My testimony starts a bit cliché like a lot of Christians I know, I was brought up in a Christian family, de-blah-de-blah-de-blah. But I have to say, the fact that my parents were Christians didn't really help me all that much in my journey with Jesus. I was made to come to church every Sunday, and when I was little, I found it really was very boring, and really unfair that I had to go! I went to Sunday school, and from there, I got the impression that being a Christian was all about believing in God, and knowing all the stories from the bible. Little did I know just how wrong I was.
When I was 11 I went on this Christian pathfinder camp called Barnstaple, it completely changed by perspective on Christianity, as I discovered about the Holy Spirit and gifts of the spirit, and all these exciting things that God provides. I realised for the first time that being a Christian was about having a 2-way relationship with God, you talk to him, and he talks to you, and I really wanted to start to get to know him properly.
So I came back from Barnstaple on a spiritual high, and really went for it for the first few months, and started to fade away. The same thing happened each time I went to Barnstaple, and I knew there was something preventing me from keeping it up at home. The church I go to, has a youth club called The Pulse, I used to go there every Friday night and just hang out with mates, I knew that it was run by the Christians at my church, but I thought nothing of it. When I was 13 I became a leader at the youth club, and discovered that there was an event on Sunday nights after church called Pulse8. It's basically a church service in itself, and it's like having Barnstaple all year round I suppose! It's really awesome, and it really helped me to keep that passion for God all year round!
