Adam's Testimony

Since I was born I have been going to church at Lliswerry Baptist church on regular basis for the Sunday services and other various activities held during the week in the church as well. I became a Christian when I was about 12 or 13 at this youth event held at the church called 'After the Fire' (ATF) and I did it by asking Jesus into my life and to forgive my sins when the event leader, Lyndon Belcher asked if anyone wanted to do this. At the time I thought I had Jesus in my life but the question was did I really accept him into my life? A year went by, I remember having some difficult times in High school and I caused trouble at home causing various problems for my Mum and my Brother.

The difficult times were personally high for me when I was in the 6th form in High School where I was the main target for the verbal and sometimes physical abuse. During this time I had no real friends or social life and also outside school hours I was practically living like a hermit since I stayed in at home to play on my Playstation and watch TV and that was my social life outside school. I had considered taking my own life since I was so miserable and I made a few glances at my mum's tablets to plan a possible overdose, but thankfully I did not take those tablets and I'm still here today.

Also during this year I started to dwindle away from my church but in September 2001 when I started afresh in Nash college I started to go back to church. One of the leaders at my church at this time named Gary Stirling, encouraged me to mix-in with the youth at my church more and he also told me that it doesn't matter if you accept Jesus into your life again, so in December 2001 I asked Jesus to come into my life again. Following this over the following months, I experienced significant changes to my life. I was doing well in college, I started to make friends with people again including people at my church, some old friends and most importantly I was enjoying life, as the Holy Spirit gave me the will and desire to enjoy life in the midst of God.

Testimonies

Okay, this is where we hope to have various CU members' stories of how they became Christians. Should make pretty interesting reading I reckon...