About Sue...

I am the 5th child of 6 children , 5 girls + 1 brother in our family , I recall being at around 4years when I expressed interest to my mum to go to Sunday school , as I watched my older siblings go off every Sunday morning . When I was 5 I went, I remember Mum & Dad did not go but they sent us all. I was a very shy child, I believe I had low self esteem, but I did not know why. I was good at school & liked church until I was about 14. Then it all started to turn sour, I had a boyfriend at church he was 17 & I was 14 and we used to go out after the service for supper, then we started to miss the services and go for drives and park we would come back when the service was finished. His father decided to break us up as I was too young.

I attended a big A.O.G. church on the North side of Brisbane. During my early teens I had some trouble at home, with My Dad & also Mum was sick. I left the church at the age of 15 as I felt God was not real to me, I knew Jesus loved me but I never had a personal relationship with Him. I had invited Jesus into my life a lot when I was growing up, but I was destroyed for the lack of knowledge. After I left the church & moved out of home at the age of 15 my life became a living hell. I was introduced to a man 8 years older than me at a nightclub in town and several weeks later we were living together with other friends in a share house.

He was an alcoholic & a drug user; I was frequently bashed, used and abused by him. I tried to leave but he would always threaten to kill me if I did leave him. Meanwhile back at home Mum had been diagnosed with bowel cancer, I used to visit her and sometimes stay the night and sleep with her as she was bedridden and given 3 months to live. I remember one day she said to me, she knew what my boyfriend was doing to me and she asked me to leave him or he would kill me. It scared me but I didn't’t listen.

A couple of weeks went by and Mum died in my arms at the hospital, I was 16 years old. The boyfriend was callous and unsympathetic. He was heavily involved in breaking & entering into factories by this time; he was stealing large amounts of alcohol & reselling it. He got caught and within one month of Mums passing away he was in jail for a year. I visited him in the jail for about 6 months and all the time I kept hearing my Mums words leave him or he will kill you. I made my way to a Salvation Army hostel where I met my husband Dave. It was love at first sight for both of us. We became an item, then the ex got out of jail and I told him it was finished, I felt safe at the hostel and eventually he moved on.

Dave and I stayed together and we had 2 children and after 14 years together we got married in 1996. All the time I was away from church and God I had a lot of problems with various addictions over the years; I lived with a bitter root of grief over my mum’s death. I used to think that you had to be all fixed up to go to church, and I felt far short of that. Two months before our wedding My Dad whom I had developed a beautiful loving relationship with had a stroke and died 3 days later. I was absolutely devastated , I remember being in the bath crying and sobbing with grief when I cried out to God and said I cant do this any more , I cant live without you in my life I recommitted my life and heart to Him.

I still did not know much bible but I used to pray for Dave to get saved for about 2 years, Dave was an angry unbelieving pot smoking tequila drinking heathen. But I had a Pastor friend of Dave’s family say to me, start seeing Him in church with his hands raised to God in worship. I scoffed at that but I did every time we drove past a church, Id see him in worship to God. Suddenly God touched him in an overwhelming way that brought a miraculous change into his life and our lives. Well the rest is history we love God with all our hearts, serving Him with 110% since1998 living and growing in Him daily. We have seen God’s awesome power and presence in our lives changing us from glory to glory.

Our vision is to help others find this peace with God and especially to exhort others to be on fire for Jesus and to put Him first place in their hearts and lives. God bless all who read our testimonies. Our prayer is for you to seek first the Kingdom of God so that all God has for you will become a living reality in your life. By the way my Mum and Dad both gave their hearts to the Lord before they died, I once asked God why they didn't’t go to church and do you know what He said , they thought that they were not worthy , what a lie from the pit of hell . Through Christ Jesus we are all made the righteousness of God. Amen to that.

Blessings From
Sue Hoad

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