HEAR FROM MICHELLE...PART 1

"I GREW UP IN THUNDER BAY WHERE I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL MY FINAL YEAR FOUR CREDITS SHORT! I GOT A JOB AT WAL-MART WHERE I WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF MY PARENTS HOME AND IN WITH SOMEONE I EVENTUALLY DID MARRY. THINGS MOVED FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WE ENDED UP GETTING PREGNANT AND BUYING OUR FIRST HOME(I STILL HAD NO INTENTION OF GETTING MARRIED) NOW ALL THIS TIME GOD WAS FAR FROM MY THOUGHTS IN FACT I NEVER EVEN BELIEVED HE EXISTED AND NEVER WOULD LISTEN TO ANYONE TALK ABOUT HIM. WE EVENTUALLY DID GET MARRIED WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS 10 MONTHS OLD BUT WE HAD TAKEN GOD OUT OF OUR VOWS(ESPECIALLY THE "OBEY" VERSE) ANYWAYS WHILE WORKING AR WAL-MART I DECIDED THE LONG HOURS I WAS PUTTING IN WAS NO GOOD FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MOVED TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WHERE I MET AND GOT TO KNOW MY FRIEND TINA! I SEE THIS FRIENDSHIP AS THE START TO WHERE MY LIFE STARTED CHANGING...SHE WAS DIFFERENT THAN ME IN EVERY WAY BUT SOMEHOW OUR FRIENDSHIP WORKED! LOL! NOW LIFE WASN'T TOO SMOOTH FOR US IN TBAY, WE WERE BOTH YOUNG,RAISING A CHILD,HAD ONE ON THE WAY AND SWIMMING IN DEBT. SO AFTER MY SON WAS BORN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MY HUSBAND TO TRAIN FOR A BETTER JOB IN ONTARIO. WE JUMPED AT IT AND MOVED. (NOT SMART) BUT GOD KNEW THE PLANS HE HAD FOR US. WE ENDED UP LOSING EVERYTHING WE HAD EXCEPT EACH OTHER. AND AT ONE POINT WE EVEN LIVED IN A TRAILER WITH NO BATHROOM!!! I REALIZE NOW WE HAD TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE DID SO I COULD SEE THAT LIFE IS NOT ABOUT ME! TINA CAME TO VISIT NOT LONG AFTER EVERYTHING HAPPENED AND THE TRUTH IS WHEN SHE CALLED TO SAY SHE WAS COMING I WAS SHOCKED(WHY ME)...AGAIN NOW I SEE GODS HAND IN ALL OF THIS. WHEN SHE CAME I FLAT OUT ASKED HER WHAT WAS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT HER LIFE AND THIS IS WHEN SHE SHARED HER STORY! MY HUSBAND AND I HAD SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS IN OUR MARRIAGE AND HAD WE STAYED ON OUR OWN WE WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT. EVEN WHEN THINGS WERE GOOD SOMETHING WAS MISSING. TINA WAS NEVER PUSHY WITH THE GOSPEL BUT SHE DID POINT US IN THE DIRECTION TO A CHURCH WE SHOULD TRY. WE WERE SAVED NOT LONG AFTER AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE THE WAY THAT WE WERE. THINGS DIDN'T JUST GET BETTER BECAUSE WE RECEIVED CHRIST BUT IT DID GIVE US HOPE...."