David Moore's Testimony

Let me tell you a little about myself and how I came to know the Lord. I was born March 14th, 1984 in Merrillville, Indiana. My family didn't live in Merrillville, that was just where the hospital was. I lived in Gary, Indiana most of my life. I had double pneumonia  in both of my lungs. I think I was under developed too, because I have webbed toes and fingers.  They're not radically webbed though.

In 1980, before I was born, my dad was very abusive to my mother. One day he left on his motorcycle and did something he didn't usually do. He left the keys to his truck with my mother, that was very unusual of him. Later that day, my mother, found out that my dad, had gotten in a motorcycle accident. The accident left him with irreversible brain damage. Even though this accident was before I was born, it shaped the rest of my life. If he wouldn't have been brain damaged, surely he would've beaten on me too. I grew up without much of a father figure and was kind of trained to call my dad, by his first name, which was Fred. He didn't like that, but he got used to it.

I grew up kind of close to my two brothers and one sister. My two brothers had different dads, but I claim them as full brothers and always will. I was especially close to my brother Kenny, as he was the one who was mostly around. He was my best friend. We spent a lot of time together. In 1991 Kenny, was diagnosed with Leukemia, a form of cancer. He lost all of his hair from the chemo therapy and in 1992, he died. He was only 19, but the Lord, gave him a chance. Kenny, had dreams of his own funeral, in enough time to give his life to the Lord and he did.

My sister, Tina and I were the closest after my brother died. We did a lot together through the years and even when she had a boyfriend they included me. My sister, had her first child, named Valerie and I love Valerie, a lot. But now, it started to seem as if Tina, only used me to baby sit. She found a new boyfriend and married him and now she treated me like trash it seemed.

My other brother Vee, hardly ever came around to see me and when he did it was to get something from my Mother or it was because he and his wife got in a fight. 

When I went to school, I had no friends, everyone there picked on me. I got made fun of and hit by other students. I missed a lot of school due to this and I finally quit school.

The only friends I had were on the internet. I met Krista, my wife on the internet. We were just friends at first. I met her in a wrestling e-fed that her brother made. We were both big wrestling fans at the time. My other friends and I went on a program and attacked voice chat rooms for fun because people were so rude to us. We yelled profanity in chat rooms night after night. I kept it up, as it kept me from getting depressed or did it? I thought it did, but it really didn't.

I met a 22 year old woman in a voice chat and we hooked up online. I was only 16, she took advantage of me and destroyed my mental health in the long run. She toyed with my emotions, like I wasn't even a human being. I never had a girlfriend before, so I let her. I thought that's how it was supposed to be. About nine or more months later we broke up. I finally hooked up with Krista. I wish I would've done this in the first place.

My uncle lived with my mother, my dad and me, in our trailer. My cousin moved in and he had to stay in my room with me. My cousin was enough to drive any sane person insane. He doesn't like God, at all. One day a preacher was talking to him at my grandma's nursing home and he rolled his eyes. But he acted like he was listening. I told Krista, about this she said, "Jesus, is my savior." I said, "He's mine too." Because I had accepted him in a church before, but still didn't follow him or know I had to. She wasn't following him at the time either.

We started going to bible studies in a voice chat. Finally I stopped attacking voice chat rooms as I knew it was wrong. I started to grow in the Lord. One day, a man came in our Christian voice chat room and was deceiving me and I didn't know he was twisting scripture. I'm glad Krista, knew enough scripture to tell this guy was off the wall. He was what you would call a wolf in sheep's clothing. Krista, tricked me into leaving the room, I was buying into the lies. He had Krista, fooled some too, but not as much as me. God, turned this situation around into good. This inspired us to read the bible everyday. So we began reading the bible together everyday on the phone. Without that situation, I don't think I'd be as close to God, as I am today.

Krista and I, talked on the phone several hours a day. She lived in California and I lived in Indiana. We were able to talk so long on the phone because Krista, had a program where she paid a flat rate of $30 a month. No matter how long we talked all they could charge was $30. We got to know each other so well and loved each other so much, we knew we had to meet. I was 17 and we started planning for me to leave home and come meet her. We knew I couldn't leave until I was 18. I had to leave behind my mother's back because she was so controlling, because of the death of my brother.

But before I would turn 18 and leave home tragedy hit. Well, it was tragedy for me and my family. My grandma, who was very special to me, passed a way. She was a fighter and no one expected her death. We figured she'd pull through whatever it was that was killing her. She was one of the many family members I've lost through the years and one I hoped to never lose. My grandma, also followed the Lord and I'm thankful for that.

I turned 18 and two days later left home, with a plane ticket and some money, Krista, sent me. I came to California and married Krista, four days later. The center of our relationship is the Lord.

I don't recommend anyone run off with someone from the internet. It's not always as safe as it was for me. People end up getting killed over this kind of stuff.

My mother and I, argued a lot when I lived with her. We had our problems, but now we have kind of worked it out. I talk to her on the phone and we're able to talk civil now. I think we're closer now that I've left, than we were before I left. Too bad we weren't closer before I left. I'm just glad me and my mother have come to better terms. Also my sister Tina and I, are on good terms again. I have a close relationship with my brother Vee, now too. They all seem to miss me, but whether or not they know it, me leaving has kind of put us back together as a family.

Recently on March 4th, 2003, my dad, whom I had become close to passed away unexpectedly. One moment doing fine and the next dead. We played poker together a lot and we played pool together. He taught me everything I know about both. I was unable to attend his funeral in Indiana. Before he died on March 4th, that very day he had my mother send the money to buy GodsLovingKindness.com. It was his money. The Lord, definitely has his hands on this domain! I'm thankful the Lord, has chosen me and given me such a great task here. If you're looking for a friend that truly will never leave you, go the Lord. People will always let you down, but the Lord, never will.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

Praise the Lord!