Personal Statement

I remember God with me at a young age. From an age of six or seven I have memories of going into the bathroom in our upper stairs apartment in my Grandparent’s house closing the door behind me, sitting and talking with God. I would ask and plead with him to please help my family and me. My parents were constantly arguing and my life already was complicated living in an unsafe environment with underworld violence around me. For me there was constant fear and the lack of emotional support except for my Grandmother Bena.