I was born in Dover, Delaware on the Air Force base there, moved to South Carolina to be closer to family after my brother was born. Live in SC for almost 12 years, it is and always will be home. Yes I was young but I have no memory of going to church when we lived in Dover and Gaston. I do though remembering going to church with my grandparents when we lived with them. Went to the church my dad grew up in, it well always be my home church everyone there knows me very well because I pretty much grew up there myself. Well when my sister was born we got a new house and moved out of my grandparents house. When we moved into our new home we didnt go to church for a while til I was about 7 or 8. We started going to church after my parents went through some really rough times. I almost came form a broken family but God kept us together. We visited many different churches til we found one. I believe it was Easter sunday when I raised my hand to say a prayer. At the time I was 7 and of course 7 year olds look around during prayer, when I saw all the hands go up after the preacher asked who would like to accept Jesus Christ in to their life so I put mine up to. Prayed a prayer that I didnt fully understand what it meant but hey I was seven and it seemed important. So I went to church believing a was saved, participating in all the church activities and events that I could, Pretending to be a Christian that I wasnt. A while later my aunt died and I blamed God for it and then when I was in the 3rd grade an amazingly Godly women named Ms Sue died of cancer. I was the closest thing she had to family. Her husband and kids walked out on her and I was all she had. And one thing I will regret to this day is never getting to tell her bye before she was taken from me. I remember crying myself to sleep and after the tears passed anger came. Angry with God for taking her from me. After that I wanted nothing to do with God. But I had to go to Church. So I did but mainly only to hang out with friends... The stuff they did about God though didnt mean a thing to me anymore. Around sixth grade we had Andrean Depree come speak at my church and if nothing else I remember him saying "its not God we need to blame for death, its the devil." Took me a while to understand but I understood what he meant. But by no means was I ready to trust God again. Not yet anyways. Another year goes by and the cussing at school got worse, getting caught up in drama and caught up with guys and only went to church because I had to. My priorities was something like gymnastics, then boyfriend(if i had one), friends and family,then school and then lastly God and Godly things. If I didnt have to go I didnt. Then January 28th, 2008 Monday night. Reveal going on at the church, went after my gymnastics practice. But I have to say the Holy Spirit was moving in there and it yanked me hard after the sermon. Made me realize I was in no way a Christian. I was scared, it was calling me and saying I needed him. But despite my fear I got up and went down to the front to talk to someone. Went backed and talked to the preachers daughter and fully accepted Christ in to my life. And in no way am I saying that things got easier because they didnt, they got harder in fact. Worked hard to get my act straight and did my best in showing people that I accepted Christ but they laughed in my face in said yeah right. In some ways I expected that. The 1st year of being a Christian was laid back and I didnt think I had to do anything. It was just "Whatever" But OH NO! I learned quickly that wasnt the case! We left the church we were attending and went back to my home church. From there I started trusting God more and more. I gave Him my whole life and became His vessel and I tell you that was a roller coaster ride in itself! He used me in so many ways to bring people to know Him personally. That was a wonderful feeling! Now Ive moved to FL its been hard but I do trust Him and will continue to. And Im blessed to have a boyfriend that reminds me to everyday. Im ready for anything and cant wait to see whats in store! =) So theres my story for you =)
