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The Unfolding

From the Archive: Page 93: Lana Vasquez

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Growing up in Southern California, Lana Vasquez found herself looking for love in all the wrong places. By the time she was a teenager, she was trapped in an abusive relationship, addicted to alcohol and drugs, and spent her nights as a dancer in the clubs of Hollywood. She was living a fast life, but even the glitz and glamour of Hollywood couldn't hide the fact that she felt desperately empty. At 19 years old, Lana heard the Gospel for the first time. When God rescued her, she knew she was called to rescue others. Within 4 years Lana was a full-time missionary rescuing kids in Thailand through the ministry of Life Impact International.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Meredith. While we take a few weeks off this summer, we're sharing some of our

0:04.2

powerful stories from the archives. And oh my goodness, we have a great one for you this week.

0:10.3

Before we get to that, I have a favor. If you enjoy the unfolding, would you rate and review it

0:15.9

in your favorite podcast player? When you do, you help others discover these incredible God stories. So right now,

0:22.4

we're working on our next set of 10 episodes of The Unfolding, and I can tell you, oh my,

0:27.5

you are going to love hearing each of these stories. But for now, we hope you'll enjoy the story

0:33.5

of Lana Vasquez. This was our first international interview. Lana stayed up late in Thailand to

0:39.0

share her story with us and we're really grateful she did. Enjoy this story from the archives and I'll

0:44.2

talk to you next week. Page 93 of the unfolding is the story of Lana Vasquez. It was like a film reel

0:51.7

of my life, like the scenes of alcohol, drugs, the living with your boyfriend, all these different slides. And the last slide was blank. And I heard a voice. And the voice said, the decision you make right now will change your life forever. God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time.

1:13.8

He invites you to be a part of it.

1:20.1

Another page in the unfolding.

1:26.9

The Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

1:35.5

Growing up in Southern California, Lana Voskis found herself looking for love in all the wrong places.

1:42.1

By the time she was a teenager, she was in and out of abusive relationships,

1:46.6

addicted to alcohol and drugs, and spending her nights as a dancer in the clubs of Hollywood,

1:52.7

she was living a fast life. But even the glitz and glamour of Hollywood couldn't hide the fact

1:58.7

that under it all, she felt desperately empty.

2:02.7

So I was born and raised in Southern California. I knew about Jesus. I say it like this,

2:08.8

but I didn't believe in any other God. I didn't believe in Muhammad and Buddha. And so I was raised

2:14.4

believing in Jesus, but for me, Jesus was like a famous president on the wall.

2:19.1

And I just remember just looking at him.

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