Emily's Testimony
   

            As a child, I grew up hating myself.  I had a very low self-esteem. As I got older my self-esteem sank lower and lower.  During my teen years, I developed an eating disorder and began cutting myself.  I was so out of control that I usually cut myself so badly that I would often end up in the emergency room.  For three years, I was in and out of more than twenty-five institutions.  It got to the point that the state wanted to place me in a state facility for the rest of my life.  I had everyone convinced that I was crazy.  I also attempted suicide, yet survived by the grace of God.  The real turning point in my life was when I turned my life over to God and decided to come to Harvest Time.  I knew my behaviors had to change.  Before coming into the ministry, I was very untrusting.  I quickly learned that the staff were godly people who could be trusted.  They stuck to their word and never stopped loving me, no matter what I did.  It was through the daily classes and the help of the staff that I began to see myself the way that God sees me.  I began to build a new and strong foundation for my life based on the Word of God.  God has done a major work in my life.  I am a totally different person now.  I don’t even think the same.  I am full of joy and excited to wake up everyday.  Since graduating the ministry, I have committed to stay here at Harvest Time as an intern to further my training, and to be a help wherever I am needed.  I want to continue giving back to God and this amazing ministry that I am so blessed to be a part of.