The abuse had to end. Tim went from thinking about taking his own life – suicide – to taking the life of his abuser. He prepared himself mentally and physically. He planned. He was ready. It was time… and so began the longest night of his life.

Tim grew up in a military home. It was also an abusive home. The physical and mental suffering that he with his mother and siblings endured is difficult to imagine. This is part one of a three-part story… of a father and son’s remarkable journey from darkness into the light.

Family was important to Florence. But when she decided to follow Jesus she found it cost her some of her most valued relationships. They walked away when she would come to visit. It was very painful. But then she found a new family.

Florence has lived most of her life on the Peguis Reserve in Manitoba. She learned much from her father as she worked the farm with him, and much from her time at the school. She was asked if she would teach the Bible to younger students. In order to do that, she had to read it herself.

Emerson found himself with his back against the wall. He had a wife, three kids, and lost his job. It was a crisis that usually would result in getting drunk, but this time it was different. He turned to God instead… and life is different now.

I was lost. I just couldn’t figure out my life, and I kept going and looking for the answers. Went to college, thinking that the money would give me the answers. Went to bars thinking the bars would give me answers. Had the relationships with different women. Thinking that was going to give me the answers. And it just never did.