http://www.itellthestory.com Everyone has a story. What's yours. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:31:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/makayla-meyer/ I grew up in a home where I was raised in church. My father died when I was seven years old, and my mother was left to raise three children on her own. I was the oldest of the three. Due to her heartbreak over the loss of my father, ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/denise-coffey/ My earliest memories are of home where there were many struggles.  My dad became an alcoholic when I was very young. His lifestyle included having numerous affairs, disappearing for days while drunk or with one of his many girlfriends. When he was at home, he was very abusive. Once when ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/ken-mayfield/ My second marriage ended and I knew that I needed to be in church. I had wanted to go but my second husband didn't want to. He felt his church had let him down in the past and didn't want to try again. A friend of mine and I started ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/mary-lu-saylor/ My life before Christ was a wreck. I had been cussing a lot and I knew something was wrong but I didn't care. My poppa was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. So he went into the hospital a lot. It was November 4, 2006 when he passed away. It got me thinking I ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/lydia-nusz/ I cannot remember a time in my life without involvement in church. I was raised on the stories and songs of God. In school I was known as the "preacher/singer" who was always preaching and singing about God. My life before I made Jesus my Lord and Savior was pleasant. ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/josh-epton/ I was raised a PK and I was at chuch at least 3 times a week and sometimes more. It never bothered me because I enjoyed the people. At a very young age I gave my life to God. I served him with all my little heart and would always invite people ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/ruth-anagnost/ I thought it was normal to date whomever you wanted to. And when you got tired of him or I could not get him to do as I wanted, you just moved on to the next one. I was not brought up in a Christian family. I had no idea ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/carol-reynolds/ My life without Christ became a disaster. At the age of 13 I experienced an overwhelming power in church one Sunday to accept Jesus Christ as my Savior. Prior to that I don't remember too much. I was brought up in a Christian home. I never experienced any child abuse ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/darlene-ligon/ I was a very selfish person. I didn't care much about anyone else, and I certainly didn't think I needed anyone else in this life. It was all about me! I went to church, but it was always a matter of what church could do for me. I wanted to ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/constance-merrill/