“I one hundred percent believe that God sucked me out of my environment and sat me down so He got my full attention. I believe that He wasn’t going to let me go, and that He did have plans to give me a hope and a future.” —Angie
In a small town in Iowa, Angie lay curled in her bed, trying to block out the sound of her parents fighting in the living room. The screaming and crying resounded off the walls of their modest home, and every now and then, Angie would hear something shatter. Her father was drunk again. Angie’s heart pounded with fear even though her big brothers were down the hall. She tried praying the prayer her mother had taught her: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. But nothing helped; the whirlwind of anger and violence kept spinning.
When will this end? Angie wondered. How can I stop this madness?
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