When I look back over the years of my Christian experience, I have so much to be thankful for. There were so many godly, caring people that blessed my life. Allowing me to clean the church was a big blessing to me because I didn’t think anyone would want me for anything. I was soon … [Read more…]
As I grew in the Lord and His Word Pastor Jack spent more time with me and I became a lover of the adventures of the Apostle Paul. Jack new my story and he planned to get me out into the community sharing my life and God’s miracle in my life. He approached me after … [Read more…]
My wild brothers gave their lives to Christ over a long time it seemed and then, I decided we should start going to church. My brothers didn’t like the idea because they couldn’t see us fitting in to any church. I asked them what church they would like to try, they named every church except … [Read more…]
While living in that shack that was condemned by the health department, (we were told), God became so real to me in His Word. The hunger for His presence grew stronger and stronger, I had one of my grandmas Bibles and it was so encouraging to read it daily and pray. I will never forget … [Read more…]
My stepfather died when I was about 18 years of age and we were desperate for money and mom and I decided to move into a little shack down by the river and see if we could survive. I was working and we were barely surviving and mom had run into a lady she had … [Read more…]
I get together with two of my brothers for coffee every once in a while and how we laugh at some of the crazy things we did as kids and laugh at some of the crazy things that happened to us. We were raised in poverty and there was always a need in our home … [Read more…]
I spent a lot of time outside all alone in my neighborhood and was certainly a candidate for kidnapping or abuse. I was approached one day by a teenager that I knew briefly and he asked me if I wanted to go for a train ride around the community. I was nervous at first but … [Read more…]
I was one of them for all of my early teen age years, depressed, lonely, suicidal, violent and feeling so alone. It is so true, we effect our children as they grow up in our homes and learn from us. Us boys were driven together by the angry attitudes the old man displayed on a … [Read more…]
One of the most difficult things for me to endure as a child was, Christmas and birthday times. I was not allowed to celebrate any of these events. I remember so well being up stairs when party’s were going on downstairs and I could not be part of all the celebrations. I never received a … [Read more…]
There were times in our home when my stepfather’s anger would get out of control, that’s when one of my older brothers would take me by the hand, and we would run out the side door and head for grandmas apartment down town. She only lived in a one room apartment, everything was in the … [Read more…]
