“When I was asked to do this testimony, I was so excited. I hope and pray that this may help others.

I was born and raised in Germany until the age of 13. At the age of 13 we decided to move to United States since and my mom wanted to remarry… I've had to deal with mental hospitals, crack cocaine parents and sister, alcoholics, depression, anxiety, PTSD, childhood trauma, adult trauma, neglect, abandonment, mental, physical, verbal and spiritual abuse.  I've been there. I've survived it all.

I have three beautiful children: a 21-year-old who has a three-year-old son, a special needs son who is 18 and my beautiful daughter, who is 14. They are all I've had to keep me going.

I’ve lost everything. My car, my job, my business, my boyfriend, my friends. Everything got cleared out the way. My life has been hard. Very, very hard. I’ve always believed in the higher power and always believed there is somebody out here protecting me because I'm still here. But I’ve never paid enough attention because I was too busy living my life.

When I gave God all my burdens from my past and said ‘I can't do it alone, I can't do it any more, I'm done,’ that's when I saw all the blessings.

I was living out my car. I didn’t have a job. I didn’t have support. I was still dealing with all the burdens from my past life and I had my kids with me. God showed up full force and He connected me to Manna Ministry. Thank you for everything y'all have done for me and anybody else you have prayed for. I didn't know where I was going to sleep. I had no job, I had nothing. God provided me with Manna Ministry and they have given me hope, understanding, trust and belief to just trust in God. He will provide everything you need. God has never turned me away and I know I am not perfect. I have my faults, I've done my share of ugliness, but He has never turned me away like all the others have in my past. All I want to do now is be able to help others that have had the same struggles as I did because God opened my eyes.

You brought my family back together… and now you're allowing me to connect to anyone else that may or may not need to hear the testimony that He will get you out of it whatever it is that you're going through. I believe there is a reason that God has blessed me to be involved in your community and I just want to be able to pay it forward. Trust God, keep your head up and He will answer, but you have trust, have faith and believe with all your mind body and soul. He's never going to turn his back.”