KELSEY STEWART.

Kelsey is one of the Teenagers of South Liberty Baptist Church of South Liberty, Maine. She is also enrolled at South Liberty Baptist Academy. She is an excellent Volley Ball Player and LOVES HER LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.


"When I was young, every time my Sunday School Teacher asked us if we wanted to get saved I would ask Him in my heart. I knew that I was a sinner, but didn't quite mean it. Therefore was not saved. It wasn't until a couple years later that I really got saved.

I got saved when I was 8 or 9 years old. It was after Chapel when the Preacher, a preacher from Canada, asked us if we would like to get saved. I raised my hand, saying I wanted to get saved, and a Teacher took me over to two chairs by the door of the sanctuary. There I asked Jesus to save me and forgive me from my sins. I remember that the Teacher wrote in my Bible the date I asked Him in my heart. The Preacher also asked us if we would like to dedicate our lives to The Lord. I did,
but I don't think I meant it.

When Mr. Blankenship came to Chapel last week I wasn't very excited. I thought it would be another boring Preacher; but I was wrong. He convicted me over numerous things. Every time he preached I felt bad about the way I was living. Mr. Blankenship did so much for me and helped me to see that I needed to get right with God.

I came down to the Altar the last two nights Mr Blankenship preached. I then decided to stop listening to all the music that was not right. I also gave my life to The Lord. Like I said above I did that when I was little, but didn't meant it. I am a little worried about what He will have me do, but I'll just have to trust Him. Even if I'm not happy with what it might be."

Jessica Garrett

Hi, my name is Jessica Garrett. I am 15 years old. I live in North Carolina. When I was 4 years old my mom started cheating on my dad, at that same time my dad started using pot. So then my mom thought that since my dad was doing pot that she needed to start doing something, so she started to go out and go drinking and she would call a babysitter to come and watch me and my
brother. Well this went on for four years.

Then one day my mom and her mom (which lived in Georgia) came by school and told the secretary that I had a doctor's appointment, but she really lied and she and her mom took me to Georgia. Well she met this guy who she started dating and living with, everything was going good for the first eight months until...he started  abusing my mom and me. He would threaten us about all kinds of things.
 

Finally my aunt (which lived in Georgia also) saw how bad I looked and she called my grandma here in North Carolina. My dad found out what was going on and he met my mom half way between Georgia and North Carolina, but when we got there she said that she wasn't giving me to my dad unless my dad gave her my brother, so my dad did because she called the cops and the cops came and told her she had too. so I came and lived with my grandparents and they got temporary custody of my brother and I. Then they got my brother back too. It took a while for me to get use my family again because of how bad I was treated in Georgia.

Well my brother and I finally got settled in and everything was going good. We both went to a Christian Church School and we
went to church regularly. Then as time went on we slowly started falling into the world. At that time I wasn't even thinking about my future, I was just thinking about what I wanted to do and how popular I could be. Well for awhile everything was going good,...until I got with the wrong crowd at school (I was still going to a Christian school) and I started going to her house and we started smoking. That was the worst mistake I have ever made.

I lived in a trailor park with all guys . Satan tempted me daily to have sexual relationships with these guys...but thankfully I never did and I still have my virginity to this day.  

My grandparents found out that I was smoking and they contacted the "Blankenships." They suggested me to go to "Victorious Valley Homes". So I went in February of "05". I went to that home hating my family, empty, and hateful. And I came out of there saved, baptized, and loving my family more than anything in the world. And most of all I came out loving my Lord and my Saviour.

I am home now with my family and my brother and I live with my dad. Please keep praying for my mom she still is living in the wickedness of this world. My grandparents now have full custody of my brother and I. We are still concerned about my brother's salvation, but that's in the Lord's hands.

I am so thankful that I got my life straight before I destroyed it. I thank the Lord for giving me a second chance. I pray that this letter will help any that are going through any heartaches or troubles. It is only because of the Lord that I am where I am today.