Mrs. Carolyn Bansky
 

When our daughter came to Victorious Valley almost two years ago, my husband and I knew that she was right where God wanted her. 

As we traveled back and forth from New Jersey during that time to visit her, we developed a love for the girls at the home and the ministry.  Last December when we were here on a visit it was a time of wonderful memories for us, not realizing that when we got back home my husband would be diagnosed with a rare brain disease that took him less than three months later.  As I look at the time my husband and I have had together in the forty-two years we were married, his death made me realize how little time we really have in this life to serve Him.  Realizing none of us “know what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”  My husband lived his life with that in mind and even though he knew his days

were numbered, he was a blessing even in his death.  Realizing that God has still given me life, I want whatever time I have to count for him.  I came on a visit to the home at the end of September seeking God’s will and I’m still here having a peace and joy that I’m right where God wants me.  There is no better place to be than in the center of God’s will.  In the time I have been here God has confirmed that to me, not only through the preaching of the Word and my Bible reading, but through the blessing the girls have been to me.  Time and time again as I have been there for them, they have been there for me.  The Lord is faithful to all He has promised.

 

Candyce’s Testimony
 

Hi.  My name is Candyce McNeillis and I’m 15 years old.  I have been in the home for nine months now.  When I was little, my mom and dad never got along and they were not a good influence for me because they did drugs and drank.  I was always trying to please both of them .  I was never in the same house with my mom and dad together, so I moved a lot.  When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I was already doing drugs and drinking.  I always argued and wanted my way with my parents.  When I was 10, my dad lost his apartment and there was nowhere for me to go.  I ended up moving from Texas to South Carolina to live with my aunt.  My aunt went to church.  I was very bitter and angry with my parents, but I turned that anger and bitterness toward my aunt.  I was always trying to fit in with my so called friends.  About two weeks before I came into the home I threatened to kill myself because I was always getting

getting picked on at school and I wanted to just end the pain I was feeling.  The day before I came into the home I found out that my mom had died a year before, so I was really upset.  I came to the home on March 24, 2008.  I had made a profession of faith before I came into the home, so I thought I was saved and I thought that I just wasn’t right with God.  For the first three months I was  here, I was struggling with whether or not I was saved.  On July 17, 2008, I really got saved and had the peace and joy I was always looking for.  Now I want to serve the Lord and my desire for the world is gone.  I want to thank God for sending me to my aunt’s to put me in a Godly household and I want to thank God for sending me here and giving me another chance to get saved  before I died without God.

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