Dementia

Overcomer

***Warning: Mature content! Chalene says "My father became really irate slapping me 10-15 times knocking me down. Slapping me another 10 times knocking me down and then a third time and then finally my mom said that is enough." Chalene shares about growing up under a strict, disciplinarian father. This deeply shaped her personality and taught her to be silent about abuse happening in their home. Despite the darkness she explains that God was always close to her. She shares several discoveries and lessons that brought her to healing and forgiveness. "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5 (NIV)

Dementia

Judy explains "I basically had two dementia patients. And my dad was very different from my mom because he would run, he would flee the house and I'd have to chase him down." Judy describes the helplessness of watching her mother's confusion grow and not knowing how to help her. She recalls the friction with her father as she became their full-time caregiver. Now, with both her parents gone, Judy reflects on this hard season of her life. "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,"  Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (NIV)

Divorce

Kim says "over that year we would visit and I found myself falling for him. I felt like I met the Apostle Paul" Kim married her first husband while he was still in prison. She saw God open doors for his early release and ministry training. Their marriage faced impossible battles with relapse, infidelity, separation and finally divorce. Kim shares how she clung to God as she faced an unknown future. "My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long? Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love." Psalm 6:3-4 (NIV)

Remember

Janet shares “When the worst tragedy of all hit us we knew that what we had believed and preached is the only thing that got us through.” In Janet’s life she experienced many miracles, but she also lived through tragedy. Looking at God’s faithfulness in the miracles helped her see God’s goodness even when life brought the heartbreak of losing her daughter to cancer. “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” Job 1:21 (NIV)

Terminal

Sherry says “Everything I’ve gone through is all about God, if God would have wanted to take me he would have taken me a year ago.” Sherry was diagnosed with Stage 3 Uterine Cancer and faced life-threatening complications after surgery, including an Ostomy and a prognosis of only three weeks to live. Refusing to accept a death sentence, she endured multiple surgeries and hospital stays while leaning fully on her faith. With a matter-of-fact trust in God’s Word, Sherry testifies to His presence, provision and the strength to keep waiting on Him for the next move. “A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.” Job 14:5 (NIV)