Hello Beloved! I hope you are feeling happy today! The following is a true story I would like to share with you, about the day Jesus changed my life! I used to drink, I used to party all the time, I even started smoking cigarettes for a few months? I smoked marijuana a few times too. I also found my new Church - a place I now consider home. So, in September I was in the UK doing modelling and I was staying in a model apartment with girls from all over the world. Two of my housemates were Christians, from America. Their names were Nickayla Rivera and Mckenna Bird. They invited me out with them to a church called Hillsong. "Nickayla and I are going to this church called Hillsong tonight, do you want to join us?" at that point I was more depressed than I had ever been in my life during my stay in the UK, so I said yes and thought I would go with them and check out this church they were raving about. Anything would have helped me at that point. We all got done the night, walked to the station together and on that train, I could not stop crying? I have no idea why I was crying, but tears were just rolling down my face? I suppose all of my problems in my life just hit me all at once in thought form on that train towards Hillsong Church. When my housemates asked me why I was crying all I said was "I just miss my family and South Africa." because I didn't know what else to say? Little did they know about the darkness that was consuming my mind in that very moment they were being lied to. When I entered the Hillsong Church building with red wet eyes I immediately got this warm feeling, like I had just entered a place where no one could judge me. It felt like I had just walked into a room full of family. There was a soft sound of distant loud music coming from the hall area. As we opened and entered through the doors of that hall, a bang of loud uplifting live music hit my ears and there was purple and blue light everywhere. To this day I still am not exactly sure why, but again tears started rolling down my face and I couldn't stop them from falling. I felt like my entire life had come down to that precise point, like I belonged there and was meant to end up there. At one point I had to sit down while everyone was standing, because I was ashamed and mostly just confused. The pastor then spoke and asked if there was anyone that needed Jesus to enter their heart, and if they were going through any struggles that they were to repeat a prayer after him to invite Jesus into their lives and accept Him as Lord, which I did. With a soaked face and a salty mouth, I stood up and repeated every word. After that prayer I immediately felt ten times better, like everything would be fine from then on. Tears were still rolling down my face, but I felt like smiling. My tears of sorrow and confusion, became tears of joy. I didn't know at that moment that I was being saved, but I knew life would never be the same again, and that I had found my church for life. If you haven't been to Hillsong Church yet, give it a try this Sunday? It might just change your life like it did mine! Like their worldwide facebook page here: Hillsong Church Facebook Page to find a Hillsong near you! And enjoy the journey :) God bless!
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