well... its my testimony that was written like 3 years ago... thought if someone would wanna know how God brought me to Himself... thats a story...

My family has always sought God in different ways. My dad always read “wise” books; my mom, brother and I visited different religious meetings and gatherings. One day we went to a Christian evangelistic concert which was being held in a sports complex, and I know that then God was already working in my heart! I used to always ask my mom, “Why do people praise Jesus and pray to Him if they can talk with God Himself?”
Also, starting at age four, I was involved in competitive ballroom dancing. When I was thirteen, I had to give it up, because it is a very expensive sport, and we didn’t have the money. All my life had been on the dance floor and all my “friends” were there, and so here I was, with nothing left. I used to come home from school and just sit and cry, asking God why He had taken the very thing I loved so much, my hope and my meaning in life! I know that He was always near and that He listened to me, and now I know why I didn’t hear Him.
After a while, I started making friends in school with not very “good” girls. I started to smoke, and I’d hang out for an evening with a guy just for fun, but the next day it was as if we didn’t even know each other. I didn’t find any kind of satisfaction.
All this went on for about a year, and God started to send believers into my life. Once when our group of friends was hanging out and smoking, a guy came up to us and told us about Jesus with such hope! Everyone laughed, but I didn’t know what to think. I felt that God wanted to say something to me – after all, it wasn’t a coincidence that this guy came up to us specifically.
And so, one day, one of my friends and I went to the park, because we were on spring break from school. We sat far away from any other people and were drinking something and smoking. Two guys came up to us and started telling us about Jesus! We talked for a long time, and then I repented!
Not long before this, my boyfriend had broken up with me, because I’d refused to sleep with him. I was totally dependent on guys! But immediately that day, after repenting, I felt so free, as if the ropes which had bound me to other people or to things had been severed! I didn’t need anyone anymore!
In spite of all this, as I was walking home that day, I decided that I was going to live just like I always had. But it didn’t work out for me! God is faithful, even when we’re unfaithful!
The next day, we were walking in the same park, and when I saw this group of believers, I was drawn to them like a magnet! Praise God, I went up to them. That evening, we all went to a rock concert, and people just shared Jesus with me! This is how I started going to my church, to my family.
God did another miracle in my life! After about a year, I was baptized, on May 2nd, but I couldn’t remember on what day I’d repented. After a while, I found an old invitation to that rock concert, and on the invitation was the date May 3rd. I repented the day before that concert, so it turns out that I got saved and was baptized on the same day, only with a year’s difference! That was a little gift from God!
My dad is a total materialist. My brother was a Hari Krishna but was disappointed in his faith and now is just “dying” in this world, not wanting to take a step towards meeting Jesus.
I praise God that He protected my outer purity and gave me inner purity! I wasn’t a drug addict and didn’t kill anyone, but I can’t imagine where I’d be and what I’d be doing right now if I didn’t have Jesus! In Him is all fullness! He is my God, my Savior, my Papa, my Bridegroom, my best Friend! He is my satisfaction!
Ephesians 1:4-6 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

hey guys... I know I know... long time away from xanga... yeah, but its all good.. right... God is good all the time!
we didnt have internet at home for more then a month so... life is good! a lot of things going on... just dont know what to even say right now... just wanted to write & tell you all hello! God's love is amazing...

hey everyone!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRAYING FOR VANESSA & also for me!
Vanessa is much much better right now!!! Praise the Lord!!!
when I look back on that hard situation that I wrote you last time I see what its truly God's miracle! she got better by God's grace that is always sufficient for us! & now she is doing better! her hemoglobin is 100 (I dont know what that means though...) cause they transferred a lot of blood & plasma into her! so just pray she becomes stronger & stronger & so that they could send her home! cause I leave for Hungary on saturday & so she has to be out of hospital tomorrow... just pray about Lords will!
I very cool news that Caedmon is at home!!! Stephen took him from the hospital this morning-praise the Lord!
with love
Nastya

P.S. Im so sorry for very detailed update that I wrote last time...

thats the baby Caedmon Christian Rayn Pomeroy right after he was born!!!!

hey everyone! I dont have much words left except then
to say Praise God, but... Ill just try quickly let you
know what happened today so that I dont have to tell
that story again & again when you will ask!
so most of you knew that Vanessa (mom in the family
that I live in, & she also had to deliver the baby
this week) got so sick with flue & it got into
pneumonia, so she had her IV going this morning (after
a week of being sick) & she started feeling cramps in
the right side of her bally, but nothing else except
that was not there so we just thought it was because
she didnt it almost at all this week. So around before
kids went to take nap she took a shower & eat a bit &
went to lay down. then I put kids to bed & I just
started cleaning the kitchen, even though I wanted to
leave to get more medicine for Vanessa... & she called
me & said that the water broke & so we changed her &
I called to doctor to see what we needed to do & he
said to pack her & then call ambulance, while he was
calling different doctors to fine the better place
where Vanessa could deliver, cause she couldnt deliver
in the place where was planed cause of her condition.
& we also called papa Stephen, cause he was at work.
I dont remember how exactly everything happened, but
she wanted to go poop but then said that something is
not right... so when I helped her to get to the toilet
& she wanted to poop, she said: its not a poop... &
the next thing I saw was the baby's feet... so in the
toilet room, on the edge of the toilet... thats where
everythting happened! Praise the Lord that we had
trash thing on the one side & pipe on the other so she
could place her feet... & then the baby's bally came
out & I holed the baby & then its stuck, stop coming
out... & with prayers & encouragement Vanessa
waited for contractions & started poshing & it wouldnt
work... finally the arms of baby came out & I saw that
the umbilical cord was twice around babys neck, but
the head stuck & for a long time (thats how it seamed
to me & in comparison with everything) the baby
wouldnt move out at all... I was praying & was holding
baby's body & the head wouldnt come out... so finally
& I praise the Lord, baby's head came out & Vanessa
took him & took the cord out of his neck but he would
hardly breeze... so I was running around getting
blanket to wrap the baby & in around 5-10 min
Stephen came! I gave him thing to sock out stuff out
of nose & mouth & the baby started breezing better &
even was squeaking some! I called doctor & said that
the baby is here & asked what we need to do... so the
doctor came & cut the umbilical cord with my scissors
& checked on baby! & the crazy Soviet union ambulance
came with that kinda crazy people all in shock from
what happened... I had a righteous anger at them...
gosh... so now Vanessa in one hospital being treated
even more intense with antibiotics for her pneumonia
& recovering from delivery. & the baby is in the other
hospital being treated with antibiotics too & having
test running: like X-ray of lungs & blood tests (cause
mama was very sick) & we pray & WE ASK YOU TO BE
PRAYING for the quick recovery for Vanessa & baby so
that they can be all together as fest as it can be...
I just praise the Lord for His awesome & perfect time
& will... that the kids were taking nap at that time &
that God was there with Vanessa & I & gave us wisdom
& even more gave Vanessa strength to posh in stuff,
cause she was so sick & didnt eat in a days... & in
everything we can see that that was the best way for
the baby to be born, cause if they would take Vanessa
to the hospital they would definitely do cessation to
her & it would take much much more time for her to
recover from sickness & surgery!!! & it was 2 of us &
Jesus... & its was calm with peace without those crazy
Soviet union doctors!!! ALL THE GLORY TO YOU MY
SWEET JESUS! I JUST PRAISE YOU SO MUCH THAT
THE BABY ALIVE & BREATHES, cause I was so afraid of
apposed when it seamed like there was no way out!
THANK YOU LORD!

Keep Vanessa & little baby brother in your prayers
please!!!

with love of sweet Jesus
Nastya