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Hi, my name is Sarah Wilsey. I'm 15 years old and I'm from Takamsa, Oklahoma.

Today I'm going to be sharing my testimony.

I don't really want to glorify my past,

but I'm going to tell you some of the key things that I had gone through

before I could really reach out to God.

I was in fifth grade when I moved in with my gradient.

I had nowhere to live, so I moved in with my gradient.

And I lived with her up until the time I was in sixth grade.

When I was in sixth grade, I moved in with my mom,

which she worked a lot.

And my mom was an alcoholic. So at this time, I just felt like I was in sixth grade, I moved in with my mom, which she worked a lot and my mom was an alcoholic. So at this time, I just felt like I was in a really dark place. So I started cutting myself and it wasn't really for me. It was just a cry for help because I wanted my mom to see that I was in pain. I was going to Shawnee at the time and I had gotten in a fight and my mom had moved me back to

Cicumseh. And going to Cuncza, I started hanging out with the more so bad kids, the older kids.

And I ended up being put in positions that I really didn't want to be put in, but I wanted to seem cool.

So I started hanging out with the older kids and I kept getting in trouble.

And I had finally gotten caught up in my actions

and I went to jail.

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