Psalm 117:2
For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.
For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.
Melissa's Testimony
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| Me at the Science Museum while Savannah takes a jumping picture. 2011 |
When I was born, I had a twin. She died before she had the chance to live. And the doctors were pretty sure I wouldn't make it either. But i did, and I grew up like any other little kid, with a mom who fed me spinach flavored baby food (I spit it out every time!), and a dad who begged to get up in the middle of the night to comfort me. Then, when I was three, everything started falling apart, and I began to fade away. The doctors diagnosed me with Bilateral Perisylvian Syndrome. It's a sort of disease that caused
me to have hundreds to thousands of seizures every day of my life from the time I was 3, up until I was 6. I spent most of my time either seizing, or in the hospital. I felt miserable, my little brother was a little less than ignored, and my parents' marriage was beginning to tear apart. After all the searching, praying, and hoping, my parents found the Ketogenic Diet. Most of the doctors said that there wasn't any good reason why we should try it, and said brain surgery would have a better chance of curing me, but even that hadn't been proven to work completely. But my parents weren't going to take it anymore, and so we tried it. It is by the grace of God that He took those seizures away. I haven't had a single seizure since
October of 2003.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
(NIV)
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| My younger brother Matt, surprised me, hence the face. 2011 |
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| Dancing with a little person at the Science Museum. 2011 |
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Kylah's Testimony
Hello I'm Kylah OD'ell. I was born in FargoNorth Dakota on November 6, 1998.
I weighted 9 pounds 2onces. I am the third child in the family. When I was 6 years old,
I had a bad cold. We had just finished "The Clown of God" for Five in a Row, in school.
In this story the clown juggles for Jesus. In the end, his heart stops beating. But when you
look at the statue of Jesus He's smiling. This story touched my heart, and that night I gave my heart
to Jesus. Just in the the last year or so, I have really gotten to know Him. Thanks to my
best friend Melissa Carlson, who have been with me through thick and thin. I used to have
problems, because I wasn't "popular" enough. But i'm ok with it now, because I know Jesus
loves me. So that's my story so far. :]
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| "The Clown of God" |
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| Yup that's me! :] |
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| Like our "phones" ;) …….Savannah…...  My passion: Jesus Christ. What I want to do with my life: I honestly can't say at the minute…but I know it has something to do with missions. I've read many stories about gangs in different cities and how missionaries have gone and completely turned troubled kid's lives around. Something seems to draw me into those true stories. Maybe I'll be part of one. Where I want to go: YWAM. My decisions: #1. To do the best I can and leave the rest up to God. #2. Not to go looking for love, it was here all along. I don't need a boyfriend to complete me. A girl's heart should be so close to the Lord's that a man would have to seek after Him to find her.  God gotta hold of my life and turned it around. I used to be scared of basically everything. I hated to talk, and I hated myself. It wasn't until I was thirteen that something changed in my heart. I felt better about myself, but I still had low self-esteem. My life really changed after I decided that God needed to be more important than someone who I thought I loved. It is one of the best decisions I have ever made, and I know it was the right thing to do. I don't feel like I've lost a friend, but gained two because of it. I lived my life for myself for a long time, and I'm not going back. I found the purpose in my life, and that is to reflect the Son. I love praying for people and encouraging them and loving them like Jesus does. He's untangled the knot in my life and I'm free now. I have nothing to be depressed about, I never did. It was all in my head. I have a wonderful family, a house, clothes, and Someone who will never let me go. What reason is there to be depressed? The love of Jesus is enough to make me smile for the rest of my life. Instead of focusing all on myself and what I might be going through, I'm going to look outside and see REAL problems and struggles others are going through. Like two little boys I'm praying for right now. I put buttons on the blog so you can check it out. After seeing what they are going through I can't complain. I can't stand drama that goes on among teenagers, we've heard it all before. If I had to speak about something I strongly believe in it would be about this. We miss SO much when we focus on just us. Daniel and Noah are truly suffering and yet they don't complain about their situations. They are real heros. I want to be like that. For the past three years I've dedicated July 14th, my birthday, as a day of doing something for someone in need. I don't do it to get praise. I love spreading God's love, and what better way is there? I'm never going to meet the people who I've effected by doing these things, but they will know that others do care. And the important thing is that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, and that we need to care for each other. 2. Locks of Love 3. Operation Christmas Child 4. Compassion International |
