My Life Transformed

Until the age of twenty, my life had been mostly about having a good time.

But when I changed schools in the middle of college, I found myself living in a big city where I didn't know anyone. There was no one to have fun with. I became very lonely and depressed. I was so isolated that I began to think a lot about suicide.

Eventually I met a group of Christian students who shared with me about the love of God. They told me that He had an abundant and eternal life planned for me, full of meaning and purpose.

I found the depression lifting off of me after I made the decision to follow Christ. As soon as I graduated I became a missionary. God blessed me with a wonderful godly husband and after serving in missions together for 12 years, we planted a church.

We have been pastoring for 20 years now and have had the awesome privilege of helping countless other people know the Lord and be freed from despair as well.

Knowing that God has granted me eternal life, not based on my performance, but on his, has made all the difference for me. There is peace, instead of pressure. Assurance instead of doubt. Purpose instead of boredom and loneliness.