Lonely

After being sold for heroin as a four-year-old and enduring years of sexual abuse, prostitution, homelessness, and being separated from her family, she entered foster care and was introduced to Jesus for the first time. Through adoption, Christian education, and a growing relationship with God, her life was transformed—and years later, she returned to her birth mother with forgiveness, love, and a message that God still loved her.

After being left alone at six years old and growing up with a mother who married several times, Gary rarely experienced the care and attention of a father figure. Though he describes himself as a victim, he chose to see his difficult childhood as a challenge rather than let it define him. After nearly 52 years of marriage and raising children who avoided the struggles he once faced, Gary looks back with gratitude for God's faithfulness and the assurance that he was never truly alone.