“I had a great life, got saved, and still had a great life. Sure, I had some hard, sad and frustrating times, but they never challenged my core, my hope, my faith, or my very being. That is, until 1999...”
I have always been a happy-go-lucky person. I grew up in a loving home and had it pretty easy. So when I came to know Jesus as Savior on July 30, 1989, it wasn’t out of desperation or hopelessness. My fiancé, Dave, and I were at an Amway convention and the guest speakers gave their testimony. They invited people to pray and accept Jesus, noting that ‘tomorrow may not come’ and ‘now is the time’. I started crying. My heart was racing; I knew I had to go forward. I grabbed Dave and practically ran to the front of the auditorium. I was 23 years old.
For the next 10 years, people would invite me t...