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“I was raised as an atheist in a home full of domestic
    violence. Both of my parents were drug addicts and
criminals. I was abandoned on the street and ended up
in jail. I then got into an abusive relationship at age 14
  and didn’t break free from it until I was 19. One night

                    my abuser dared me to commit suicide.

I was so depressed that       different religious services  my conversion and bap-
I swallowed a bottle of       offered. The last one was a   tism while I was in prison.
pills and fell on the bath-   small group conducted by      Now 10 years later, I have
room floor. Somehow I         an elderly woman. Every       become a volunteer in this
cried out, “Jesus, please!”   Saturday she shared with      same prison and share
My life was spared, and       us by using Amazing Facts     Amazing Facts resources
I knew there was a God.       resources. I was hooked by    with my ‘sisters in blue’
But it took time in prison    the Millennium of Proph-      (we had to wear blue
for me to be set free. I was  ecy series. I completed       uniforms). Amazing Facts
sentenced to five years in    the Amazing Facts Bible       has the best resources for
a women’s prison, where I     Study Guides. Amazing         spiritual guidance. God
soon began exploring the      Facts played a huge role in   bless this ministry!”

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