Jesus is real. His arms are wide open and it doesn’t matter who you are and in what mess you are entangled. I’m here to tell you that He is right there and His arms are as wide open to embrace you just as you are.

My mother held on to her faith in the living God, Christ Jesus. She never gave up praying to the One who hears our heart’s cry. She chose to seek the Creator and Lord of life.

If there's just one thing that I have found to be true and time tested, it is that Jesus is real. He is my father and mother and friend. He is my all in all.

One morning, my mother complained of chest pain, and by that evening, she had passed away from a massive heart attack. She had never been sick before, and her sudden death when I was 17 rocked my world. With my father’s health issues, I feared becoming an orphan.

"I would always have this question of who is the true God. Where would I go? I now had this fear of death."