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She watched her son follow his father into drugs and prison
She bore the agony of watching her 16 year old daughter fighting cancer
Phyllis Davenport describes those years as 'A Living Hell'

'Encounter starts here'

Phyllis Davenport's life had been tough, to say the least, for many years. Her 27 year marriage ended having lived through her husband's abuse, drug addition and finally imprisonment.
She watched her son follow his father into drugs and he also into prison and she bore the agony of watching her 16 year old daughter fighting cancer.
Phyllis described those years as 'A Living Hell' and as a result she suffered a complete breakdown from which much later she began to recover BUT.......... we will let her tell you her story........................

    Feeling that darkness start to creep back into my life I was glad when my brother offered me a four month break away. I accepted immediately and we headed off to Tenerife.
My brother suffered himself from depression and alcohol problems and the accompanying guilt and he was looking for help.
We both ended up at a Church (South Tenerife Christian Fellowship) after we read an advert saying 'Feeling run down'.
The church service, to our shock, really made an impact; I mean I was only there to support him. It amazed me too because my brother had said, he didn't know if there was a God at all and as for me, I always thought I was OK anyway.
I found myself being able to completely unwind and relax. It felt so good to be free from all the pressures and be at peace. I began to realise how much of my life I had taken for granted and having read some of the stories and testimonies from the Church I started to look deep within myself. I was quite shocked at what I saw and discovered so much of my problem was caused by the 'Why me?' thing! I began to think of all the blessings I had known. I had never thanked God for my daughter's recovery, in fact I never thanked Him for anything and through it all it began to dawn on me that I wasn't OK at all. I didn't know Jesus.....really. I then experienced the worst night of my life when I saw who I really was, how selfish I was, how wrong I was and I began to say the biggest sorry for everything I had done wrong. Mt heart was breaking from a place deep within that I didn't know existed. I felt so alone, now that my mask had been taken off and the truth exposed. I then began to thank God for my WHOLE LIFE; all my beautiful family, and for not giving up on me. BUT I felt helpless!!!

After a night at the Church Bible Study someone saw my vulnerability and asked me how I was and with that lead me to take the final step where I gave myself and my life to the Lord. I finally learned what it was all about and now I really do know Jesus.
The days following, made me see the world in a different light, my whole being had changed. I had a brand new heart and a brand new relationship with Jesus. How marvellous I felt....special!

Phyllis wrote at the end of her letter to Pastor Adrian these words.. "I never knew I had a story"

Not only does Phyllis have a story but you too have a story that could end just like hers.

If you want to know more about knowing Jesus Christ please do get in touch with us.
We know we may be a long way away from you but we can put you in contact
with someone who as with Phyllis can get alongside you and help.


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