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Published July 05, 2009 11:43 pm - At Random: Matthew Harrell Stepping up to the plate: Athletically minded VSU grad wants to become Episcopal priest Karah-Leigh Hancock The Valdosta Daily Times If you have ever been to Submarina on Northside Drive, then you have probably met 26-year-old Matthew Harrell. Harell is the manager at the restaurant, but I met him on Twitter, the latest social networking site to take the Internet by storm.
While Harrell isn’t one of the celebrities with a million followers, such as Ashton Kutcher or Larry King, his “tweets” about his daily life made him the perfect candidate for me to share his story. Harrell grew up in Adel and graduated from Cook High School. He met his future wife, Amanda, in middle school and the two began dating their junior year of high school. After high school, he attended Valdosta State University, where he first began majoring in physical education, but later changed to general studies. At VSU, he was a member of The Wesley Foundation and Canterbury Club, both religious and spiritual organizations on campus. He was also active in intramural sports, playing softball. He graduated in the summer of 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies with emphasis in physical education, history and philosophy. After college, Harrell married his high school sweetheart, Amanda, who had originally attended college at Berry College but transferred later to Valdosta State. “Things have changed so much since I left college that what I thought would happen didn’t happen,” he said. While working at Submarina wasn’t his exact plan, he loves his work, especially interacting with the customers. “I really enjoy it,” Harrell said. “There’s a lot of neat people that come through. We have a lot of regulars. I joke with a few people, more than a handful, that I see them get out of their car and I start making their sandwich.” While he doesn’t know where he’ll be in five years, he still wants to go back to his original plan — being an Episcopal priest. “I know that’s something I’m going to do and that I’m called to do,” Harrell said. “It’s one of those things where you make your own plans and God says ‘not so much.’” Currently, Harrell is very involved at Christ Episcopal Church, where he is the pitcher on the church’s softball team and attends Saturday night contemporary services. “There’s about 16 of us,” he said. “People come and go as their schedule allows, but we usually have 13 or 14 (players) at a game.” 
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