A year later I met a man who I then thought was Mr. Right. We began living together, and soon had a son and a daughter; in 1989 after six years together we moved into a lovely house in Heckmondwike. Life seemed good.

I had a cousin who was older than me and like a sister; I really looked up to her. One day I bumped into her in Castleford town, she began to tell me about the change in her life how she was now a born again Christian. I thought she had gone mad and for the next year I began to avoid her. At that same time my partner had a friend at work that was also a born again Christian. He also told my partner how it had changed his life for the better and gave my partner a Bible. My partner came home and threw the Bible on the table saying, "I don't know why he has given this to us, we don't need it.

Not long after that, I noticed my partner staying over at work longer and not always being where he said he was. One morning I confronted him and asked him what was wrong; he then replied, he had found someone else, a girl at work that he now loved and wanted to be with. This had been going on for some time. I was devastated I could not stop crying, I felt totally lost. I don't know why but I began to read the Bible more and more each day.

Suddenly, out of the blue my cousin came to call at my house to see if we wanted to go out for the day. She was the last person I wanted to see. We all went out to Hazel Wood Castle, it was a beautiful day and my cousin, my mum and I sat out on the grass. I asked my cousin why she was so happy, she began to tell us about Jesus in her life and I must admit she positively glowed as she spoke. She told us how she prayed the prayer of salvation and it went a little like this, "I know I have sinned and done things wrong, but please forgive me, I now know you died on the cross for me and I would like you to come into my life and be my saviour always. AMEN."

I didn't say much for the rest of that day; I think I was thinking that's ok for her but not for me, as I didn't need anyone to sort my life out. Then one night when things seemed worse I went up to the bathroom to have a good cry and I remembered the prayer my cousin had told me about and I found myself saying it and meaning it. Once I had said it I went to bed and felt a lot calmer and when I got up the next morning - WOW I felt on top of the world, I had never felt so good in all my life, I was really born again, as it says in the Bible a new creation.

That was seventeen years ago and life with Jesus is still great. Since then my partner left. I found a new man - my husband of fourteen years now, he also loves Jesus. We have three girls together and we all attend Edenthorpe church.