Too many!!!! But here some of my favs:

Boxing, Martial Arts, Body Building, Motor sport, Music (Rock or Dance), The beach, the countryside, theme parks and fast cars!!!! Typical male in many ways. But I like dining out, walks in the countryside, and the cinema. And I'd also like to say that I am romantic, though not many men will admit it. I don't care what people think about me on this one, as I'm not afraid to show my love for my women.

Gladiator, Troy, Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, King Kong (old and remake), Alien Saga, Gremlins, Ghost busters, Labyrinth, Grease (yeah I know lol), E.T, Star Wars (excluding the new ones apart from the sith), Scarface, I.D, Passion Of The Christ.

Status Quo, Queen, Metallica, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, Meatloaf, Linkin Park, Billy Idol Him, , Dc Talk, Newsboys, Rebbecca St. James, Skillet, Sonic Flood, Delirious, and almost anything to do with Dance music, though I prefare the underground stuff to the commercial junk. I also like the old school ballads 'stand by me, blue moon' etc, as they were written from the heart and not some record label wanting to churn out the same old junk for mere profit. In that era, they meant what they wrote and it shows! That's why I love Christian music the most, its all glory to God with heart and soul.

Ok well as you may or may not know my name is Mark James Jones, and I live in the little (big) town of sunny Bolton. Ok so it's not that sunny, but it's where I live! I was born at Bolton Royal. And I've been living in this little asylum all my life (Bolton that is, not the hospital), and unless God tells me otherwise this is where I think I'll
be for a lot longer to come. I've been told I am funny, but usually it depends on how I sit. It's a fine line between childish and a comedian. The difference is one gets paid and the other doesn't! So that makes me a kid I guess.But such is life, and I don't suffer from insanity, I'm just a Christian! And when people accuse me of talking to myself, I just say I'm talking to God. I think They understand.....er.Still I'm happy, yo yo.

I like to travel, though usually its from my bedroom to the garden and back. But I have been further afield, like to the shops etc. No seriously though (me serious?) I like to get out and visit places. Not really been too far but I've enjoyed what I've seen. I love going to Blackpool, Wales, and just pretty much anywhere else where there is stunning countryside and a beach. I once went to Malta and that was lovely, will go back one day as well. I love the Isle of Man, one of my fav places. It's also part of my family heritage as I'm part Manx. I love the lake district and Cumbria and places like that. I'd also like to visit Brazil and also Italy within the next few years.

Currently I'm not working, but I would love to soon or whenever God see's fit. I've had kidney problems over the years and get bad pains, though not as often as I once did. Still I've done a lot of different things over the years with work, youth work, E.T.F, Commonwealth games 2002. And future plans will obviously involve whatever it is that God has called me to do. Currently contemplating taking my fabled cartoon art diploma , and also still tinkering with the idea of being a Dj.I have done work with the church now since I was late teens, and while over the months gone by I've not been anywhere near as active as I once was I'd love to work full time for God there alongside Amanda. Currently youth work is still my calling, but I am open to what God wants.

I had the privilege sometime ago now to come across someone who has been a blessing in my life ever since I met her. I must admit I wanted her from the start of our friendship. And I couldn't believe it when she told me she liked me, and then loved me! I almost fell off my chair (seriously).And we got together not long after that. We have been through hard times with each other, and how she has put up with me at times tell's me that she's way ahead of her walk then what I am. But she does wait for me to catchup, shes nice like that you see lol.In a nutshell she is my world and I love her to peaces. And seen as people ask, yes I'd love to marry her someday. When it's God timing, its always right! What the future holds for us both is a God blessed relationship with us both serving him together. Amanda I love you, and thank you for putting up with me!

Something that gets my heart beating like wildfire are these facts that God brought to me years ago. But they apply to me more than ever before in 2008. And the words are these 'just as seeds grow in the dark, so it is with our life's. In the darkness and in the pain and loneliness, that is when the seeds of our faith will grow the most. Too many Christians sing his praises, and love dipping into Gods bag of goodies, and telling the world just how great he is when all is going fine for them. Its a completely different story when things get tough, when the furnace of life starts. It is then when our faith is truly tested, and our testimony will ether stand of fall.Just like a sword being beaten by a hammer is the furnace doesn't shout 'stop stop stop', so it is with our life's. For it is through this fire of trails, these beatings and testing when we will grow stronger in our faith and be molded into a sword ready for battle. If we truly submit to God during hard times of tears, of sorrow, of hurts from the past and present. If we submit all these things and leave them at the feet of Jesus with an open heart that is really willing to surrender, God will shape us into a weapon that no power on earth nor off it can prevail against!