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 I grew up in the church and held offices such as Sunday school teacher and church secretary. I attended church, however I never had a personal relationship with God. Over the course of 25-30 years I drank alcohol and engaged in a number of various types of drugs and in the activities that went along with that type of life-style.
In 2001 I looked in the mirror and saw a skeleton of a person. What I was looking at was death in the face. That was it. I sought help through my church, 8th Street Baptist, in Wilmington, DE, and they connected me with Teen Challenge in Brooklyn, New York. When I walked in those doors at 2:00 in the afternoon and saw the women staff praying, I knew I was in the right place.
When I came to Teen Challenge I thought I only had a drug problem. As a student there I found out that there was a lot of anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness along with other issues that needed to be dealt with. I could only be delivered from them by having a desire to get close to God, establishing a relationship with Him. I began to be open and receptive and let God have His way through the tapes and books and counseling made available to me through the ministry.
I completed the Teen Challenge program but with many trials and tribulations. I completed an 8 month internship and went on to further my education at Teen Challenge International Ministry Institute (TCIMI) in Jacksonville, FL. There God continued His supernatural work in my life.
God revealed that while I had surrendered a lot of things I had not surrendered everything. As I was outside in the school courtyard early one morning worshipping I felt my heart open, split down the middle and it was empty inside. Something came out and something went inside and it was as if it mended back together on its own. It was at that very moment I surrendered my soul to the Lord.
The verse I have found so helpful in my life is 2 Corinthians 10:17 “If a person wishes to boast, let him boast about what the Lord can do.”
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