Aaron Adams’ Testimony  (What Happened in April of 1984)

I was born into a Christian home, hard working Father, Mother was a home maker, attended Church on a regular basis, had wonderful Sunday School teachers, very good school teachers and a nice country atmosphere to grow up in.

As I think back; I started to become very independent at a young age, and as I grew a little older found it very hard to place myself under any kind of leadership, authority or discipline and since I was so quick to learn and "catch on" to things was allowed privileges that probably should have been for older boys like hanging around town by myself after school, dropped off for evening school activities, hunting alone and swimming alone during the summer months, at a very young age.

When I was 11 years old I went to the front of the Church during the invitation time because some of my friends went forward, and we were all baptized, but none of us were asked why we came forward, or was led in any kind of prayer for salvation.  Needless to say, I came to the front of the Church just because my friends did.  This experience was not rooted in faith and trust so there was no power in it to change my life.

I was what we called a "daredevil" in my younger days around town so I was introduced to cigarette smoking and beer drinking by the time I was 12 or 13 years old and by the time I was 14 I had dropped out of Church all together.

I started skipping school 1 or 2 times a week and going off with my buddies, getting into trouble around town and was stealing tools and things from my Dad to sell so I could have money for gas and could get older people could buy me beer and cigarettes.  I was introduced to my first drink of hard liquor at the age of 15.

By the time I was 16 and got my operators license and first car,  I found that it was almost impossible to submit myself to any kind of authority whether I thought I was right or wrong so I dropped out of school.  I didn't really want to hear it from my parents and I got into numerous fusses and fights with them between ages 16 and 17.  They finally signed for me to get into the Army when I was just turned 17.

I think my problem of not being able to submit to authority was getting worse, but the Army didn't put up with my attitude and I found myself in a lot of trouble during the 8 years I spent in.  I was busted in rank and fined several times for not respecting authority.

After 8 years, (when I got out of the Army), I found that it was almost impossible to make a go of it in civilian life and continue my alcohol habits as usual.  Turning for worse, I started doing drugs also.  Playing guitar in the Honky Tonks at night on speed, then early morning whiskey to come down again.  Drinking beer by day, hitting the taverns, getting ready for the next night.

In April 1984 a man in Bushnell Florida witnessed to me of Jesus Christ and I came to understand that there was a place empty in my heart which Jesus desired to fill with Himself. I understood at that time that nearly everything I done was wrong, no one had to tell me that, I just knew. I felt that I had to get better in order to meet this Jesus he spoke of.  But, as the man spoke to me more, he said that Jesus wanted me just the way I was, and that didn’t make good sense to me. I couldn’t understand why anyone would want the likes of me.

Not being satisfied with the life I had; I walked around town for the next couple of days attempting to talk to Jesus, wondering; hoping that there was truth to what this man had told me so I could wind up with a changed life and go to heaven when I died.  On the third day I looked up into the sky and said:  “God, if you’re up there and would consider to change my life; I would try to do anything you want me to do.  I got the biggest surprise of my life on that day! On the way walking to the Post Office in Bushnell Florida Jesus Christ made Himself real to me! He came into my heart and saved my soul. It was a blinding experience in which I was instantly delivered from alcohol and drugs!