Life was great for me. I grew up in the perfect family and had no need for God, even though I grew up in the church. When I was ten I went to church camp just like every year, but somehow I knew it would be different. I grew up singing in church and one day my mom, who also sings, and I clashed over something. I ran off crying because I knew the fight between my mom and I was really between me and God. I began crying out to God and my music minister, Henry, heard me. He came over and helped me through the questions and doubts. After about an hour in 100 degree heat, I prayed at Camp Lela to receive Christ as my Savior. I agreed to give my life to him but I still struggle with it. I’m not perfect, although I try to be. But I have a hope that no one can take away from me. Read the rest of this entry »

My Life Before Christ – I was always afraid at night when it was time to go to bed. For all I knew I would not wake up the next morning and I would be dead. I feared this everytime I went to bed and I just couldnt sleep. Not only was I afraid of death but I had no idea who Jesus was and what it meant to be a Christian. I mean sure I went to church everydad Sunday with my parents but I just went to be with my friends not to worship the Lord and be intimate with him. Read the rest of this entry »

Background information

“My name is Sadrak Nawipa; I was born in a little village called Paniai which is interior High land of West Papua. I am 23 years old. I am also one of the 43 West Papuan who came across the ocean by a traditional boat by earlier, back in 2006. I and my friends were targeted by Indonesia Military.

We were involving in University Student Human Right Activists who protest to the Government for its false Conducts that have been applying on and on in West Papua up to now, such as, Human right abuses, intimidation, exploitation, religious and racial discrimination, illegal log in, and one of the trend case conducting up to now is the Genocide system. This unfortunate system is has been establishing since its Government has integrated with West Papua. With the massive interest towards Natural resources of West Papua with the plot that destroy West Papuan which are Christian Communities in West Papua and make a the Land of Muslim which is the term known as “Islamizes”. Read the rest of this entry »

What you’re about to read is an honest and personal account of a series of events that permanently altered the course of my life. It began with my unexpected discovery that I had a bad heart–not the organ that pumps life-giving blood through my veins, but that place deep inside where all my thoughts and motives originate. Here’s how it happened:

I grew up in church and believed in God. I knew I wasn’t perfect but felt in my heart that I was basically a decent person. I would later find that the Bible describes the condition of every heart (yours and mine) as deceitful (Jer 17:9). There I was, living it up (so I thought), unaware that I was deader than a door-nail in my sin (Eph 2:1); utterly lost, yet certain I knew exactly where I was going. You get the picture. My own heart was deceiving me. I wonder–could your heart be deceiving you, too? Read the rest of this entry »

Days of feeling despair were becoming more prevelant. Any happiness or joy I had felt in the past was long gone. Highschool was proving to be more than I could handle and thoughts of suicide were creeping in. I felt hated, despised and rejected. I was threatened in the hallways, stalked and tormented. There was no way out. I begged my parents to take me out or send me to another school but they didn’t understand my desperation. Doctors thought I should be put on antidepressants and one doctor even told me after the first hour of meeting me, “Young lady, you just need to put a smile on your face.” I wanted to reach across the table and put my fist through his face, then maybe I could smile. Read the rest of this entry »

Looking back upon my life there is so much to be thankful for….the day I was born..what the enemy meant for evil, God turned to good. I was born with Cerebral Palsy. The doctors had to use forceps on my head to complete my delivery into this world.

The force of the forceps caused damage to the back of my head. And the force of my delivery also had broken my back in which my condition was unknown to anyone at the time of my birth. It didn’t become known that there was a problem until my mother noticed that I couldn’t crawl but scooted on my side to get around. And through many hospital tests, consultations in hospitals with many doctors came the diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. Read the rest of this entry »

I want to share something which is taken for granted in some parts o f the world, since I finished from University in 2004, a number of things which is extra ordinary considering my position has been happening. When I finshed my degree I got a temporary contract job instantly, when an average graduate in my country takes years to secure a job. Read the rest of this entry »

My name is Devin. All my Life almost I have served Christ and after what has happened I can almost garentee I always will. It all starts close to 14 years ago. It was the Alabama championship. My mom went there that night and was just starting to shape her life up and had stopped drinking. She was the only one who was being responsible at the party and not get drunk in celebration.

She ended up having to take everyone home so they woulnd’t get hurt. Well the last one had once been her boyfriend and was so drunk he couldn’t get up the steps so she helped him to his apartment. It was there she was raped and I was concieved. 8 and 1/2 months later I was born and I was huge. My mom met a man named David and knowing I needed a father maryed him. The man changed completely the day she married him. Now his mother had said she used to be a witchand that has a large portion to do of why he changed. He beat her and she had started to hide baseball bats around the house. The last time I was alone with him I was thrown acoss the room. Read the rest of this entry »

You don’t have to be afraid that God doesn’t want you. He wanted you to spend eternity with Him so badly that He died for you, took your place in Hell and then defeated the devil while He was there; left there and went back to Heaven where He reigns as Lord of All. He is watching over you, waiting for you to accept Him into your life so He can change those things that are destroying you and make you into everything you never dreamed you could be.

Sound impossible? It is! In our own strength it certainly is. But in God’s strength anything is possible. I am living proof of the power of God in our lives to change, to be healed and radically saved! I was a dysfunctional person with a victim of the world mentality and He changed me into a victorious person who knows the God of the universe. He loves me! He loves you! He sent me to tell you He wants you in His life; He wants to be in yours. He wants to show you how much He loves you. Come with me; let me tell you my story… Read the rest of this entry »

If the people approaching my father’s casket meant to comfort me, they failed.
“Your father’s in heaven now,” one said.
“He’s in a better place.” I looked at that man like he had lost his mind.
“A better place?” I fumed later.
“As far as I’m concerned, he should be here with me!”

Fortunately, Mum handled the challenge of raising three Teenagers and a two-year old. Returning to college, in a few years she graduated and became a primary school teacher. while she was an island of calm amid turmoil, at 13 I wasn’t ready for the shock of losing Dad. People said that time healed all wounds, but it only masked my pain. By age 16 I had quit school and went to work at a tailoring shop, selling men’s clothing. With cash in my hands and a new gang of friends, I ran headlong into all the world had to offer. Read the rest of this entry »