My name is Wendy.  I am 40 years old.  I have been married to my husband, Barron, for 18 years as of March 31st.  I have two beautiful children.  A son, Jacob, who is 13 years old and a daughter, Bridget, who is 11.  I live in Long Beach, California.  I was raised Catholic, I was baptised as a child and made my first communion according to the Catholic Religion.  When I was 13 years old, I started hanging out with my friend next door who was very active in Christian religion.  Through this friend, I was born again.  It was kind of difficult, I wanted desperately to be baptised in the Christian religion at that time, but my mother who is a devout Catholic along with my Grandmother, absolutely refused to allow me to be baptized in the Christian faith.  Unfortunately, that turn of events pulled me away from the Christian faith and I tried to go back to Catholic religion but didn't find it as fulfilling as the way the Christian's worship and pray.  Even when I had my children I tried again to continue with my Catholic faith.  But it seemed like every time I tried to do the "right" thing, there were obstacles.  I wanted to baptize my children in the Catholic church, but they would not allow it because my husband and I were not married in a Catholic Church.  We were married in Vegas.  Also, they insisted that my children's God parents be a couple married in the Catholic Church.  My husband and I don't know anybody married in the Catholic Church.  My husband and I actually went back to the church with our Baptism records so that we could be married in the Catholic Church, but the Church refused to marry us because we were not in the "district" of that particular church.  Even though it was the Catholic church I grew up with, I was baptised there and made my communion there, they told me I had to be married in the church where I lived.  Even though I live in Long Beach, I made the trip to Torrance to attend that particular church, because that was where I was raised, and I was comfortable with and that was the church my family attended.  The whole purpose of us being married in the Catholic Church, according to the Father presiding at the church at the time, was to be an example to our children.  If we were to raise them in the Catholic religion we needed to set an example, by being married in the church.  But how could we do this when every attempt we made to "do the right thing" was halted?  Very frustrated we gave up on baptizing our children.  Since then I attended Christian church on and off where my aunt goes.  And over time strayed completely away from religion.  Until recently, when God made me realize, through events in my life, that I need him in my life.  Not just for me, but for my family.  My son ran away and was gone for 3 nights.  Every night, I prayed to God and Jesus and asked for guidance of the Holy Spirit to help me through these events.  I couldn't sleep, I was a wreck.  Not knowing where my child was, if he was on the street somewhere with no food, no money.  If someone had picked him up and done something with him.  In my darkest hours, when I though I would just lose it, it was God who got me through.  I was brought to my knees, and put my life and trust in God and he helped me through it.  Since that time, my life is in the process of being transformed.  This is a new lifestyle for me.  And it is challenging.  But is has brought me peace and sanity.  I have been xanax free and I believe it is through prayer and God's guidance.  I have to trust in him.  I am constantly feeding myself with his word through the bible.  Lately it seems like I just can't get enough, I am constantly watching the Trinity Broadcasting Network and listening to KKLA 99.5.  I am so hungry for his word.  I want to please him.  I have had many challenges and am still facing challenges in my new Christian life.  Please pray for me and my family that we will all be on this journey together. 

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