‘At the beginning of 2020, my father suffered a back injury, leaving him unable to work. Me and my family no longer had a place to live. I felt a lot of despair. I couldn't understand why this was happening. I felt unsafe a lot. It was very unpredictable.
‘So I put a lot of my anger towards God. We went to the Lambuth Salvation Army Center. The room was incredibly small. I felt like I didn't have any space. I like, fought with my parents a lot. It was just a hard time for our relationship.
‘We were in the shelter for about three months. I spent my 14th birthday there. After that, my parents were like, we're going to go visit a friend. And then they drove to the house. Me and my sister, we were like, what is this place? They're like, this is our new house. And it was really cool. They opened it for us. We got to, like, run around. It was a feeling of relief.
‘It was the first time I had my own space, my own bedroom for like, seven, eight years. And I think that's when we started attending the corps regularly because it's only like 15 minutes away.
‘I asked more and more questions until I finally just was like, okay, I believe, I believe in Jesus. I believe in God. He died for me. And I turned to Scripture. I feel like once I fully put my faith and trust within God, my life in a way became so much easier. I'm incredibly thankful for God and where he placed The Salvation Army. How the Centennial Corps was right here and how I found salvation.’
