Hi! I’m Angela. To start with, I guess I have a little different story; I joined The Family just over 10 years ago when I was 19 years old. I had a 9 month old little boy when I joined. All things considered, there’s no telling how our lives would be now had I not made that decision. Believe it or not, Daniel Roselle was the first person in the Family that I met and what an impression he had on me, he was roughly my age so I could relate. I was intrigued with this “happiness” that this group of Christians possessed.

Before that first meeting I had been in a relationship with my now husband who had grown up in the Family but was out at the time…when he told me that he wanted to rejoin, me just a few months pregnant, I was shocked none-the-less. I concluded with a lot of the Lord’s prodding, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” After writing in to see if I could join I was told that I had to at least meet the Family first to even see if I wanted to continue with this. Well, I knew what the Lord wanted already, I was sure of that. I went for that visit and lo and behold, Daniel picked me up from the airport. He spent a lot of time reading with me all the basics beliefs of the Family. He had such conviction of basic Christian principles and was able to answer my many, many questions. [I’m just wondering if Daniel’s or Pete’s or others’ experiences were so negative, why then did they continue with an organization that was so harmful? I mean let’s get real here, they were adults, no one was twisting their arms.] I’m saddened to hear that not only is he fighting against what he once so fervently believed in, but that he has turned his back on God altogether, outright proclaiming Atheism. I agree that full time service in The Family is not for everyone but GOD definitely is.

On another note, when I made the decision to join, my mother was very opposed to this…she had heard a lot of this negative propaganda and didn’t want to chance it. Well, I knew it was the place where God was calling me to serve Him. I would never have felt inclined to be a part of something if I felt it would have put my children in harm’s way, which, by the way, we have 5 kids now.

During a rough spot after becoming part of the Family I did leave for about 6 months…during which time I got myself into a world of mischief and believe it or not, my mom told me, “If you do not re-join the Family, I will fight you for custody of your little boy!” WHEW! Well, that was coming from someone that having known me before I had the Lord in my life (before I joined the Family) she knew me when the Lord had full possession of my life (while I was in the Family) and knew me when I had forsaken the Lord and she knew that the connection with the Lord in my life was very directly associated with The Family!!! It’s a wonderful place to serve the Lord and that is what I’m called to do. It is the best place I’ve found to do just that.