My Nonprofit Reviews

I don't really have a compelling story to keep you on the edge of your seat or bring tears to your eyes. I've not been in addiction like most that come through CEO. But as a human living life, I do know great loss and great pain.
Perhaps, if we must segregate, I'm considered from the other side of the fence.
It was most definitely divine intervention that led me to CEO.
When I arrived, life had left me paralyzed socially, an already introverted personality, I became had become afraid of the public, of church, and afraid of people all together. I would put on a smile, force myself to go places, pray nothing would happen and for it to be over asap. Group settings made me physically sick outside of my home and family. I would try to blend and stay in a corner of the room. To be called on to speak would cause a rush of heat over me till I felt as if I would faint. All I could hear was a pulse pounding in my head and blurred vision, unable to breathe steady and my chest pounding so hard, I could see it through my shirt. The fear was so debilitating, it drained me. I couldn't take it. I would tremble on the way home and pace the floor until it all subsided. I spent as much time behind the scenes, alone and out of sight in those days. Often, I would not go back for a few weeks, even months except for a short to visit and be the first to leave.

Working for CEO and sponsoring others in connection with The Gathering Church, I slowly began to come out of my prison shell I had built to protect myself and keep others out. This enabled me to meet these fears head on by helping others.
It also led me to know with every certainty, my life purpose.
I was 50 when I finally understood why I was placed on earth. Trust me, It is never too late to build your life, you simply need the right people, at the right time and in the right place.
CEO was apart of the catalyst that began the wheels turning in allowing me to help people heal. Since the age of 14 I've never wanted to be anything other than a cardiac nurse. Disappointment over a dream lost it seemed. But then between God, CEO and The Gathering Church, I realized that dream. I still help heal hearts, I'm still a cardiac nurse, just of a different kind. I'm a counselor and ironically help those who struggle with some of the same things I did.

So, today I give thanks to CEO , Tony Metcalf and all connected to this ministry in some way that touched my life, for believing in me and seeing in myself what I could not see.

Shalom and Blessings