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I was born in Pennsylvania but grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. I found the Lord in Libertyville Illinois then moved to Kenosha. I had a normal life through childhood. In the summertime, we would take vacations and go East to visit relatives. 

I was in my early thirties when I moved to Libertyville I got a job and my first home. This is where I found the Lord. However, I was single and my life consisted around work and drinking at bars. The house was old, had bad plumbing; I was drinking a lot and I also had bad plumbing. In the process of repairing the house, the Lord got my attention when He put his cross on my ceiling. I was watching Channel 38 Christian broadcasting station that just got started out of Chicago. I made a phone call, repented all my sins, and started attending a local church. Shortly after that, my brother called and wanted me to come to visit him, his family, and our dad in Des Moines. I told him no a couple of times because there was bitterness towards my dad not being around while I was growing up. However, God had different plans. 

When I got to Des Moines, I met up with my dad, brother, and his family. We had breakfast, I got to see where he worked, then we went back to the house to talk. My dad shared things with me I didn’t know about because at the time I was about 2-4 years old. He mentioned that my grandfather baptized me when I was an infant. When it was my turn to talk, I let him know I was aware of that as my mom had given me papers to prove it. I told him what that baptism was all about and that it didn’t do anything for me, and it was a responsibility to him and mom to commit to raising me right. My next question to him was, “where were you?” Then I told him I was saved. He said he was sorry. I told him if I wanted my sins forgiven by God, I had to forgive him. I chose to do so. 

You could sense the Spirit take over and the anger left for good. 

Since then I have retired and moved. No more drinking or smoking 

 

Welcome!! Please read through each post and get to know all of the lovely people that attend Holy Spirit Community Church. We are a small family but we are mighty in our love of the Lord! 

I (Whitney) will try to update this page every other week or once a month with a new story!

If you’d like to be featured and share your story, please reach out! It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Let the world know why you love God, what he has done for you, or even just your favorite part of church! 

If you’d like to be featured, please email me at [email protected] and we can connect! 

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