Andi and Kerry’s Story
How two people from difficult backgrounds came to know and love Jesus, and each other through Commission Festivals.
| Andy - | Kerry - |
|---|---|
| “I was wrapped up in the criminal world, I didn’t want to continue what I was doing.” | “I was at death’s door so many times with drugs, it was a dangerous world for me.” |
Video Transcript
Kerry
“We've known each other for a few years. Andy was a single parent, I was a single parent. And our daughters thought it'd be an amazing idea to try and get us together.”
Andi
“In my wisdom, I thought I'd ask her out for a game of pool. Not knowing that it would lead to all of this.”
Kerry
“I had quite a hard, difficult life. I was at death's door so many times with drugs. It was a dangerous world for me. I separated from my ex-husband. I went through a lot of hurt. My attitude was ‘I don't want to know men. I'm happy just me and Jesus.’”
Andi
“I was wrapped up in the criminal world on drugs, and in quite a dark place but not really realising it. I just didn't want to carry on doing what I was doing. I had no intention of ever leaving that world.”
Kerry
“I felt my journey with God was getting compromised. And I had to go and…finish it with him (Andi), basically. I was in tears, and he said, no, absolutely not. What can we do to change this?”
Andi
“It was last year, shortly after I'd done the Alpha course. I was struggling a little bit with getting over the line with it, giving up all my secrets, really realizing that God forgives everything. I was keeping a few things back to myself, and at the Commission festival one evening, someone came up to me and said they've had a vision from God to relay to me - they had a picture of me with a sack over my shoulder, which was to represent all my secrets and a doorway with me trying to fit through the doorway.
And the message was, I had to look behind me and look at the sack. It was empty. There was no secrets, God knew everything and everything had been forgiven. So I sat down and then I just had floods of tears, everything came over me. I just knew it was the Holy Spirit then coming to visit me.”
(Music plays)
“By his stripes we are healed”
Kerry
“At my first ever Westpoint, a woman was at the front, and she's talking about how God speaks to us. And when we came out, we were walking up the hill and I said to this lady (another lady), ‘I don't know what she's on about in there, God never speaks to-’ and before I could say “me”, I got this palpitation so bad, I couldn't breathe properly. I just started crying and crying and crying. I now know it was the Holy Spirit hitting me, and the next day I woke up a different person.
Once I met Jesus my whole life just changed dramatically - the way I saw the world, that hope that I had, I know where I'm going when I die, I feel secure.”
Andi
“I didn't know why at the time but I decided to change my life around. I just didn't want to carry on doing what I was doing. And it wasn't until I met Jesus that I realized that God had his hand on me all that time. I could see the pathway in front of me - where I wanted to go, the sorts of things I want to do now, and I don't see a pathway at all which would take me back to my old life…it just doesn't exist anymore.”
Kerry
“When we got home from Westpoint, I could not put my Bible down. And since that day, I am so secure. The fear of dying just does not faze me and I cannot wait to be in God's arms.”
Andi
“I go to work every day now. I spent a big period of my life not working - I was either selling drugs or taking drugs, but now I just get up, go to work every single day, I pick up my Bible every day.”
Kerry
“We’re getting married in November. We had no intention of going on a date looking for anyone… but God has different plans for us!”
(Music plays)
“He has won our freedom, Jesus has one it all.”
