My Story:

I grew up in a broken home being raised by a single mom that would work up to three jobs to make ends meet for my siblings and I. I know my dad loved us but I don’t remember much of him and he died when I was in my teens and that left a huge hole in my heart. Although my mom raised me well, I always felt like a black sheep amongst my family and eventually cultural traditions and peer pressure began to be an open door in my life and before you know it alcohol addiction, substance abuse and depression soon controlled my life. Many times I was picked up by the ambulance because I had OD’d I would wake up in a hospital bed and then transferred to detox centers just to get released and do the same thing over again. I joined a local gang looking for a sense of belonging in them or a sense of love in men but that never fulfilled that void I felt in me. Getting pregnant with my first child didn’t stop my habits, they continued. Now the build up of the guilt I felt inside for lugging my son around with me and feeling abandonment from loosing my dad was clouding my emotions and so instead of getting better I used it as an excuse to use more and continuing to go in and out of jail. I was so miserable I hated myself and I began to ask myself “what are you doing?” “This is not you” “I hate myself” “I want to be a better mom, daughter, sister” “I don’t want to live like this anymore” and one day I received a flyer to Victory Outreach I had no idea who even Jesus was but the word of God begin to change me from the inside out. I was saved and delivered at a G.A.N.G service and I was never the same. I entered the doors of Victory Outreach in 2012 that was over 14 years ago and now I am married with 4 kids. I am Pastors wife I have dignity and purpose in my life now my kids all serve along side my husband and I and I give God all the honor and all the Glory.