I am Mark, Rosie's other half and I would like to share my testimony. I believe I have had a calling on my life since the age of seventeen. My mom died when I was very young and I was there day after day, watching her suffer. I didn't understand what it all meant at the time but soon after her death I realized she was not coming back.

I have always been quiet, reserved and a loner. I guess you might say I had a very low self esteem. I never had many friends and my sisters were the ones who raised me and they were very young too, not old enough to be anyones mom, so you see I missed a lot.

Back to when I was seventeen. I went to a church revival in Knox, In. I was there for two weeks. On the last day of the revival I knew I wanted to give my life to Jesus. I guess my heart and my faith touched God because all of a sudden I could see an image of the Lord coming down from the Heavens riding on a chariot. I got scared and I was afraid to let it get too close to me, I was confused at first but suddenly the feeling of contentment and joy just overflooded me. Somehow everyone around me knew what had happened without me even telling them.

I did not know what was in store for me later but the Lord knew and He prepared me for it. Shortly after my encounter with Jesus, I was in a bad accident. I was coming home from work at about 5 p.m. one evening and I was very close to my home. I spotted a jogger coming towards me. I let up off the gas and started to coast past him, when out of nowhere a large dog jumped out, sit in the road and chose to not move. I hit my brakes as hard as I could but the car just would not stop. My car started sliding sideways, it hit a bump in the road and all I could see in front of me was the largest telephone pole I had ever seen. I could hear everything happening, metal twisting, glass breaking and all I could do was to hold on for dear life.

Then there was silence, and all at once I could see again. I was hanging from the steering wheel, the motor of the car was still running with the car turned over on its right side. I checked myself and all that hurt was my right hip.

At that time I did not think of this accident as a miracle because my "68 Galaxy convertible" was all bashed. But when I was able to collect myself and my thoughts I realized the Lord was holding both me and the car. You see, I was right next to a ditch that was about three feet deep, the telephone pole was broke in half and was just hanging there as if the Lord was holding it up.

I knew the Lord had prepared me for this, the day at the revival meeting. When I got a chance to look at the car after it was towed home, the steering wheel was pushed in almost to the back of the front seat.

No way could I have survived had it not been for the Lord on my side. I know He spared my life and I am able to give my testimony today because He lives and because He loves me. And you know what? God is not through with me yet, He is still working on me. I need your prayers as I attempt to create my website for the Lord. Pray also for my strength in the Lord.

"MarkyMark"