Wow! Let me just start off by saying, what an honor it is for you to be viewing my testimony. I give all the glory and thanks to God Almighty for delivering me from all my testable idols and practices. By the age of 15, I had been living a horrific and sinful life. I was extremely overweight at 297 lbs. I was always disobedient to my parents and never did what they said. I would always be looking for other people’s approval, instead of focussing on the most important approval of all, God’s. I would lust after the women all the time and look at pornography. I would constantly eat and overeat, and as a result of this my huge weight problem. I would always hang out with my worldly friends, and smoke marijuana and drink just about every weekend and sometimes on the weekdays. Just about every word out of my mouth would be a swear or something perverse or disgusting. I would get horrible grades because I just didn’t care, and also because I would never pay attention in class because I would be too busy trying to make someone laugh or like me. I would also pick fights at school and bully kids around just because I was big.

During all this I had been in Remnant Fellowship since January 2002. I had taken Weigh Down classes before Remnant, and that’s how our family and the Zanoni’s were introduced to it. I was totally against Remnant Fellowship from the start. I didn’t like it because I would always be convicted by something Miss Gwen would say or the Zanoni’s would say, and get angry. I was also too in love with all my idols and the world, and 1 John 2:15 says "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." I went to Nashville for the Remnant gathering in February and saw all these people living such Godly lives. I thought it was nice but I would rather still have my idols. Well during our church services I would sit there with all this hate and anger built up inside of me. In May I was told I could not come to church anymore until I changed my attitude and my heart, because my disobedience was bringing the whole assembly down. Well, then June rolled around and my parents told me, that there was a Remnant Youth Camp that I would be going to. I tried everything in my power to not go but it was no use. On our way down, Satan popped our tire, because he knew after this camp that I would no longer be living my life for him. But we got it fixed and made it down to Nashville. I was so uncomfortable being there with all these people who I thought were just plain crazy. During camp, God decided to lift the extremely thick veil I had over my eyes, and He softened my heart. Through scripture I received and through talking to people like, Tedd Anger, Michael Shamblin, Brandon Hannah, and Jonathan Walters, I saw the truth. By the end of camp I was all fired up and ready to do the will of God. Since camp I have laid down so many disgusting idols which include: food, praise of men, anger, lust, slanderous talk, swearing, pornography, drugs, alcohol, and a huge amount of pride. Since camp, God has taken 97 pounds of disobedience off my body. I just praise God for this message of truth and for opening my eyes and softening my heart. Now with the help of God and leadership, I am constantly raising the bar on how I can further glorify the kingdom of God. My sword is constantly swinging in fighting this battle against Satan and the world. Now every chance I get, I am praising God and glorifying Him through all my actions and words. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my testimony, and please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Please read the other youth’s testimonies and look at pictures. Lastly, and most importantly, remember to always do the will of our Father, God Almighty.