I came from a Christian family, I was raised to be a Christian. I thought I was a Christian until I met Jesus personally. In 1993 I came to work in Jakarta. I met one of my childhood friends, she was already a born-again Christian at that time. She kept talking about repentance and testified about how she became a newborn Christian, as if it was a different Christianity than I knew all this time. I was kind of allergic with the word 'repent' at that time. I was not one who was in need of repentance, so I thought. How could I, who was a Christian since birth, repent to become a Christian?! It didn't make sense to me. I saw myself as one who was not in need of repentance. I was not a lost sheep. I was one of the groups of 99 sheep that didn't need rescuing.

Until one night I heard from a cassette tape, a testimony of a person who was not a Christian, then became a Christian. It touched me so deeply, that I heard a loud voice in my heart saying that I too need repentance. I was reminded of the sins that I committed in my past. I was so scared. I was afraid to sleep, afraid if I go to bed I would not wake up, and then I would die without forgiveness.

A few days later, I was still nervous and unease. I started telling myself that it was only a moment of emotion that soon would go away. I would forget about this repentance thing and think about it no longer, so I thought. It was not so, I was still scared and nervous but didn't dare telling anyone about it. Later, I attended a monthly Christian youth fellowship with the people from my hometown. It was my intention to tell my friends or the spiritual counselor at that time about my situation but until the gathering ended and we must go home, I still couldn't utter a word about it. I was so miserable. On our way out suddenly my best friend, the one who was always talking about repentance asked me, "Leidy, when will you repent?" I was stunned. I couldn't explain my feeling. I tried so hard not to cry, it was embarrassing to cry in front of everyone, in the sidewalk. I just stood there, staring at her. My friend understood, she knew, without saying another word she said she'd arrange an appointment with the counselor.

On Saturday, the following week, I met the preacher that was the spiritual counselor of the Christian fellowship I attended. I was led to accept Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, I repented, confessed my sins and became a born-again Christian. I was freed. I experienced joy and peace that I never knew existed. Jesus loves me. It was the greatest moment of my life.

Leidy Wuisang
Member of Kasih Agape

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