No better way to say hello...my testimony.

I can see the Lords grace in my life from a very early age. I had a very humble beginning. I am the daughter of alcoholic mother and an abusive father. By grace the Lord made provision for my brother and I to enter foster care when I was 3 and my brother was 5. The family we were placed with had no other children the husband and wife were very strong believers! My brother and I were introduced for the first time to church. We continued to live with this family until my mothers rights to us where terminated 8 years later. We were adopted by the same family that fostered us. At age 12 I made a profession of faith at a summer camp. All my friends were doing this and I wanted to be a part. My parents were thrilled! By my sophomore year of high school I realized that my faith was not genuine. I wasn't really bothered by that. I knew that being a Christian meant sacrifices and I had no intentions of sacrificing my "fun" for some eternal reward. All of my "fun" would lead to horrible heart ache. My parents told my my junior year of high school that I was going to be required to go to "WORD OF LIFE BIBLE INSTITUTE" for at least one year! They were concerned about my spiritual maturity and didn't think I was ready for regular "college life". I was very angry but went. I hated WORD OF LIFE and all it stood for. However it was better than being at home. I eventually took a job working at WORLD OF LIFE FLORIDA. That is where I met the man of my dreams! By this time I had gotten VERY good at talking the talk even though I STILL knew I wasn't a believer and had no plans or desire of becoming one. Michael and I married March of 2004 and that is when I was introduced to Calvary Bible Church. I didn't like it. I hated going to church. I made sure to battle my husband every chance I got when it came to church. My husband ALWAYS showed me the love of CHRIST and was never unkind or outwardly impatient with me when it came to this. On and off throughout the last several years the Lord has placed women in my life to show my HIS LOVE and HIS GRACE. They texted me, called me, and planned play dates with me at least once a week even though I was never at church. They showed me what living for Christ looked like. I started to desire the peace that they had. The relationship they had with their children and husbands and dare I even say the contentment they felt as they submitted to the leadership of their husbands. The Lord was calling me to himself. It was a friday morning. Michael told me to have the boys ready to go to the good friday service when he got home. Because we WERE going. I didn;t fight him on it I wanted to go! I remember sitting in my seat hugging Keagan and weeping as some one sang. I knew all about good Friday. I knew that God had sent his only sin to die for me and pay the penally for my sins. I knew that he died on the cross for me. I knew that rose again I also knew that he did all of this so I could stand before the father and be declared ritghous. I had known all of that for a very long time. However I only knew it on my head, I never knew it in my heart. The Lord had changed my heart. He had chosen me. The secret sins that I held so tightly made me sick to my stomach. How in the world had I ever though any of these things were better than JESUS? I laid in bed that night crying. Michael asked me what was wrong. I told him i wasn't a believer. He said I know. We prayers together and I committed my life to Christ. As a new believer i am  excited! My prayer is that I will always be as excited about the grace the Lord has shown me and that I will never become stagnate. My desire is that I will do as the Lord commands and grow in the grace and knowledge of Him. To pursue love, to set my mind on the things of the spirit and to discipline myself for the purpose of godlyness.

Galatians 2:20
²⁰ I have been ^tcrucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives^uin me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^vwho loved me and ^wgave himself for me.