Raised in The Fire

My parents were in constant ministry wherever they went when I was a kid and truly loved the Lord. I grew up speaking in tongues at 12 years old, having prophetic dreams, and can't remember a time I wasn't saved as I said the sinner's prayer too many times to count.

I Ran Away

Circumstances of the world lead me to question God and I started running from the call of God on my life and because of this was absolutely terrified he was going to strike me dead at any moment.

Living in Darkness

I became complacent in sin, sickness, and pain. I became unfunctional, went back to homeschooling for the last three years of High-School, and was dealing with extreme bouts of mania and depression, suicidal thoughts, being sick constantly, and severe anxiety.

Embracing the Darkness

After High-School, I moved away from my whole family and decided I was going to do whatever I wanted. I had grown very bitter and angry towards everyone, but especially God, yet I was terrified of him. I began to turn to things of the world like alcohol and cigarettes. Then, I started exploring different kinds of new age witchcraft. Finally, I hit my lowest place. I started smoking with my ongoing lung condition, got pneumonia and still didn't stop, and suicide was a constant option in my mind.

My First Light

God then reached me through people in my life and brought me to Church, where at first, I resisted him. This continued for a while, then I hit a breaking point. I realized I was a broken, angry person, and start driving to the church. While there, no one prayed over me, I don't think I was even at an alter call, but I felt something and so I said a simple prayer of "I realize how messed up I am, I know I can't do this on my own, and I'm pretty sure you're real, so if you are, can you please just show up?" And he did.

My Healing

The next Sunday service, I was at the same church I had my first encounter, and our Pastor gave an altar call saying there was someone that had been told they had a chronic illness, but they just had doors open to unforgiveness, bitterness, and resentment and that's what was causing it. So, I went up there. I began forgiving all of the people I held so much anger towards, and a woman I didn't yet know asked me where I was sick, and I told her everywhere. She prayed for physical pain first and it immediately left, then she laid her hands on my head and commanded my mind be made right, and I felt it shift and click into place. Then, another man and woman come and prayed that my soul was restored, innocence and purity were renewed, and I felt like I was three years old again. Totally new.

My New Life

After all of this happened, God told me to drop out of college, devote myself to him, that I'm going into full time ministry, and to put down roots in his church. And I did. I've been learning so much, he's been unlocking things he's placed within me, and creating prophetic art through me that I'm able to bless others with. He's also brought me into the media field and has given me work, learning how to design websites, do social media marketing, and grow a business, as well as so much else. I can't wait to see everything else he has in store for me as he continues to give me little pieces of the puzzle and I hope that my testimony is an encouragement to you that God leaves no work unfinished, His word does not return void, and he brings his children back home.