer. Prevention comes when MEN are courageous enough to be REAL MEN. So for the past six years I have balanced my time with both repairing children and building up men to be better husbands and fathers. I currently serve as the Director of Men's Wellness where I provide several services that target children, teens, couples, and men's health issues.It is my hope that I can reach out to men through myspace that may be with me in wanting to be a better man. My personal message to men I counsel is that MEN NEED OTHER MEN to do the difficult roles we are charged by God to perform.

My Interests

Back Packing; Hiking Trial Repair www.iceagetrail.org; Landscaping; DYI Wanna-Be; House Painting; Video Gaming; Surfing; Water skiing; Percussion

I'd like to meet:


If I have sought you out as a friend it may be because you connect with some of my former influences, or have similar ideals about ways to care for others.My spiritual influences include: Hume Lake Christian Camps, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Urbana '86, Tony Campolo / EAPE, Biola University, '80s Christian Punk Music, Christian Therapist, Promise Keepers, and Urban Ministries- Philadelphia/Camden NJ/L.A./Milwaukee.

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Movies:

All things Alfred Hitchcock; All things M. Night Shymalan; the Power of One; Empire of the Sun; Enemy Minds; Schindler's List; Endless Summer; The God's Must Be Crazy; The Mission; 12 Angry Men; To Kill A Mockingbird; Blackboard Jungle; Where Eagles Dare; They Live; Napoleon Dynamite; Fahrenheit 451; 1984; X-Men trilogy; Lord of the Rings trilogy; Matrix trilogy;

Television:

Much more a NPR Radio/Podcast fan, but TV does come in handy. Law and Order CI and SVU; the Daily Show; Colbert Report; Property Ladder; Curb Appeal; Intervention; X Games; Best Week Ever; the Soup; Strickly Dr. Drew; SpongeBob SquarePants; Aqua Teen Hunger Force; SuperNanny; Lost (DVD); Ren and Stimpy; Twilight Zone Marathons, CHiPS; Emergency; the Equalizer; Iron Side; Magnum P.I.; White Shadow; Late Show with David Letterman; Late Night with Conan O'Brien;

Books:

Book of Romans; Grapes of Wrath; Changes that Heal; the Alienist; Mystic River; Runaway Bunny; Shutter Island; Blue Like Jazz; Out of the Shadows; I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings; Knowing God, Mere Christianity; What's So Amazing About Grace; All things Dr. Suess; All things C.S. Lewis

Heroes:

Victor F. Pittman (my Dad / RIP); Kim Mary Pittman (my bride and best friend); Dr. Tony Campolo (EAPE); Rev. Sam White (AoG); Rob Knight (IVCF); Rev. Tim Pettey (CrossPt Church); Larry Acosta (UYWI); Steve Russo (Real Answers); Bruce Main (EAPE); Dr. Terry Roberts (Little Rock Nine / Antioch U prof); Ryan and Sandy Sato; John Grosskoph; my men's group RADS6 - Dan/Henry/Dick/Ken/John; Susan Harris, LMFT (La Habra); Beth Johnson, PsyD (LFWC);

My Blog

People I'd Like To Spend Time Listening to:

People I'd Like To Spend Time Listening To: Jesus of Naz; Martin Luther King Jr.; Ghandi; Jimmy Carter; Nelson Mandela; C.S. Lewis; Dr. Townsead & Dr. Cloud; Dr. Drew Penske; Tom Landry; Roger St...
Posted by Victor on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:06:00 PST

Bio

Here's my story... Born in 1967 to an Indiana Navy Sailor and California girl in Abonito Puerto Rico.  Moved to California's Central Coast (Santa Maria, CA) at age 3 months.  Obtained one br...
Posted by Victor on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:14:00 PST

Three years of grace

It's been three years ago today that I came close to losing both my wife and infant son Gabriel.  Gabe's birth was so critical that Kim lost alot of blood, while he lost alot of oxygen.  Pra...
Posted by Victor on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:51:00 PST

Men need other men.

Sons, Please follow my example and seek out the help of other men.  There is no better way to keep to the narrow path when holding on to other men who desire to serve God with everything they hav...
Posted by Victor on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:28:00 PST

Life of Big Trees

I just read an new article that indicated yet a new discovery of the world's tallest tree in northern CAL.  (Below I left some stats from the Guinness Book of World Records).  According to i...
Posted by Victor on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:41:00 PST

Still 'getting to know you'

On a mini-vacation in Northern Wisconsin with the crew.  Today we visited Rib Mountain http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/specific/ribmt/&nb sp; Yet another national treasure of this state...
Posted by Victor on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:06:00 PST

Developing a legacy

Yesturday, 7/15/06, Caleb, Noah and I used our morning serving as volunteers adding two sections to the 11,000 mile Ice Age Trail (one of eight national senic trails).  After a quick safety and t...
Posted by Victor on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PST

An invitation to join my journies

LEAVE NO TRAIL BEHIND.  As I blog my journies into nature, please be sure to take a look around.  I hope to provide information via web sites and photos.  Before moving to Wisconsi...
Posted by Victor on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:30:00 PST