A Longing to Fit In

About the Book

This is the autobiography of a young mans journey of faith and how the issue of "fitting in" impacted every area of his life. It deals with his curiousity into spiritual things as a toddler and how he attempted to follow the leading of God's Spirit into a spiritual conversion even though he was raised in the Church, and had aspirations of entering the priesthood. It covers the every day struggles of a teenager as well as the difficulties of being a young man who felt totally unprepared for the tensions of the world outside due to hyper critical upbringing, and living in a home with an alcoholic parent. Lastly the author shares the grace and wisdom he obtained over twenty five years in the pastoral ministry, as well as his training in biblical studies. This book is for everyone who has a desire for God and the authors intent is that everyone would be drawn into a deeper walk with the Lord irrespective of their religious beliefs.

About the Author

Alex Di Matteo was born on Dec.8th, 1947, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. As a child and a young man he attended school in the Village. Our Lady of Pompeii Elementary School, Chelsea Vocational High School, and Eastern School for Physicians Aides where he trained as a Medical Laboratory Technician. Raised as a Roman Catholic he experienced a spiritual conversion after graduation from high school. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served as a Hospital Corpsmen, functioning as a Lab Tech and also performed work similar to an LPN. After his discharge from the military he studied and obtained Diploma’s in Bible and Doctrine and Ministerial Studies from the Berean School of the Bible of the Assemblies of God. He was Ordained with the Assemblies of God, served the Lockport Christian Church as Assistant to the Pastor and pastored three churches with the Assemblies of God in Middletown Connecticut, St. James NY., and Middleburg Heights, Ohio. He became a Licensed Practical Nurse after graduating from Parma School for Practical Nursing in 1987. He worked as an LPN for 23 years and later served as Pastor to the residents of the Groton Nursing Facility in Groton, NY five years before moving with his wife to Boca Raton, Florida in June of 2012. He has two children, Michele DiMatteo Anderson and Daniel Michael DiMatteo.