I guess first I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself, kinda of like my testimony.
Well, I'm 19 years old. I'm a freshman in a small Distinctively Christian University, in Tennessee. My home town is in the beautiful state of North Carolina. I have lived there for about 17 years. I attended 3 private Christians schools throughout my life. I attended Gospel Light Christian School for the majority 3n-5k then 3rd-8th, then my junior and senior year. Genesee Christian Elementary is where I went for my 1st and 2nd grade year. Then the wonderful Kerwin Baptist Christian School my 9th and 10th grade year. I graduated with a class of 43. I attended several churches as well (going to church is a big thing in my life). I attended Bethany Baptist when i was a very young baby, Cornerstone Baptist in my lower elementary years, Gospel Light Baptist for most of my elementary and jr high years, Kerwin through my highs school years, and I am now attending Green Street Baptist while I am at home and Highland Park Baptist while I am in school.
I was adopted when I was a baby. I don't remember or really know my birth mother. I have a loving mom and dad who have gave me everything I could ever ask for. I have many brothers and sisters. That in itself is rather hard to explain. I'll give you the main. I have 3 biological siblings and 3 adopted siblings. There are 15 children (well now mostly grown) in a family that I call my brothers and sisters, which basically are. There are 4 guys and 3 girls outside of my family who aren't really siblings but we call each other our family. Family is a BIG deal with me! You hurt my family, you have me to deal with. I honestly if need be, I will fight to the death to for my family! I love them so much!!
I have many interests which I'm not going to get into.... I'm your basic southern girl partial tomboy. If that made any sense.
OK so the major part of my testimony. As I've kinda mentioned before I've grown up in a Christian home, gone to a Christian school all my life, and have been in church since the day I was born! i made many professions of faith when I was younger, and I mean MANY! I knew all the Bible stories and memorized almost all the Bible verses. When I was maybe about 5 years old I made my first profession, to be honest.. I don't remember it at all! As I got older I always thought that since I lived the Christian life, I was a Christian myself. Yes, I lived right, I obeyed and did as I was told most of the time and I wasn't mean or harsh to anyone really. When I was in 5th grade my grandfather died. Since that time a huge change had happened. Not totally noticeable to others but to some it was. I started getting involved in different things not BAD things but just things that started changing my life. As I started getting older, in my jr high ages I started hanging out with guys. Things weren't bad just not right. I made a reputation for myself that wasn't true. When I reached about my 9th grade year things went down hill. I started getting deeper into things. BAD things. But anywho...
Yeah, My sophomore year my school closed down (Kerwin). I was devastated. We all were. We made it the best last year we could though. We made lasting memories. That summer our youth pastor decided to take our youth group to a small lodge, Still Water Lodge, as like a final retreat. For most it would be the last time we'd ever be together.
That week was amazing! I'm gonna make it brief because I feel like I've been typing too long. We had a blast! EVERYTHING about it was great!! The first night we had 3 teens and one youth worker get saved. It was great! What was suppose to be a night of playing an amazing game called mafia... became a time of sharing testimonies and decisions! The rest of the week was great!! The last night however... 4 more teens got saved... the best part is.. I was one of them!! I received Christ as my personal Lord and Savior on July 27, 2007 at around 11pm.... If you want to know the details you can shoot me an email. I love sharing the details. I just don't have enough time right now!
But yes since then... yes I've made mistakes (honestly the biggest mistakes), But God still loves me and He has been waiting for me to come home to Him and give my ENTIRE life to Him. And that is what I did... April 17, 2010 at 8:38pm I realized that God isn't mad at me for my past. He's mad for me! He's crazy about me! He loves me so much that He's jealous for me!! Since I've surrendered my life to Him nothing has been the same! Everything is awesome!!
That's basically my testimony. Sorry it was so long!
I don't know whats to become of this blog. I hope to post devotionals, poems, stories, and songs to encourage and uplift you all. I love you guys... even though I may not know you...
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