![]() ![]() I wanted a mother and my mom was gone and Sister Rose being that mother figure, she took care of everybody in the clinic. When I first met Sister Rose, my mom had passed away and I was still-I wanted that mother figure. God gave you twenty-four hours in a day and you can give Him back at least an hour or two hours for Him, to serve Him.” And that kind of stuck with me. And was like, “Don’t let life get in your way. I went to probably, like, four lessons and then I stopped. I went to probably-I signed up for Bible study to be a Bible student that night. There a lot of mothers that are going to be at the Bible study where you can-they’ll take care of him.” And she’s like, “My two daughters are going to be there so you can have them watch your son.” And I was like, “Okay, I’ll come.” And I started going to the Bible studies. She’s like “Hi, I’m Rose.” And I’m like, “Hi, I’m Tawanda.” And she’s like, “Oh okay, yeah this and this…” And she was going so fast and I was like, “How do people understand what she’s saying?” And she’s like, “We’re having a Bible study tonight, would you like to come?” And I was like, “No, thank you but I’ll keep that thought in mind.” And I met her a couple more times down and she’s like, “Hey, we’re having a Bible study tonight, would you like to come?” And I was like, “I have no babysitter.” And she’s like, “If you’re worried about a babysitter, don’t worry about that. God introduced Sister Sally into my life-I was working at the Fresno VA Hospital and I met her ] and she seemed such a nice lady. And I was living a reckless life, drinking and partying like it was the thing to do but deep down inside I knew that wasn’t the right thing to do. It seemed like I was just being sadder and sadder and sadder instead of happy.Īnd I just started bouncing from church to church to church to find-I guess, a family that I fit in because my family was so far away. Then he got shipped out and something about that deployment was different, because when he came back he wasn’t the same person that left. ![]() “Bouncing From Church To Church”īut when I transferred from Norfolk, to Lemoore, California, out here, I would go to church every once in a while. When I joined the military, in boot camp they had church service to the side. My senior year in high school, I had a lot of recruiters asking me, “Would you like to join the Army?” “Would you like to join the Navy?” I was like, “I know, I’m already eighteen, I can sign my own documents.” I was like, “Yeah, I’ll be ready Wednesday morning to go do my physical.” There was something always going on at the church. As a child, I didn’t blame God about what was going on at home, I had just-I found that the church was my safe place. What I knew about God when I was a kid, that you pray to Him. She would get us dressed every Sunday, send us to church even though she didn’t go. My mom always taught us the Ten Commandments and to make sure we knew. We talk, I want to say at least once a week. And she was like, “Even though he’s doing this, you still need to honor him and respect him.” And that’s something she taught until the day she passed away. But always taught me one of God’s commandments: honor thy mother, honor thy father. Like I told him, I was like, “I shouldn’t have to stand up to you like this, you should know better.” “Honor The Father and Mother” After a while my dad got help and eventually came back until I old enough to stand up to him. I felt deep down inside, I had to stand up for because she wasn’t going to stand up for herself. It was hard for me to live the domestic violence. Growing up, most of my childhood as I got older, about ten or eleven my mom and dad separated due to some domestic violence issues. I have one sister who is older than me, so it’s three girls. I was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia on Februat 3:22 p.m. God gave you twenty-four hours in a day and you can give Him back at least an hour or two hours for Him, to serve Him.” Sister Rose, she’s like, “Don’t let life get in your way. Tawanda Cochrane: I went to probably, like, four lessons and then I stopped. ![]()
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