Adam's Story
At only four years of age, I was faced with the tragic loss of my two-year-old sister Angie who was killed when my father accidentally backed over her in his semi tractor-trailer. That day eventually shattered my entire family into many broken pieces.
My father and mother divorced soon after the accident and a pattern of broken relationships began. With no direction in my life, I turned to alcohol at an early age and even experimented with drugs. I used alcohol for many years to cover up and try to drown my sorrows. I could never form long lasting relationships because I had such a protective wall built around me.
I even found myself with a pregnant girlfriend at the age of eighteen. I felt the only way out was for her to have an abortion, so she did. My life had no direction and no purpose. After more alcohol and more pain, nothing changed. God was not a part of my life. I was just drifting along. After making many bad choices and taking many wrong turns in my life, I finally met a man who talked to me about Jesus.
Kathy and I have since realized just how God purposely put the two of us together. There's no other answer. Although our marriage was a bit tough in the early years with so much pain, God has given us a common ground found at the foot of the cross. We are both eager to see what He has in store as He has brought all of the pain, guilt, sorrow, shame, and brokenness out of the darkness and into His Holy light. (Our favorite verse- I John 1:7)
