The Christian festival that changed my life
From miraculous healings to unexpected salvation, eight Christians share their testimonies of what God did one summer in a very muddy field…
Growing up, faith was always around me, but it wasn’t something I ever grabbed hold of myself. Sports were my passion – athletics, hockey, anything that got my adrenaline pumping. Then, at 13, everything changed. A bad fall at gymnastics left my arm shattered. The doctors were blunt – surgery, a metal plate and a future where my arm would never straighten past a 90-degree angle. My world crumbled. Sport was everything to me, and now it was gone.
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