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The life stories and testimonies
provided here are real. They are from women within the body of believers at
First Free Church. Each of them are involved in Women's Ministries in some
way. Read their stories and be encouraged and inspired by how God can work
in your life, too.
If you would like to share your story
on how First Free's Women's Ministries has affected your life and your
relationship with God, E-mail
Cheryl Sutton.
Beth Fontana:
"Imagine
with me if you will a girl growing up in a Christian home. She had loving
parents, three older brothers and a younger sister. She experienced many
blessings living in this home. She saw love in action. In fact, this little
girl continued to see her parents share their lives with people in NEED. She
would go with her family as they would share meals with a family who had no
money. There were times that her church would minister to the neighborhood
it was surrounded by and the NEEDS were great there too. In fact, she saw
first-hand the lack of care some children received, even physical abuse.
This little girl was so affected by one boy who was in the bus ministry that
had terrible round burns all over his body that one day she asked him what
had happened and he reluctantly told her that his dad would put out his
cigarettes on him. This young lady didn't understand, but one thing she did
know is how NEEDY he was. She recognized that people all around her were in
NEED and she desperately wanted to help meet that NEED. Never did she
suspect she was in NEED, too." read
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Deb Smits:
"I sometimes think back on my past
and laugh that I'm now involved in Women's Ministries. You see, it's only
been in the past few years when I've started to let women back into my life.
But, God has placed me in Women's Ministries not only to serve the women of
First Free, but to allow me opportunities to help heal my hurtful past.
My high school years
were a tough time for me as it is for most teens. I wasn't part of the "in
crowd" and I wasn't part of the "out crowd," I just was. My freshman year, I
had a best friend that I did everything with – you know, that inseparable
type of friendship that when someone refers to you it usually accompanies
the friend's name, too. That was us; we had a lot in common and had a lot of
fun together. But, you know, sometimes it's the people who are closest to
you that can hurt you the most. That was the case with this best friend. The
end of that friendship was the start of me not trusting girls or women much.
As life went on, rather than looking for good girlfriends to connect with, I
turned to finding acceptance from men because I knew I could not trust women
– at least guys were up front with me and I knew what they wanted – no
games, no heartache – but that wasn't true."
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