Teen Testimony Thursday: Sara’s Beautiful Disaster
Hello, my name is SaraHope.
I am 16 years old and will be a junior this year.
In 2003 my parents divorced and I moved in with my mother. At first our relationship was great and it was a Christ-oriented home. After a few years things started to go horribly wrong. She got mentally and emotionally abusive and one night she hit me with a picture frame. After that I knew I had to leave. I became a cutter and attempted suicide 3 times and was sent to a mental institution twice on my mother’s terms. I was a cocaine addict for a year and a half. I over-dosed twice and was kept in detox at the hospital twice, before I realized if I didn’t stop shooting up I would go way too far one night and I would lose it all.
I finally cleaned myself up and moved in with my Dad. On June 8th, 2009 I walked into the kitchen of our apartment and passed out in the middle of the floor. I woke up in the emergency room with nurses surrounding my bed. My step mother told me I had passed out and went into a seizure and they had rushed me to the E.R.
On June 18th I went to see my grandfather at the hospital and then left his room and went to my first neurologist appointment. There I was asked if I had ever been sexually abused and I replied “no”. Then as we walked out of the office my dad stopped me at the elevators and asked me had I ever been sexually abused and I just fell down and cried. He asked who and I told him he would never believe me. My dad’s first guess was my grandfather, the one we had just seen. My dad was right. I was raped and molested by my grandfather from the ages of 6-8. He was the fire chief for 25 years and he was also a police officer for a town close by for 5 years. On December 24, 2009 I pressed legal charges against my grandfather and am still waiting for a court date. I had him indicted in 2010 in front of a Grand Jury.
On June 26th, my birthday, I spent the day at the hospital for numerous tests. Everything came back non-epileptic. I have had to change schools because of ridicule about my seizures. I have had people laugh in my face and tell me I was a faker. I have had 11 ambulance rides and several neck injuries. I had pseudo seizures for 2 years and have now been seizure free for 94 days! Praise God!
I am now the youth leader of my church’s praise and worship team.
I love praise and worship, it is my favorite thing in the whole world. I love to sing and just praise the one who has gotten me through everything. He was there when I fell and thought I would never get back up. He was there when I was alone at night having withdrawals from the drugs. He was there through thick and thin and he never left my side.
I am wanting to go into missions and am raising money to go to Honduras to spread the word of this wonderful best friend, God. I love to barrel race and I am planning on starting a Christian summer camp for barrel racers or horse riders. God has gotten me this far and I know he will help me fulfill my dreams.
Many are called, few are chosen. And I am chosen.
–SaraHope
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