Hi Blain,
I am so so moved by your powerful testimony. Keep writing and sharing as God leads you. Someone out there desperately needs to hear your life story.
I pray you are healing and growing in your faith each and every day. No child should ever have to endure such evil. My heart goes out to you.
I used to work in the public schools (special education, etc.) and have witnessed horror stories. I would drive this one girl
(she was 18 years old) to her counseling appointments during the school day. It was part of my job. I saw on the waiting room coffee table a book titled, "A Boy Called It". I had been browsing through it when she returned to the waiting room after her appointment, she saw me looking at the book. It is a true story of the worst abuse case in California to date. The young boy's parents never gave him a legal name. When my dear student came out she opened her backpack and handed me her own copy of the same book. I was stunned. I have been to her home where she lives with family. I have since lost touch with her. I wish I knew how to reach out to her now. I no longer live in the same state I met her in.
I always have had a love for children, youth, young adults and seniors as well. They sometimes have no voice that anyone will listen to and they deserve to be heard! As you do too BLAIN! Keep sharing your truth Blain, and keep leaning on Jesus Christ for His love for you can do marvelous things. Try hard to read or listen to the Bible every day, as it will strengthen and sustain you. This walk with Christ can be very lonesome but remember you are not alone. JEUSUS is walking with you every step of the way. The Holy Spirit lives inside you and will teach you how to read his Word, the Bible.
Please reach out to trusting believers here and in your community and if possible I pray you find a safe loving Bible teaching church.
YOU are LOVED BLAIN!!
In Christ mighty name,
Sanders