The Lord placed me here at this great awakening – new Christ-centered launching pad as an answered prayer from my grandmother that is also responsible for my physical birth. My grandmother told my mother she would come up to NYC to help raise me if my mother would promise not to abort me, so here I am. Praise God! I believe the Lord was preparing me to come to the River Church even before I was born as my grandmothers prayer was that at least one of her grand children would become a minister and lead others to Christ which was her heart’s cry and desire.  I remember her being more on her knees then standing and always leading others to know Jesus Christ as their savior.  I never realized before attending the River that I have a call to go out and preach the Gospel and lead other lost souls to the Kingdom of God.

–Betty