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Thank you for purchasing my debut book, Cast Down But Not Destroyed: One Woman’s Story of Overcoming Abuse. This book contains the beginning of my testimony that started over a decade ago, in my early twenties. I was not raised in a Christian home and had never been to a Spirit-filled church as a child. I had been to church very few times, only when I went with another family. My mother never went to church not once in my childhood. I know it’s difficult for many Christian believers to imagine that there are people out there that have absolutely no church background, but there are many of us out there.

Contrary to popular belief, not all of us are closed or cold to the Gospel of the Kingdom either. Many of us, your neighbors, co-workers and classmates have just never been introduced or given an appealing opportunity to come to know Jesus Christ. I thank God for the lady whose name I don’t remember who obeyed God to witness to me over and over, no matter how many times I didn’t respond. She would invite me to church and I would smile and thank her for the invite but never show up, but she just didn’t give up. When I finally woke up and realized she was an answer to my prayers for escape from my troubled life, I ran her down to ask her where I could go to church. Her persistence paid off. While I may not know her name, God has me on her record book and all the people that I’ve lead to Christ. All the people I encourage each week to live lives of faith are also on her record in heaven! Praise God for her faithfulness to be a light!

I pray that as you read the detailed stories of my early life, that God will touch your heart and increase your faith in Him. I also hope that it will give you a fresh view of newcomers to the faith and a new passion to share this real Good News with those who are around you. You never know who you might be leading to Jesus….