The Boea Family

“Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with men is possible with God.’”
Luke 18:27

Pat: Before I found God, I had been married for eight years without any kind of spirituality in my life or my household. I loved my wife and kids very much but my actions were not showing that at all. Because I was very selfish, I did what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it. I worked two or sometimes three jobs. My thinking was that on my free time I could hang with my buddies, often getting drunk and missing time with my wife and very young kids.

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Amy & Seth Drew

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8

Seth: When I think of my life before Christ, words like messed up and not normal come to mind. I was nine when my parents went through a horrible divorce (my mom and dad have now been involved in seven different marriages). To say we were stuck in the middle is a complete understatement. I remember my mom hating my dad so much she wanted to take his life. She would carry around a loaded shot gun and tell us she would kill my father if she ever got the chance. This left us utterly terrified. My father went to jail from about 1990-91. While I was in junior high school I went to a spiritual retreat, and I heard a “cranking” sermon on hell. I knew I didn’t want to go there. I prayed Jesus into my heart that day and “got saved,” so I thought. In high school I partied hard, experimented with drugs and fought all the time. Drunk driving and living a sexually active life lead me to deep insecurities, depression and thoughts of suicide. I struggled to know the meaning of life. Through all this I carried with me a deep sense of God.

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Joel Parlour (center) with Anthony Fellis (left) and Anthony Franklin (right)

“I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
Psalm 16:7-11

Growing up as a “Kingdom Kid” I had no fear of God whatsoever. My life was full of sin, some that I didn’t even know existed. I was being instructed by the world, not by God. I did not put the Lord first in any area of my life. I lived the way I wanted to and had the friends I chose. And it was obvious.

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Joe & Denise Chiappetta

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Joe: Comic books made it easy for me to believe that heroes were real. Every month the hero invented new ways to fight evil. That’s what I wanted to do. Of course, super-heroes either waited until they received their super powers to take action (Spider-Man), or they waited until something radical happened to change them forever (Batman).

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Deborah Anderson being baptized by Chris & Theresa Broom

“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’” Matthew 28:18-20

Chris: I was baptized as a true disciple of Jesus Christ in 1990 in New York City (NYC). I had moved to Manhattan right after high school to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. I grew up going to church, and yet as a 23 year old single, I was very frustrated with the trials of life and the world we live in. I remember standing on the corner of 45th and Broadway watching so many people pass me by. I prayed to God and said, “please help me help you touch their lives.”

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