TESTIMONY: Tiffany

August 2005

Fo those hu knew me in NZ, or has heard bout me,
all know bout ma thugged out wayz, such as wif drugz, attitude probz,
swearin one word afta tha otha an actin 'un-laydee lyke' lol
Well t'dae i jus wanna share a testimony bout jus how wonderful God is

I wuz raised up in Auckland, New Zealand as a child..
I lived a ordinary kidz life, went to skool, kame home,
spent tyme wid ma family etc.
Everyfing wuz fyne till it hit tha last year of primary skool
. ..I realized i wuz growing up.. .
An as u reach ur teenage yearz, derez so many paths to choose from..
An it all really depended on which kinda peepz u hung round wif...
Well being "Me" bak den, i wuz alwayz wif tha 'popular kidz'
alwayz out at partiez, bein a rebel an jus luved experiencin new fingz

As i reached bout 11, i slowly got hooked onto smokin weed,
an dat went on 3-4 tymez daily through ma first year of high skool..
I also had to go through a packet of ciggiez every 2 dayz,
drank constantly an wuz alwayz on a constant a hangover..
I'd alwayz b out wif ma girlz clubbin, partying, bummin round
an doin all niterz up in tha city till 7 or 8 in tha morning,
talkin to all dese homeless dudez an accepting drugz from strangerz..
I hardly stayed in high skool, i took every opportunity i could to wag..
I wuz alwayz runnin tha gamez, playin ma lyfe out lyke it wuz nufing..
And to me, dat wuz lyfe..
I planned to do dat fo tha rest of ma lyfe..
..'BE A BUM'..

Den later on in 2003,
I found out dat ma mom wuz fallin outta luv wif ma dad,
an dat dey were gonna get a divorce..
As fo me, i had to choose where i wanted to go..
Eitha stay in Auckland wif ma momz, jus me an her,
Or to live wid ma dad up in Melbourne, to help him look afta ma lil sis an bro..
At tha tyme being, i wuz finkin, "Na man.. I aint EVA gonna leave auckland..
Auckland is ma hometown, wea i grew up, wea all ma memoriez r left behind..
Buh sumfink pushed ma heart an told me dat i had to go Melbourne..
So i followed ma heart an moved in wid ma dad in Melbourne

Wen i first got here, it wuz jus way too different fo me..
Tha localz got to me bcoz of their accents, tha area wuz way too klean fo ma being,
An dere wuznt newun dat wuz 'thugged out' at all..
Ma first dae at skool, ..I felt lyke smashin every chickz face..
Dey were all lyke wid dere, "OH MA GOSH!! SO WUSS THA GOSSIP?!" (lmao)
Bak den, i wuz all laid bak an 'yeh woteva' to everyfing..
I couldn't care less if i got expelled or got kikd outta home..
(an yeh, it did happen a few tymez..)
I hated Melbz, i wanted to go bak to Auckz, buh sumfink alwayz held me bak..

Newayz, half tha year passed an i slowly settled down..
I found ma girlz ren, ro'z, daphne an tha hfp girlz..
I started goin bak wid ma old wayz, smokin up an being a bum..
Den 1 dae, when i wuz kikn bak at a old friend Xhem's house,
(God planned dis all out lol), I met ma most ADORABLE boyee * T I P S * (Puni),
he immediately caught ma eyez an i wuz lyke, "Ooo.. Whoz dat??" lol..
An even tho we met thru smokin up, fingz eventually changed soon afta

Tha first tyme i went to church wuz amazing..
I opened up ma heart an i let God flow his love in ma heart..
Tearz jus started shredin down ma eyez lyke a waterfall
An tha feelin wuz jus so beautiful..
I felt as if God has healed ma heart from ma whole entire past
Wid ma parentz, ma past relationshipz, tha hurt an pain i went thru,
all wuz gone.. Gone by ma tearz, gone coz God took dem away

I started goin church every week afta dat, being 'addicted to god'..
Then tha more i gave maself to him, tha betta i felt about maself..
I slowly stopped tha drugz, partyin, clubbin, smokin an drinkin..
Even tha tiny fingz such as swearin, spittin, litterin etc. (lol)
I got tongues later afta (a language between me an god)..
An in Sept. i got baptised knowin i will alwayz live ma lyfe fo god..
I discovered dat everyfing dat had happened to me in tha past,
all happened fo a reason.. a really good reason..
Tha reason is fo me, to learn from ma mistakez,
being able to understand others in similar backgrounds,
and to testify how God turned tha tablez around fo me..

Most people say dat church is boring, u dont even understand wot itz about..
Buh u no, u gotta find tha right church..
Wun dat u will really enjoy learning and fellowshipping with others,
wun dat u'll be able to relate to..
As fo me, i go to Clayton - Church Of Christ.. Bcoz i believe dat
God workz powerfully in dat church and i c alot of young heartz touched..
Tha reason why im sharing ma testimony, is dat
. ..i jus wanna c all ma friendz in heaven..
I dont wan newun to be left behind, not knowing about Jesus Christ
- Tha Son Of God.. Who died for our sinz an luvz us unconditionally..
I jus believe in ma heart dat, we need to stop taking JC fo granted,
but really start to understand our purpose in lyfe here on earth..
Tha best book i've read dat encouraged me to do dis wuz wen i read,
"The 40 Days Of Purpose - God's Driven Life"..
Well i hope dat ma testimony has sumhow touched u,
and dat u'll b able to reflect about it in tha future and hopefully understand
dis ultimate feeling of unconditional luv from God when you accept Christ..
. .Coz i wanna c uze all up dere wid here, wea uze belong..