Are you ever tempted to look at teenagers and assume the worst?

Maybe you look at statistics on vaping or social media addiction or the hookup culture.

Maybe you're tempted just to think a whole generation is lost.

We want to remind you, God is still calling people, calling teenagers to himself. He's calling young people and using them to speak to the world.

We're about to hear a story that will remind you of that.

We'll hear from a young woman named Alexandra.

As a teenager, this is what her life was like.

You know, at a tender age of 13, my heart was just so hungry for Jesus, and I was so hungry just to know him more.

But to fully appreciate that statement, we need to go back and start at the beginning.

And that's going to take us back to Russia.

This is Revive Our Hearts for Wednesday, December 4th.

I'm Dana Gresh.

And I'm Nancy DeMoss-Walgamuth.

Dana and I are co-authors of lies young women believe and the truth that sets them free.

And we have an exciting story of God setting one young woman free by his truth.

Now he's using her to spread that truth around the world.

Alexandra has some snapshots in her mind from the country of her birth.

So a few things. I remember my mom's village, and that's probably where a lot of my memories come from.

So I was born in Moscow, but my mom's village was out in the middle of nowhere. It was far, far away.

I remember going to school in Russia. I went to preschool, so that's where my father, he put me into a specialized English class.

And that basic knowledge of English was helpful to Alexandra because this family immigrated West.

I came to Canada when I was five. Life there took some getting used to.

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