This is my testimony. I grew up in a Christian family but my parents had sex before marriage and had to get married so there seemed to be no love in the home, and things were always tense. I had always hated going to church, because I never felt accepted there and I felt like I wasn't chosen to be a Christian. When I went into junior high I decided to become the rebel and the bad kid. In grade 8 I had my first smoke, tried pot for the first time, and met a guy off the internet that was in his twenties, and almost lost my virginity to him. I continued doing small crimes until high school. I worked at a place where a lot of people were into drugs sex and alcohol. I ended up meeting another guy from the internet and losing my virginity to him. I ran away from home several times, and got caught up in the party scene. I ended up dropping out of school, and understandably my parents did not take that well. Thats when my mom was asked by a co-worker to go on a missions trip to St. Vincent. My mom invited me along mostly because she did not want me home alone, and I decided to go because I planned to blow off the church and go to the beach. Two weeks before we were set to leave I went to a party without my parents permission and I got really really drunk. They kicked me out of the house. But God spoke to both my parents and me and I decided to go back home and go on the trip to St. Vincent. Praise God. While on the trip one of the mothers shared her testimony, and I found out that her teenage years were much like mine. I had an amazing time on the trip and decided to contact the person who shared her testimony. I now talk to her almost every day as she led me to the Lord in April. I have never been happier in my life. I love living for the Lord! I no longer desire to party and get drunk,but instead count down the days and hours until I get to go to youth or a church service. The Lord is good his love is never ending.
