broken and lost than ever, and the wrongs were spreading to those I loved around me. I started to see bruises on my children but would not believe they were due to my boyfriend. I returned to drug abuse after thetwins were born as the landslide of my life continued. Soon after child protective services began investigating and pursuing us. I called my father in Georgia to ask if he would take us in. He said yes and all five of us relocated from Texas to Rabun County. After arriving I started working the night shift at Waffle House and tried methamphetamines for the first time. The next day I abandoned my children with a teenage group to pursue my choices. When I called the groupto retrieve my children, I was told that the sheriff's department had taken them. I was interrogated by the authorities being accused of child abuse. They had broken ribs and excessive bruising. Children protective services took custody of my three children and my boyfriend and I were arrested for cruelty to children. My father bonded me out of and I never saw the boyfriend again. I tried for a time to walk a straighter road, but the drug addiction by now was overwhelming. I was, at this point forced to sign my parental rights over to the state. I tried to pursue a better path but again sank even deeper into drug abuse. I became pregnant again. But now I had found a new demon in pain pills.At the hospital to have the baby, I tested positive for opiates and again my child was taken bythe state. As the downward spiral continued, I got pregnant again, but this time I had an abortion so I could continue the lifestyle I thought I wanted. Shortly after, I again became pregnant, but could not afford another abortion. I went to another state to have the child born, but again was flagged by the state. I ran with pain pills in hand. I was working for and stealing from my father at the time. He had enough of my behavior and fired me. I then went to work for another company and was pursuing sobriety through a methadone clinic. But I soon began stealing from them as well. The next two years were spent in Alto State Prison. There I sobered and swore to become better. My determination was not enough however to keep me from getting high the very night of my release from prison. I then met a man that did not do drugs and my life looked hopeful through him. For a time, the repair and fulfillment I had been searching for had finally come. We were married, going to church, and had two daughters. I was sober and life was promising. Our marriage began having problems and it wasn't long before drugs were again callingto me. I was not permitted to see my children. In a fit of emotion, I broke into the sitter's home and took my daughter.The authorities called me and warned that if I didn't immediately return her I would be charged with kidnapping. I was now found in violation of my probation and sent to jail. I was now at the pinnacle of my life's failures. My family said it was time for something drastic, but I refuted their claims that I needed treatment. That night I went to my cell and had a dream that shook me so deeply I decided to get help. I tried once more to flee, but I had heard God's call and felt the pierce of his presence upon my heart. I went home and agreed to rehab. It was hard but God was healing me and filling those old voids with deliverance.' stayed for twelve months to complete the program. Seven months in, I woke up with the sun shining on my face. At that moment, I heard God audiblyspeak to me for the first time. He told me that my fight with addiction was over and that my life will never be the same. And true to his word,' am now in love with Jesus Christ.' am a mother, daughter, sister, and friend. In addition, God has brought me a husband that is my great partner in Christ. Together we are privileged to share and preach the gospel of Christ and mentor a group of peers. I am now a degreed counselor that leads othersfrom their struggles with drug and alcohol dependency. I will soon complete my second college degree and am sothankful for where God has brought meto and brought me from. God has radically transformed my life and he can do the same for you. I will always share of his perfect love, grace, and mercy.

The Testimony of Jonny York

My name is Jonny York. I'm thirty-two years old and a recovered methamphetamine addict. For most of my childhood I had good people in my life to show me the right way to live. However, I also had people that told me right from wrong but showed me different. At the age of four orfive, I had already tried alcohol. By the age of ten I had smoked marijuana.At the age of thirteen I was smoking cigarettes and marijuana daily. At fourteen I had tried metha mpheta mines and becoming everything I wastold not to. When I was sixteen I was suspended from school for a year, after which returning was the last thing on my mind. At eighteen I was hanging out at bars and looked at life as one big party. When I was twenty I hadfathered a child unmarried and abandoned him after a year. On December 7,2015 my life's party carnet° an end when I was arrested for drugs and multiple other charges. After six months in the county jail, I was sent to the Walker State Prison RSAT program. I woke one night scared by the realization that this road I was going to be my death and that heaven wouldn't be my final destination. I wish I could say I was saved that night, but it wasn't. Later during my incarceration God sent a church to the prison for a revival. The first night God called my name and convicted my heart for life I Had been pursuing. But pride and arrogance was squelching his voice. On the second night, God was again convicting my heart and calling my name. I answered. I ran with abandon to thefront and knelt at the makeshift altar and gave my lifeto Jesus. I was bursting w ith excitement and couldn't wait to tell my grandmother what had happened, and that her prayers had been fulfilled. She didn't haveto worry for me anymore, that my life was now in the hands of the King of Kings. I was released from prison on March 9, 2017. One of the first people God put into my life was the amazing woman I am now married to. She invited me to church at the Lighthouse in Clayton Georgia on a Saturday night and I have been going ever since. God has completely transformed my life since the day of my salvation. I have been blessed with a partner I absolutely adore, have two daughters that are the lights of my life, and have accepted the call to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. In addition, on March 9, 2019, I was wanted sole custody of the son I had abandoned, exactly two years to the day of my release from incarceration. Only God can do that. As my wife, myself, and our family have grown together through life and in the ministry, God has blessed us in more ways than we can count. Today, my wife and I are eight years clean and sober and Jesus Christ has remained the head of our household. One of my favorite scriptures is John 8:36, "For who the Son sets free, is free indeed!' I am and will remain free indeed by the power of Jesus Christ Romans 8:1 says, "There is no condemnation to those who are in Jesus Christ: I will spread the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ I commit to the sharing of God's truth to every man, woman and child about how much he loves them and does not condemn them. It doesn't matter how far you have traveled away from him through the mistakes of your life. It only takes one step back towards him to tum it all around. Jesus doesn't condemn you, he calls to you and longs for you to come to him, so you too can be free indeed.