Nino’s Mission

A Special Thanks

October 15th, 2007

Hey my friend welcome back! Gee Nino thanks you know how I look forward to our meetings, each and every week! Nino I’m especially looking forward to our discussion today! My friend really…. why’s that? Gee Nino have you forgotton on what you told me last week, on what we were going to be talking about this week!

Gee my friend! I apologize I completely forgot in what I told you what we were, going to discuss this week! Nino you’ve been telling me not to ever apologize to you, so why are you apologizing to me right now! Gee my friend I think I’ve taught you to well your absolutely right, I shouldn’t be apologizing to you either! My friend I promise that won’t happen again!

Gee Nino that’s ok! Nino I guess you can say that we’re even now! Nino would you like me to help refresh your memory? My friend that sounds like a great idea to me! Well Nino if I’m not mistaken last week you hinted to me, that we were going to talk about these “special” people that you’ve been mentioning to me from time to time!

Gee my friend your absolutely right, how could I have forgotton such an important thing! Ok my friend before I go any further I have a confession to make to you! Gee Nino what is it? Actually my friend I really didn’t forget on what we were, going to talk about today! My friend I just wanted to see if you were paying attention and you definitely, showed me that your on the ball today! My friend also you showed me today that I definitely wasn’t boring you at all, with the discussions that we’ve been having lately!

Gee Nino it’s like I said you haven’t been at all boring me lately, now you know that I was being totally honest with you! Well my friend I appreciate your honesty that being said your absoulutley right today! My friend today is that “special” day that I’m going to give a “special” thanks to these very special friends of mine, that are responsible for the birth of “Nino’s Mission”!

Gee Nino are you telling me that you had absolutely nothing to do, with the birth of “Nino’s Mission”? My friend that’s exactly what I’m telling you and what I’m also telling the millions, of other people in our society today as well! My friend ever since the launch of “Nino’s Mission” back in November of 2006, I’ve had alot of my friends and people in general ask me one question!

Gee Nino what might that be if you don’t mind me asking?

My friend absolutely not I’m also glad you asked me!

Well my friend I’ve been basically asked over and over again, like a broken record simply this! My friend and I quote! “Gee Nino how did you end up having your own website”? My friend I simply responded by saying God has brought, three very ”special” people into my life to allow this to happen! Gee Nino how did they react when you told them that? Well my friend I guess you can say that they were…. quite surprised with my answer!

Gee Nino I have to be totally honest with you I would have probably reacted, in the same manner that they did as well! Gee Nino it’s not very common in our society today where you hear of people, go to such extremes to help another person! My friend that’s exactly the point I’m trying to make to you here! My friend you very seldomly hear something as amazing as this, happen to a person today in our society!

Well my friend I have news for you…. God has made it happen to me! My friend I thank God everyday for bringing these three very “special” friends into my life, who you now know them as Mark and Vanessa Cambria and Tom Venuto! My friend that being said this is why today I want to give a special thanks, to Mark, Vanessa, and Tom for making my dream come true!

Gee Nino I think it’s really nice of you to take time today and do this! My friend I should have done this in the beginning! My friend because if it weren’t for these three special friends of mine that God has brought into my life, I definitely wouldn’t be talking to you about a “Mission” today! Gee Nino before we give thanks to your friends today, would you mind if I ask you something!

Absolutely my friend! What would you like to ask me?

Ok Nino I hope this is not going to sound werid to you but if it weren’t for God, bringing  Mark, Vanessa, and Tom into your life… my friend I’m sorry for interuppting! My friend I bet I know what your question is….. would you mind if I guess? Gee Nino absolutely not because you always give me, a chance to guess the anwers to your qustions! Gee thanks my friend! Well my friend I believe you want to know what alot of my friends, have been asking me as well! My friend which is simply this and I quote again! “Nino if God didn’t bring Mark, Vanessa, and Tom into your life for making “Nino’s Mission” possible for you just what would I be doing today”?

My friend is that what you want to know?

Yeah Nino! What would you be doing today?

Well my friend I would still be asking God for some direction in my life, because he knows that I’ve tried and still trying today to find employment! My friend I truly believe God is showing me a little part of his direction that he wants me to take!

My friend that being said! What do you say we give a “special” thanks today to Mark, Vanessa, and Tom for helping me see that possible direction that God want’s for me…… “Nino’s Mission”!

Yeah Nino absolutely I’m ready!

Ok my friend here we go again! 

Well my friend! I think it only seems right today to start off giving a special thanks to the person who was responsible for giving “Nino’s Mission” a heartbeat! Gee Nino who might that person be? Well my friend I’m about to tell you but just keep one thing in mind! My friend I had absolutely no idea that this person who I’m about to name, would begin the birth of my mission!

Gee Nino I know how you like to keep me in suspense but who was the person, who started to give life to “Nino’s Mission”? Oh my friend I’m sorry you know how I like to keep you, at the edge of your seat on certain things! Yeah Nino it drives me crazy! Well my friend I definitely dont want that today, I need you to be calm cool and collective! My friend the person is Vanessa Cambria! My friend I truly believe if Vanessa didn’t agree to train me for my last show, I definitely wouldn’t be here talking to you here week after week like we’ve been doing!

Gee Nino are you telling me that Vanessa’s role in this was to train you, for your last show? Well my friend that was part of it but what I’m about to tell you next, is what gave Nino’s Mission that starting heartbeat! Gee Nino what was it? My friend it was a phone call that I received from Vanessa, telling me that she had some news for me! Gee Nino what news might that be?

Well my friend before I tell you let me just say that Vanessa didn’t have to do what she did, it definitley shows you the type of person that Vanessa is! My friend! Vanessa told me that she talked to her husband Mark about me in how I would love an opportunity to help people, but I was having a tough time for someone to look past my disability to give me that chance! Well my friend what she told me next is really going to allow you to see the kind of people, that Vanessa and Mark truly are!

Gee Nino what happen next?

Well my friend as you read in my story Mark took it upon himself to call his long time friend Tom Venuto and told him about me! My friend I’m not going to go into the whole thing again about what the coversation, was about because its all in my story! Listen my friend the point I’m trying to make to you here is simply this! My friend Vanessa went out of here way to help me, by doing all that she did for me! My friend now you know that Vanessa did much more than train me, she was the one that started my dream!

Gee Nino what your telling me is unbelieveable!! My your telling me I never had anyone help me in the way that Vanessa did my whole life! Gee Nino I should have brought some tissues today? Nino this gets you right in the heart! My friend trust that’s exactly where Vanessa will always be….. in my heart along with Mark and Tom! Well my friend I felt the only right thing to do after all that Vanessa did for me, was to give her my trophy that I recieved at the night of the show!

My friend Vanessa definitely without a doubt deserved it more than me she not only put up with me for 15 weeks to train me, but she also gave me an opportunity to live my dream! My friend I know that God will open that door of opportuinity that I’ve been asking him, when “he” knows the time is right!

Gee Nino that’s awesome that you did that for Vanessa!

My friend Vanessa deserves alot from me than a “special” thanks…. and a trophy!

Ok my friend it’s now time to give a special thanks to Vanessa’s husband Mark Cambria, in how he also made my dream a reality!

Gee Nino this is exciting today go ahead I’m listening! Nino I’m also learning alot today I actually think I might know, in what your trying to teach me here as well today!

Gee my friend! I had a feeling that you would also be learning something today, along with the millions of other people in our society as well! My friend but don’t tell me just yet in what you might believe that lesson might be! My friend I’ll give you an chance to guess the lesson at the end of our meeting today!

Ok Nino that sounds fair! Ok my friend let’s continue to give special thanks today!

Well my friend you now know by me telling you last week, that Mark was the master mind behind my pre-contest diet! My friend furthermore you also found out today that Mark made that phone call to Tom Venuto, and that’s how I got introduced to Tom! Gee Nino hold on a minute I don’t mean to interrupt, but it sounds like to me that you never actually met Tom in person! My friend that is correct! My friend actually I never heard of Tom Venuto before in my life until Mark told me about him, and I had a brief conversation with Tom on the phone!

Gee Nino it sure sounds to me that Mark and Vanessa are truly two people, who really have gone all out to help you to live your dream! My friend it’s like I said no one in my entire life has ever helped me, in the way that Mark and Vanessa have I owe them both greatly! Ok my friend let me get back and tell you another amazing thing that Mark did for me, that will no doubt surprise you and alot other people in our society today!

Gee Nino what is it?

Well my friend! If you’ve been wondering who’s responsible for making these posters of me that you see on this site, let me say I had absolutely nothing to do with making them! Gee Nino I would have thought that you would have a least, been responsible for making your own posters! Well my friend have news for you that was ALL Mark’s doing! My friend all I did was stand in front of the camera! Gee Nino are you telling me that Mark was also responsible for making your posters! My friend that’s exactly what I’m telling you! My friend Mark put ALL the hard work and time, not to mention the resources to make them as well!

Gee Nino I can’t believe what I’m hearing today! Nino I never heard anyone help a person like this before.. ever in my entire life! My friend that’s what I’ve also been telling myself, ever since the launch of “Nino’s Mission”! My friend let me just say one more thing about both Mark and Vanessa, before we talk about Tom’s role in all this! My friend! I’ve only known Mark and Vanessa for about two years, and I have friends that I’ve known pretty much my whole life! My friend I never had any of my really close friends offer to help me in my life, in the way that Mark and Vanessa have! Gee Nino I guess you weren’t kidding to me when you referred these people as being “special”!

Gee Nino I’m starting to get a little choked up here! My friend I’m right with you there! My friend but please stay with me because now I’m going to tell you, how Tom Venuto brought the birth of  ”Nino’s Mission” to full circle and put the finishing touches on it!

Gee Nino don’t worry I’m not about to leave you now!

Great my friend!

Well my friend as I said earlier to you I never met Tom in person before, I just spoke briefly with him on the phone! My friend I only met Tom for the first time on the night of my last bodybuilding show! My friend I truly believe what I’m about to tell you next is really going to make you understand, the phrase “special” people today! Gee Nino what is it? Well my friend before I tell you I just want to thank Tom again for taking the time, to come and see me at the show that night! Furthermore my friend I also want to thank Tom for writing such a great story, on my accomplishments that I’ve been able to acheive with my disability thanks to God!

Ok my friend are you sitting down?

Yeah Nino!

Great my friend because I think what I’m about to share with you next, this is really going to get you choked up today! Well my friend I have a feeling that you’ve also been probably wondering along with the millions of other people, in our society today who was responsible for building this site! Gee Nino that’s funny that you should mention that to me, because that was going to be my next question! Well my friend look no further because Tom is the answer to your question! Gee Nino wait a minute this is really getting emotionally too deep for me today! Nino are you telling me that you had nothing to do with building your own site!

My friend that’s exactly what I’m telling you and what I’ve been telling you, since the beginning of my mission! My friend Tom along with a few other people who I also want to thank today are soley responsible, for building this site that you see here today! My friend let me just say I had a conversation with Tom by phone, when all this was happening to me and asked him one question that I’m still asking myself today!

Gee Nino what was it?

My friend I specifically asked Tom why was he doing all this for me? My friend his response was and I quote! “Nino if I didn’t think you could help inspire and motivate people with your disability I wouldn’t be doing this! My friend Tom also went on to say that it was a gift he wanted to give me! Well my friend let me tell you I never received a gift such as this, from ANYONE like this in my entire life! 

Gee Nino this was truly amazing what I heard from you today! Nino I definitely learned alot from the actions that Mark, Vanessa, and Tom took to help you make your dream a reality! Oh my friend that reminds me so what’s the lesson that you think, I’m trying to teach you today? Gee Nino I think that it’s pretty simple for anyone to know the lesson that was taught today! Nino which is we should ALL be willing take the time today to help one another, in anyway that we can without making excuses!

My friend you’ve definitely matured alot since we’ve been together…..because your absolutely right! My friend this is precisely the point that God wants me educate, the millions of people in our society on……. helping one another!

Listen my friend let me just end by saying today Mark, Vanessa, and Tom deserve a WHOLE lot more than a “special” thanks from “me”! My friend these people took the time out of their lives not to mention stuck out their neck to help me, when others have just knocked me down but I keep getting back up….. No Excuses! Gee Nino this was just an amazing story, in how “Nino’s Mission” came to life! Nino thanks for sharing it with me today!

My friend please don’t thank “me” you should thank God for bringing Mark,Vanessa and Tom into my life for making all this possible! My friend they made my dream a reality and they are without a doubt, the back bone to “Nino’s Mission”! Oh my friend I also want to take this opportunity before we end today to do one more thing!

Gee Nino what might that be?

My friend I want to wish both Mark and Tom the best of luck as they are both getting ready, to compete in the same bodybuilding show on October 27th! Gee Nino that’s awesome!! My friend yes it is! My friend let me just say they both have been training and dieting extremely hard for this one day, guys go get em…. No Excuses!!  

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