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At a young age, Todd O’Brien’s life went spiralling out of control. In the midst of a savage beating, he became a helpless victim. With each sting of the belt, he watched his life slowly fade, and in a desperate attempt to save himself, he made a rash decision that changed his life. Even today, that one horrific event continues to play out in Todd’s mind. He can still feel the helplessness, the fear, and the vivid pain of being bullied and abused.

As the severity of the Great Depression lessens, Ferguson's preacher brings home to the community by helping them cope with deprivation, hardship, and tragedy as the Second World War impacts the little mountain town.

Why does the Lord bother to do the things he does in our lives? Why doesn’t he just let us keep believing what we were believing, keep doing the things we were doing, continually making mistakes and using bad judgment? I believe God puts people into our lives on purpose; to strengthen us, to encourage us, to teach us, to correct us, to stop us, and to direct us, so we can become who we are and all we were created to be. The following stories are an attempt to show the extraordinary lengths the Lord went through to point me in the right direction.