Baptized: 9/7/2025

I was raised in a good home and grew up going to church, but I never had a relationship with God.  I never understood other people when they talked about their relationship with God.  I always wondered and assumed that I would understand better as I got older and I was unsure if it was even true.  I was more interested in what I could get out of life than where I would be spending eternity.  It was not until my college years, when my life began to fall apart around me, that I recognized my need for a savior.  I was at my lowest when I experienced God’s presence for the first time in desperation.  I prayed and finally heard the voice of God.  This is when my relationship with Christ began.

Through reading His word, repentance and talking to God every night, the Lord began to transform my life.  God brought new friends who were believers into my life and led me to find a church family.  While in college, he gave me an entirely new identity in Him.  My life was no longer defined by the difficult circumstances I was experiencing but now defined by the unconditional love of Jesus Christ.  Now, regardless of my circumstances, my hope is in the Lord.