Diane's Testimony

This is the testimony of Diane Borunda Arellano

I was twenty-six years old when I trusted Jesus Christ to be my Lord and Savior. Before I was saved my life never seem to be fulfilled, it seemed like I was always searching for something and could never be satisfied. I had my first son at a very young age. The reason why I had my son was because I wanted someone to love me and someone I could love unconditionally and no one could take away from me. Even after I had my son, it was the most wonderful gift from God but still I wasn't quite fulfilled. The Lord showed me it was hard having a child at a very young age and being a single parent. I didn't finish high school , I lived with my parents and worked two jobs.

One nigh while I was out with my friends at the Hilton, I notice this guy and I asked him to come over to where I was standing and asked him his name, he said Ben . I never had done that before but for some reason I did that night and we came to be very close. We became pregnant and had a son. He was born with a cleft palate which was very hard for us to handle. I started feeling my life was getting worse with my son's sickness and my relationship with Ben was getting pretty bad. My parents and Ben had some issues which didn't make things any easier. Our whole situation was not good. We decided to move to Ben's home town Silver City NM because my parents were not making things easy for us, they were getting between Ben and I. Ben got a job with a mining company in Silver City, New Mexico. We lived there for about a year then his job moved us to Arizona, we found our home in Peoria Arizona.

It was nice being far from my home town and thinking, now we can start a fresh new life not knowing anyone and get somewhat lost in the big city. That wasn't true at all, Ben lost his job. That was very hard for us but Ben was finally blessed with a new job. In the mean time I wasn't happy like I should have been. I found this wonderful man to take care of me and love me and gave me everything I needed, provided a home, he cared for my first son which wasn't his bio son and our son plus I didn't have to work as I was able to stay home with our boys. I just didn't understand at the time what else I needed in my life, I had everything a young woman could dream of, but still was not fulfilled.

One day Ben came home from work and told me about this gentleman he met at work, his name was Michael. He invited us to his church, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to go because they were “Baptist” and I was brought up Catholic. I didn't really go to my own Catholic church, and I didn't have a strong belief in God. I knew there was a God and knew I was suppose to go to church. It was more like a tradition like going on Christmas week and Palm Sunday and when we baptized our boys because thats what we knew we had to do. Ben was meeting with Michael on his lunch break, Michael talked to Ben about his church and what they believed. They spent a lot of time meeting together, and reading the bible.

One day Michael asked Ben if he was sure he was on his way to Heaven if he were to die today, and Ben's reply was no. So Michael told him how he could be sure he was saved. Ben then trusted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. From then on Ben was a changed man forever, when Ben came home that day I could see something different about him. It was like he was at peace with himself, it was amazing the difference I saw in him. He told me that he was saved and shared with me how I would get saved if I wanted to. I thought about it for some time, then we started going to Michael's church. It was a blessing, everyone was very nice, however it was a little overwhelming, but in a good way. It was not what I was used to but as we kept on going, we knew in our hearts that it was right.

Our faith got stronger and stronger by the day. We knew we were living in disobedience with the Lord so we had a meeting with our Pastor in his office to see what we needed to do to get married. One of the criteria was you had to be saved. It was there that I trusted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was saved on June 21 2006 and Ben and I got married June 23 2006 . We now live a Christian Life with a desire to serve and be obedient to our Lord. Now I can say without a doubt in my heart that I found what I was missing all along was Jesus. My life is now fulfilled and I am no longer searching. I am as happy and loved as I can be with the Lord in my life and the gifts he has given me, my salvation and my wonderful husband and my precious boys. I want to thank the Lord for putting Michael in my husbands life and how he brought us to the Lord.