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"I grew up in a devout Catholic family. I went to Catholic school. Starting in seventh grade, my parents couldn't afford to send me to private school anymore. My father had a really bad gambling addiction and was also an alcoholic. My dad passed away in 2022.   I went from private school to public school. I started hanging out with people that I shouldn't have been hanging out with. I got expelled my senior year of high school. Thankfully, I was allowed to graduate and walk w

“My mom passed away when I was five and my dad passed away when I was 12.  I had three older sisters. My sister Angie passed away when I was 18.  We didn't know Jesus. Jesus actually introduced himself to me when I was around 15. Ironically through a Mormon friend. From that moment on I couldn't stop thinking about Jesus, however, it didn't mean that I changed my life.   A couple years after that, I ended up going down a really dark path for 10 plus years. I met a girl and st

“The Pastor got in trouble with the law and he spent time in prison. I thought, ‘if that's what religion is, I don't want anything to do...

“They set a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon in front of me and said, ‘Here you go son, you won.’ I was around 12 years old. We were at a...

“He gave me marijuana at 12 years old. My dad basically said, ‘There's a lot of addicts in our family. I don’t want you to be an...

"I was one of the worst drug addicts. I just wanted to get high. I just wanted to feel the buzz. I started around 16 or 17. I ended up...

“In my mid-thirties I heard the Holy Spirit say to me ‘you are not really a believer'. The Holy Spirit said ‘you live as though the...

"When I was young, my parents took me to the witch doctor. The witch doctor could not heal me. There was no hospital in the area. My...

“Financial problems were making life tough for my family. I was born in Burma where I grew up in a Christian family. My parents were...

“She got pregnant, I was 16.  I had to step-up and be a man.  I left home, prematurely, to take care of her and a baby.   I was in his...

"I had a gun put on me, 10 feet away. Point blank, pulled the trigger, Boom. I closed my eyes.  I opened my eyes, he was gone.  My life...

“I was shooting dope.  I was in my early 20’s. My mother let me back in, and of course I went back to doing the same thing.  I didn't...

“I couldn't get help, even my family had locked their doors.  I was homeless, living on the streets of Columbus.  I had some drugs left...

“I was so empty and devoid of love.  From the time I was five years old, I never felt loved.  I was molested as a little girl, not by my...

"I picked the wrong people to hang out with. I ended up being held hostage in the city.  I have been to prison eight times. I tried to...

Crazy Faith! From being run over by a car at 5 years old, to his mom praying for him to be cut from the high school basketball team....

“I seldom went to church during grade school. When I was sixteen years old, my friend took me to a Jesus rally. I felt this pulling and...

“My older brother passed away when I finished high school. He drowned. He was on an internship in Germany. It was a really painful and...

“Ego is what took me. EGO, “Edging God Out,” that’s exactly what I did. I just got smacked in the side of the face being a kid from a...

"Why are we here? What is the purpose? I have always been this kind of person who is open minded to asking questions about this life. I...