Steemit Writing Contest. my entry/ Yackeline

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This is a true story, from someone I've known for several years, she is Yackeline, a single mother with four children, three boys and Jennifer her 13 year old daughter; Yackeline has been a worker and fighter for their children, has educated them in the best way, Angel, Luis and Juan never had problems in their teens but Jennifer was not the same, as a child she was calm, affectionate, although her teachers said she was isolated, Yackeline knew that part of this was because her dad never cared about her, but she dialed him on the phone and made Jenn believe as he affectionately tells her, that he was the one who called her but that was not enough. His father's absence greatly affected her.

She reached the age of 13 and the changes began, from being a good girl, she became rude and disobedient, sometimes she did not sleep at home, staying in the street or sleeping on some roof of the buildings where her "friends" they lived (this she later confessed to Yackeline) causing such anguish in her mother, she always looked for a way to find her whereabouts and went in search of her, twice found her drunk, took her to psychologists, psychiatrists who prescribed antidepressants, Jennifer cut her arms, she had no communication with anyone at home, due to her strange attitude, Yackeline began to investigate and as she already had experience in this kind of strange attitudes, (the separation with Jennifer's father was due to alcohol problems and drugs and domestic violence Jenn was just 4 years old when she ran away from home with her children) she made a painful decision but she needed to know if her daughter used drugs, cheated on her daughter for to take a urine sample and take it to the laboratory, her legs trembled and her heart wanted to go out through her mouth when she went to remove the result, she took it, she was paralyzed and tears ran down her face when she saw that it was positive, how was it possible ? Why does my girl do this? (Jennifer had been caught by other young people who used alcohol and drugs and also cut their arms, had personality problems according to psychologists) Thousands of questions went through her mind, she came home and said nothing to Jennifer, a brave mother who would not let her daughter get raped by this vice, to know the situation that her daughter was going through, took action on the matter, changed her school, kept her away from her "friends" for a while to avoid drug use it was two years of struggles, Yackeline fell ill because of all this situation was not easy, how much pain in his heart his daughter so longed had fallen in this world.

One day on his knees he prayed to God and begged for the change in his daughter's life, at that moment he felt peace in his heart, a few weeks later a Pastor visited them, Jennifer who also referred to being an atheist, burned Bibles publicly and claimed to have pacts with satan, sat down to listen without saying a word, the Pastor invited them to a vigil and she went with the intention of mocking what would be done there, because I hear say that spirits of demons came from other people and if she opened the eyes would enter her. (God is wonderful) at 3:30 a.m. began the prayer of spiritual liberation, Yackeline with raised hands prayed that Jennifer would be touched and released and Jennifer in her mind what the hell would come out and enter her, but God had a surprise for this disobedient girl when Yackeline opened her eyes Jennifer lay in a fetal position on the floor, she reflexively wanted to raise her but a believer stopped her saying "The Holy Spirit is on her" she returned to her position and kept praying for Jenn, back home Jennifer kept silence and lay down on the sofa, when she awoke her eyes were very swollen from so much crying, (then she confessed to her mother the deep pain she felt in her heart for everything she had done that was so much that she could not stop crying and that in that vigil he felt something that came out of it and fell in slow motion to the floor) since then Jennifer began to change, attend the church and a year later they were baptized Now, Yackeline preaches in the church and Jennifer belongs to the worship and praise group, God gave her a beautiful voice, Jennifer is about to finish high school, only scars left in her arms, marks of her dark past.

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This is a wonderful story of redemption. Praise G-d!