I spent 11 years of my life in active addiction. From the age of 12 years old until I was 23 my addiction controlled my life. I was shot in 2013 and this was my first encounter with God. It took 4 more years to completely surrender to Him, but when I did…….God radically changed my life. Over the course of the next 3 years God continued to make me new. Daily I walk with Him and I am now 8 years clean. I have been married for 2 years and have 3 sons and 3 fur babies. Me and my family enjoy spending time outside hiking, swimming, and having Nerf wars. I love all sunshine, reading books, playing board games and spending time with my family. Things I love that make any day special are: Red Bull spritzers, encouraging words, and flowers. I have learned the truth of God's Word over these 8 years and daily I stand firmly on this verse found in Joel 2:25; The Lord says, "I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, and stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you."