New Believer #3

For this interview I chose someone from the freedom house. I love the ministry and I love the people that it builds, so this was a great way for me to get in it and see what's brewing in one of those guys. This man's journey to faith in Christ started with a near death experience. He was going through some extremely tough times and needed to fix himself up, so that's what he chose to do. Hope, he said, in the one and only thing he hadn't tried yet, led him to where he is now: getting clean and staying peaceful. His family was the thing that most helped his ability to make that final step into commitment-land. His sister and her husband in particular, he said, was the biggest part. Those two go to FVWC, now. Peace, which is one of my favorite things to hear about in accordance with God, is what he says the best thing about being with God is. It's what he fought for through all his crap and continues to fight for. The most challenging part, which makes sense for him, is self-doubt. Self-doubt and the what if's that we all ask. These really binded him. His family has been his biggest help it seems, because that's not only what got him into Christ more, it's what got him to stay with and grow in it the most. Advice that he would give isn't too surprising, he says people need to listen, and gain that new perspective on situations that comes with it. That might have a bit to do with self-pity, but it still brings a valid point. He's a very good guy, from what I can tell. He's also doing a lot with the freedom house ministry that is helping what I do on Wednesday nights easier, like putting a light in the back of the stage in with a few other guys, and just cleaning and the basics. He does a lot and I think it helps to distract from what he got out of, and gets him focused on the amazing things that he got into.