FINDING FREEDOM IN CHRIST STORY OF TRANSFORMATION
Maria grew up in Costa Rica. Her mother raised Maria in the same way she had been raised: with little affection and a lot of bullying. Maria felt alone and angry—angry at the God her mother claimed to follow. So she began to hurt herself, too, thinking that she must not deserve love but only suffering. But Maria hid her pain, keeping it to herself and believing she deserved to suffer. On the outside, she wore a mask around others—professing a faith she didn’t have and praying to a God she didn’t know.
Maria sharing her testimony
Eventually, she reached a point where she simply didn’t want to live anymore. But by then, Maria was a mother herself, and she knew she had to make a change. She turned to the Internet and found Explore God, one of GMO’s online ministries. Eventually, she followed the site’s prompt to connect with a volunteer. Jan, one of our Online Missionaries, responded. Maria wrote back and shared some of her story.
IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I WENT THROUGH ALL OF IT—EVERY ARTICLE, EVERY VIDEO. I WAS LIKE, ‘WOW, THIS IS AMAZING. YES, THAT’S WHAT I’M HERE FOR!’
—MARIA
13 Global Media Outreach
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