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“My very lowest rock bottom point of my life was when they kicked my front door and put an AR15 to my wife’s face. Meth has always been...

“In the beginning, I could not even look at myself in the mirror. I used to think how I am prettier than others. The accident has changed...

"After the accident, my church built a home for us. Church members came to the pastor of The Refuge and told him they should help...

Caroline: “My mommy getting hurt made me feel sad. My mom looks beautiful. I helped my momma open string cheese.” Courtney: “She would...

"We were sitting at the campfire on our two-month wedding anniversary when I found myself in flames. When I got cold, he put gasoline on...

“There was a time when I was suffering from depression. I did not connect that feeling to any specific event in my life. It was just kind...

"I associated Christmas with death not birth. My Dad and grandparents died during the Christmas season. I was 25 when my dad died, I'm...

“The Judge said 'since you're doing life on the installment plan, here's your next installment of 50 to 60 months'. Hopelessness man,...

“I remember my dad had a gun and shot it in the ceiling. I felt God put his arms and protection around me. I was five. I was sexually...

“I was born into a Christian family in Thailand where my dad is a pastor. Many people would say I am a Christian because I grew up in a...

“I was kidnapped from my mother’s family, they were satanist. They had plans to make me into a female savior, which does not exist. They...

“I was born 5 months pre-mature, I weighed one pound and ten ounces. It was a miracle. My grandma started taking me to church, she’s...

I was 18 years old when I lost my mother. It was a week before finals during my first year of college. I felt like I was lost and did not...

“For 34 years I wasn’t acting like me. Whatever came out of my mouth did not come from God. I couldn’t sit still very well. I had to...

“On August 2012 I got a call from my daughter: 'Hey mom, Yamari has been holding food in her mouth for 30 minutes and it looks like...

"My Dad passed away a few years ago. It was a strain on all the parts of my life. I was 15 and never had any experience with the church....

“I had a defibrillator put in my heart. I have chronic heart disease, diabetes, and kidney failure. It’s all because of God that I’m...

“I was a slave for three years in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. I witnessed my friends being murdered and I was barely fed. When Pol...

“Nobody cared. I was tossed out like a piece of paper out of a window. But there’s somebody that did care. I didn’t know it at the...

“In May of 76, I was at the brink of death. You can’t describe the emptiness that I experienced. I was hurten so bad. I was doing...