Stripped of dignity and hope, beaten and malnourished. The abandoned six-year-old lay on a mound of garbage wanting to die. Then out of nowhere, a ray of sunshine pierced the black hole that enveloped her. Growing up in Korea The city of Daejon was just waking up, still trying to forget the nightmare of the Korean War, when eight-year-old Stephanie...... >Read More

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This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries. Yulia Kolodotchka lived much of her life fearing she'd go blind. Then she discovered a vision of a higher power. My only chance of success in any profession, I thought, was to study English. Because of my vision problems, high school teachers called me lazy and... >Read More

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I hated my brother. He teased and tormented me relentlessly. I was only ten. My hatred buried itself deep within me, like a worm eating holes in my child's heart. Maybe it began with typical sibling rivalry - a two-year-old boy dumping his new baby sister out of her bassinet, expressing displeasure over her nervy intrusion. I realize now that...... >Read More

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I am a Native North American woman. I was abandoned at the age of four, with five other siblings, in a hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. My parents were on a drinking spree. They were alcoholics and had left my oldest brother, who was seven years old, to care for us. The police and the welfare people stepped in... >Read More

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The night was very dark. I found it hard to sleep. It was quiet except for the hum of the car motor, but after several hours, the car pulled to a stop. We kids were scrunched up in the back seat of the car all sleeping except me. I heard my mom ask, "Which way, left or... >Read More

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Being rejected by the very one who gave birth to you is a hard thing to live with. I can remember at the age of three or four, seeing my mother's hard, cold face as she turned her cheek to me when I wanted to give her a good night kiss. Why doesn't she love me? I wondered. I didn't... >Read More

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