http://sites.radiantwebtools.com/index.cfm?i=1953&mid=25&blogid=2410 MY STORY I think now is probably a good time to share with you my story. When I was 9 years old I prayed the sinner's prayer with a pastor at my apartment with my mom in the kitchen. However, I do not think I really understood the essence of what I was doing. I truly believe that I was misinformed about the whole thing and when I turned 12 I died spiritually. I was in the backyard when it just felt like the lights just went out inside me. It seemed I changed internally and never recovered from that downward spiral until I was 21. There is an age of accountability that is different for every person. I felt no inner change when I prayed at the age of 9. I never felt dead to God. However when I was in my backyard 3 years later I remember the day something happened on the inside of me and I became dark inwardly. My attitude changed towards authority. Little by little I began a downward spiral until I really wondered if God even existed at all. I was mean and mad. I could turn on the charm when I needed to but cuss and yell with the best at the drop of a hat. I excelled at school and athletics but I still had no inner peace like the bible guarantees. It was not until I turned 21 that I could truly say I came alive again to God. It was a night in the summer of 1991 that I had an encounter with the God of the bible. I had earned an academic and athletic scholarship to Mars Hill College. After 3 years away at school my inner dissatisfaction, hunger and restlessness were at an all time high when. I began researching topics that were affecting my life like alcoholism and its effects on the family because of my father. I studied women's roles, gender and birth orders. Independent studies such as teenage runaways and troubled youth filled my course load. It's amazing how my appetite for peace was laying the foundation for the material we now use in the clubs. I know what questions I had and can relate back to these students when I am teaching. I can remember what Radiant WebTools