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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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