WARNING!!!
What you are about to read is a real testimony. Real sin XPOSED!!!
I could sit here and give you the beautiful details of her perfect family and of how she is good person.
But I want you to know her. What she is really about… (Of course due to space; I will give you cliff notes).
WHO IS THIS GIRL?
Her name is Erika, Born in Orange (“OC” baby!!!) lol. On March 7, 1984. Both her father and mother are from Guerrero, Mexico and met in Anaheim, CA. Erika was raised in a single parent home (her father left when she was about 4).
Erika was physically,emotionally abused … causing her to be emotionally mute in her later years to come. Gave up her childhood: She had to grow up quick to care for her younger siblings. Soon, in Erika’s young adolescent years she gave up her purity, in return she felt like she was receiving love. The love that she had always longed for. Erika’s father comes back in her life during this time and shows her love… but materialistic love. He tries to buy her love. Eventually, Erika rebelsagainst all and everyone… getting kicked out her mother’s home, running away, going from place to place, there was a time she had to sleep in a laundry mat of an apartment complex… she had no one, and nowhere to go. Erika felt like no one cared. She then gets introduced to WEED (marijuana-THC), drinking and partying. The inconsistency in her life went on until she was 18. Funny most kids want to leave their parents as soon as they hit 18 and Erika, at 18, was begging her mother to allow her back home. SOOOOOOO, this is the turn…
Erika goes back to her mother’s (mother now moves to: Riverside, CA, Erika keeps in contact with her father (father now moves to Mexico) and everything gets better, right???
Well, keep reading!!! lol…
Erika gets accepted into The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA. Then she gets couple of jobs in Radio, modeling, bartending, traveling Sales rep. for a fashion showroom. Name it! She did it. Erika got caught up in all the fake, glam, material, looks and money = is your identity (ID). With the schooling, jobs, and everything the world had to offer she still felt empty, like something was missing. The question: there has to be more to life?
January 9, 2008. Erika heard about how much God cared for her, that he sent his only son- Jesus Christ– to die on that cross for all her sins, all her disobedience (when she deserved to be on that cross). Erika could not believe how simple life was supposed to be. How much Jesus loved her(as dirty and filthy as she was) her whole life she had been running away from God and hurting herself. She had finally heard the truth and was not going to let this opportunity go…
Erika confessed her sins & accepted Christ (knowing she could not do it without Him any longer). She knows that He is the way, the truth and the life…He is the only way! No other claimed God has resurrected (it’s been written and has over 500 witness). Why do we like to complicate/distort things?
I am Erika Pineda and this is my story
my heart wants to share the eternal l<3ve and hope that Jesus Christ offers. Life is not that complicated. God has created us to worship him and has given us blessing to enjoy.
My journey with God:
1st mission trip Dominican Republic 2008
2nd mission trip Ghana, Africa 2009
3rd mission trip: COMING SOON!!!!! 11 countries/11 months. Sep 2010-July2011. The journey CONTINUES! =]
