Testimonies

From “Monica”

In December of 2018 I found myself back in jail. I had three beautiful children at home and my life was a bigger disaster than ever! Until one day I received a letter from my oldest daughter. She was 17 years old at the time and had been attending church with her boyfriend and his family. In that letter she told me she had gotten saved in 2017 and hadn’t missed a Sunday at church since. She told me I wasn’t a bad person; I was a sick person and I needed to ask God to help me! This brought me to tears! I was so proud of her and the loving forgiveness, strength, and compassion she was showing me. That letter kept me up at night – it was all I could think about. I had heard about Hearts of Change and all of the sudden I just knew in my heart that I was going to do whatever it took to get there. A couple months later I was released from jail to Valley Vista and shortly after that I arrived at Julie’s. It was a Sunday night. On Tuesday I attended my first Bible study at the church and immediately knew I was finally, exactly where I was supposed to be! I had been at Hearts of Change for less than two weeks when Julie and I were in Island Pond in front of Community National Bank. Julie prayed with me and I accepted the Lord as my savior that day. It is a day that I will never forget. Julie McKay lead me to the Lord, New Hope Bible Church has given me an amazing church family, and the Lord has filled my life with everything I spent all those years searching for. Now, I have been given the most beautiful opportunity of all – to raise my children to know the Lord and to be surrounded by people that will love and support them through the Word of God.”
