Student #2

I just want to start off and tell the readers of my testimony that it was not written to glorify any of my sinful acts. I just want this to be a hope and encouragement to the families that think their daughter could never change. The Lord is so powerful and He can do anything. He did it in my life. I love this verse and wanted to share it. The Bible says in I Corinthians 15:10, "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labour more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."

My name is (name redacted), I'm 16 years old, and I am from Indianapolis, Indiana. My family raised me in church. I always knew the difference between right and wrong. When I was five my mom was sentenced to 4 years in prison, so my grandma took me in and became my guardian. I have always been closer to her than my real mom. She never failed to have me in church at a young age.I got saved at the age on seven. When my mom got out of prison I was on and off living with her and my grandma. My mom is a substance abuser, so I was never really around the right kind of people when I was with her. At the age of ten I started playing around with cigarettes, thinking it was "fun." But, that progressed on. I got expelled from a Lutheran school in 7th grade for having marijuana on my person.

Things just went down hill from then on. I couldn't go to school for a whole year after that, so sitting at home