My name is Grant. I struggle with with: OCD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder which is a mild form of autism and I struggled with learning disabilities when I was in school. I take different kinds of meds to combat them but have various affects on me from: fatigue, weight gain etc.. I also have a chemical imbalance in my brain which causes me to cry sometimes at times of leisure and sometimes severe bouts of depression have manifested. I wasn’t raised in the church and was never attended Sunday school or was baptized as a baby. I would be told by friends when I asked what they had engaged in over the weekend and some of them would say they got up really early and went to either 8 or 9 am services. So I asked my mom if she would find a church that would could attend. I also had a friend who told me about church and he gave me a children’s Bible and I flipped through it’s pages and looked at s images. I didn’t understand it at the time and at that point of time I wasn’t much of an avid literature reader. But, then in April of 2002 a coworker of my mom named Deborah had answered my mom’s inquiry and invited us to a worship service at 5 pm at the church she attends and at the time her daughter was in the church choir. It was daunting at first but as time as went along and as I started attending more services and served in various ways for my church by either: serving meals at shelters, helping out fixing up their homes or for a Mission Trip I took in 2011 to Haiti to help build a resource center for school children. I’ll admit I’ve struggled and sinned against GOD weather willing and unwilling but I came back to him and repented of my trespasses. My faith was tested in 2007 when my father passed away from an enlarged heart, I was devastated but he had been in bad shape for many years and just wasn’t happy anymore and was living an unhappy lifestyle. I don’t know if had Jesus in his heart but I do remember him writing down on piece of paper after he had cooled down that I was a gift from GOD, so that gave me some hope. I do not force my religion but I use my standard comment to people who don’t believe or are going through difficult that, “GOD and Jesus are always there if you need them.” I also struggled for many years with holding grudges against people who wronged me in the past but then one evening in 2012 I fell to my knees and cried out to the Lord and asked to take away my anger and yearning for revenge away from me and to cleanse my mind, heart and soul. It didn’t happen right away but slowly but surely I dramatically changed and I was starting to feel free and i was starting to feel happy and see life through new eyes. That is the power of Jesus and the power of prayer. I still struggle with certain addictions but sometimes I can resist their allure. Jesus and GOD are great! Thank you Jesus, Holy Spirit and to you Lord Almighty! I also give thanks to my church, Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS and their senior Pastor Adam Hamilton for showing me GOD’s love and for teaching me the story of Jesus Christ.