Ryan’s Testimony

So here is my testimony of how I allowed God to plan out my proposal to Valerie. For weeks I had decided that I was gonna take Valerie fishing and propose in nature near the water. But then last second I decided to ask God how he wanted me to do it and I asked him to make it a special moment. He told me…..”why not do it at the park where you guys pray together and involve me in your relationship. If you want it to be centered around me this is the perfect sentimental place.” So I immediately fell in love with the idea. But I had a dilemma. When we go there we always sit in our car and read the Bible and pray together. I didn’t know how to get her outta the car without her catching on and thinking something was up. So we are on our way out to the park after our 201 class Sunday night like we always do. Then she says “babe I had a weird vision today at church. We was at the park like we always are but we was kneeling in front of my car praying in the grass and it was raining. So weird!” At this moment I couldn’t hold back the tears. I started to cry and she said “why are you crying?” I told her “because its beautiful” and she started to laugh but for me in reality i was crying because God made the plans for me! He gave me a way to get her outta the car without suspicion and he confirmed to me through a vision to her that he wanted me to do it at the park that night. So we get there and I say well let’s do what your vision said we pulled up to where she saw us kneeling. We got out prayed for him to guide us in the word where he wanted to tell us something. He led us to Zachariah 4 where it talked about the two gold lampstands standing beside Jesus which that was awesome. Then we prayed a closing prayer then we both got on our knees with our heads in the grass and we prayed again. I finished my prayer and let her do her prayer. As she was praying my hood had fallen over my head and I reached in my pocket hid it under my hood so I could get it situated up right. Then I said in my mind God how am I going to get her on her feet before me so I can stay on my knees and immediately she gets up on her feet and I look up and say “Valerie, I love you with all my heart. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?” She thought I was messing around and started to run then she seen the box in my hand and realized I was serious and she screamed “OMG!!!! YESSSSS!” God was present and he planned a special moment for us that we will cherish forever. I beg all of you to include God in everything you do he will enhance all things in your life.

Alicia’s Testimony

I went to church a few times when I was younger but not on a regular basis. When I was 14 years old I started drinking and smoking pot. This went on until I was 19 years. I graduated from highschool in June of 2000. I went to basic training the following month and lasted 6 weeks. I was honorably discharged and moved back to Wisconsin. I met a guy while I was there and he would become the father of my children. I moved to Ohio with him and I got pregnant with my twin girls. Before I got pregnant I had started drinking again. I got pregnant. On June 17,2001 I had my beautiful twin girls. They had to stay in the NICU for a week or two and then they got home. He ended up leaving me after they were born. In the mean time I became pregnant with my youngest daughter. He left me again. I knew in my heart of hearts that I could not take care of my twins by my self and I put them up for adoption. That was the most hardest thing I have ever done. So when I gave birth to my youngest daughter ended up in foster care. She was there and I ended up in my first psych ward with postpartum depression I was let out with no medication and no follow up appointment. So I started drinking again and then stopped. I ended in Alcoholics Anonymous. I ended up meeting my future husband there. I was his mistress. In the meantime I got my youngest daughter back. We lived a total hell. We got divorced at year five. I moved to Marion in 2010. I moved in with my ex and his wife and relapsed and started drinking and smoking pot and started smoking spice. I decided to try to go to truck driving school and met my future boyfriend there. I moved to Colorado Springs and my drinking became blackout drinking and smoking pot everyday. I prayed the jail house prayer God get me out of this one and I will never do this again and he did. On April 30,2012 I became sober again. I was homeless and lived at the shelter. I met a guy while I was at the AA meeting. That was 14 years ago.