I left a cult and found myself
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2018
- Here's how I learned to be confident and have healthy self-esteem. It does not matter where you grew up, what your sexuality is or what your religious beliefs are. The only thing that matters is what you think of yourself.
New Zealand Broadcasting School student filmed a documentary on Lilia Tarawa about her life in the Gloriavale cult founded by her grandfather, Neville Cooper, aka Hopeful Christian.
❤ Welcome to my channel :) I'm a young woman learning how to love myself. ❤
I talk about what it was like as a young girl growing up in religion and struggling with low self esteem, plus my story of breaking free from the church to find myself through creativity, self love and healthy self esteem.
Creativity makes me happy, so I write, speak, sing and dance to learn more about myself.
It's exciting to express who I am because strong women in my culture were degraded and silenced.
Today, I draw self-worth, self-confidence and self-esteem from my individuality and personal power.
I hope you follow to watch weekly videos that help you love yourself first.
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I grew up in a cult. It was heaven -- and hell: bit.ly/2KVElbG
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I hope Lilia found out more about her Maori heritage. She deserves that.
It's scary to see all those children being brainwashed. That you're expected to become who they want you to be. I'm happy that your father saw it for what it was, and got all of you out. If only more would rescue themselves. You're thriving, and I hope the rest of your family is also
Brainwashed? Or being instilled with good values?
I have left a Savich cult. They are a small group in the Russian Christian community and very similar to the Gloriavale cult. It was very hard... but the Lord had brought many kind Christian and non-Christian people into my life who helped me stay out and learn to trust people. I’m grateful for each one of you. Now I’m enjoying healthy faith and healthy relationships. It was the best decision I ever made - to leave.
Well done mate !! Welcome back to the real world, which is beautiful and fulfilling without the need to mediate your experience of it through other people's warped ideas .
Do you mean Russian orthodox?
Молодец!!!!!!! Никогда нельзя возвращается назад...
Leo Harker no, it’s a small group that was founded by one man,Savich, who called to serve God away from baptist/Pentecostal public church into a home group. As if the main public church gathering was fake and his group was genuine. That emotionally separated us from our friends and family. Plus there was a lot triangulation by him in the group. I’m very grateful that I made it out. It was one of the best decisions.
Princess N спасибо
Leaving a cult involves so much grieving. You loose people you truly love. Those relationships are irretrievably lost most of the time. 😞
I’ve become obsessed with your story since I watched your TED talk a week ago. You are so inspiring in your inward beauty, strength, and confidence. I love your Instagram and hope that some of your self esteem will rub off on me. Sending you lots of love from California.
Hello, I hope you keep following me here. Lining up videos to release regularly. I hope my channel is a place you can visit to feel safe, accepted and inspired. Did you read my book, Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult? Sending love to Cali from Aotearoa (New Zealand)
@@LiliaTarawa Lilla I Am Here to Know You With So Mystery Love In My Heart To Found Lilla Tarawa please watch my video called
Memories thank You
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BabyLove1D my name is Jay Fleming said that Jehovah witnesses there are a cult following of the underworld
Lilia Tarawa my name is Jay Fleming said that Jehovah witnesses there are a cult following of the underworld
Thank you Lilia. I chose Jesus, and I'm freed from my past. Thank you for teaching us about the dark side of religion. Thank you for leaving Gloriavale and sharing this with us❤️❤️ peace, grace and love to you and yours❤️
I loved every minute of it. You seem to act as though you never lived in Gloriavale, but you have. You left with nothing, but you have picked yourself up and made a bright future for yourself. Ka pai
Hey Jackson, nice to see you here on my CZcams channel. You're a familiar face on my other online platforms. Going to be releasing a tonne new content so I hope you keep watching, subscribe and hit the bell button so that CZcams notifies you when I post a new video. Keep commenting because I love hearing from you :)
This story is so touching, I'm so happy that you left.
What an incredible story and adventure! I'm really sorry you had to grow up in such a sick cult and not live the childhood you wanted. I'm glad you left and are now free. And it's amazing that you found who you truly are and what you true dreams are!
You are a true hero, Lilia! An inspiration for many people! Thanks for sharing your story and exposing Gloriavale for what it really is. And thanks for the sweet and motivational advice that you missed when growing up. I must read your book!
You rock. Your story is powerful and inspiring. Never stop sharing it, love.
Thank God your parents left ,they
Loved their children more and you have growned since this experience .💟
Yes, you're very fortunate that you could leave with your family. Many times people leave without anyone or any emotional support. Other end up spend lots of money and time trying to get family and friends to leave.
Hi Lilia,
I just wanted to say that you are incredibly strong. You have overcome such horrific experiences and have come out beautiful and strong. Thank you for breaking free, your generosity and courage. Thank you. Hugs.
Thank you very much for sharing your story with the world, your courage and love would help others to not stay where they are being oppressed and humiliated. Is my first time listening to your story and I can tell you are a wonderful young woman who would continue with this mission that is to live your life as a free human been and being a woman who has all the right in the world to live her life as she pleases. Keep going and don’t stop, you are beautiful, smart and free.
Wow...what incredible strength and bravery you have! I am so glad you are free from that controlling group and hope you have a life of joy.
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for sharing your story Lilia. You are such a strong, amazing woman. You give me so much hope. I left a very strict Christian sect called The Plymouth Brethren. I left when I was 16 and lost almost my entire family. I struggled for years, trying to find a place to fit in. Hearing your story gave me hope that I can make it in the world. If I can survive that, I can survive anything. O hope you're doing well xoxo. :)
Jane you're not alone. I was in a shepherding cult . Knowing we are all out there ,we can be strong in knowing we're not alone. I wish you the best in your journey. A lot of people won't understand but a lot more will understand you and will love you with out the condition of the cult.
It’s so horrible to hear about these places where they misrepresent God so badly, i’m so sorry you guys had to go through that, even though I don’t know you i really love you so much, please listen to what I have to say, Jesus still loves you
How to get to heaven:
(You can look up these verses ❤️)
1- Believe that Jesus is God (John 1:1), (John 1:14) who died on the cross for our sins (2 Corin 5:18), (2 Corin 5:21) and rose again (Acts 3:15), (John 3:18)
2- know that you are a sinner in need of a saviour and can’t get to heaven by doing good (Ephesians 2:8), (Rom 3:23)
3- Be sorry for your sins and be willing to stop sinning (1 Corin 6:9-10), (Mat 7:22)
4- Live for God (John 3:3), (2 Corin 5:17)
God wants to have a relationship with you as your Father, and He doesn’t want for you to live life trying to be religious
‘Choices’ by Billy Graham and the channel ‘Living waters’ on CZcams explain salvation really well.
God bless ❤️
We don’t know when we’re going to die so please think about this urgently, God wants to give you the peace and happiness we all search for in everything we do, i love you so much
I'm so happy for you. we don't know each other and we may have different religions and beliefs but I'm proud of you. you have inspired and motivated me. thank you. love from the United States.
You are such a inspiration a ray of sunshine in a world with so much darkness, good luck in your beautiful life and thank you for sharing this video.
This is the key, she says she wanted a "life that I choose for myself."
You cannot force a person to love or worship God.
It is a choice that a person makes from their heart.
Forcing other human beings to wear long dresses and head scarves and following a long list of rules will never produce a loyal quality of the heart.
Abuse and coersion may produce a kind of fearful obedience...but the quality of an all loyal loving heart is something a person only can ever choose for themselves.
God Himself gave us free will to choose. It is so arrogant of humans to think they can take it away from others.
You can steal a person's life and keep them on lockdown...but no one can ever take the choice of to whom or what a person's heart belongs.
I personally believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the only way to salvation.
I share my faith with anyone I can because of how fulfilled it makes me.
But the thought of trying to force someone to follow Him too is repulsive to me.
The only way the choice has any value at all it it is by free will and from the heart.
GREETINGS FROM TBE GREAR STATE OF TEXAS YOUR A NUT CASE THIS IS A CULT NOT CHRISTIAN CRAZY WEIRD FOLKS AND UGLY CLO P ITHES AND HEAD COVERING WHATBA JOKE
Very well said! I couldn’t agree more. Forcing your beliefs on a person is wrong and impossible if they feel different at heart.
Your comment warmed my atheist ex mormon heart. Honestly, kinda want to look into just... normal people Christianity. Seems a lot safer than cults.
thats not true
the cult would never exist if that was true
but in reality people can be coerced and brainwashed and manipulated in many ways
we are manipulated every time we watch an advertisement, we are slaves to the input going into our brain
and the environment we are in
personal choice is based on feelings which are emotions, guided by hormones and chemicals in the brain, we choose to do things that feel right
we do not get to choose what feels right, and therefore we do not get to choose anything
Raising children biblically to obey biblical rules while growing up is love, not a cult or forcing of the heart. Your trying to equate the two and condemning the bible while claiming to be Christian is sickening. A land without law is a land for the lawless. Two wrongs will never make a right.
This is so very inspiring.
Thank you so much, you are such a brave and powerful woman
Thank you
Just thinking out loud but it would be nice if someone created a home/charity for people who wanted to leave the cult. There might be a lot of people who would like to leave the Gloriavale but don't know how.
Yup a lot of people have had a similar thought. :)
Yes, in fact I'd argue that it would be more than "nice"!
I don't know if you've ever heard of _Scientology: The Aftermath_ with Leah Remini & Mike Rinder, for example - but there has been a group formed to help those who want to leave the group but, due to having been born into it and having either led an isolated life &/or lacking in any support afterward are scared to "make the leap". The link is here: theaftermathfoundation.org/
My point is that there are many disparate & small high control groups all over the world that probably have never even drawn the attention of any mainstream media, and their members will be in a similar predicament. They may live in countries with no "welfare" infrastructure whatsoever and as you'll know, even if that isn't the case - navigating bureaucracy altogether can be overwhelming in the best of circumstances. I'm a member of ICSA and it seems to me that perhaps steps toward a more comprehensive group to help those in similar circumstances needs to be made. I'm not from a high control group, so I don't quite know the best way to go about it myself...
That's a great idea... but for all cult-escapees, including Roman Catholics, SDA's, JW's, etc.
*5winder*
Well, obviously many people who want to make the transition from living in a High Control/Demand Group/Destructive Cult for much of their lives but have stayed due to the reasonable fear that they'll be shunned or ex-communicated in some way will require some form of assistance, be it "practical" &/or Therapeutic.
I am pretty sure that the following are just two websites which specifically aid those among the ~70,000 Jehovah's Witnesses who experience shunning each year: www.exjwcriticalthinker.com/ & leavingjw.org/ for example. There are also support groups and therapists who specialise in helping those leaving other, more well-known sects/splinter groups from within other large organizations such as the Catholic Church (Palmarians etc.) to overcome mind control. There's plenty of information out there if you've left a large group, generally, which is why I feel that those who have spent most of their lives in more obscure groups should probably be encouraged to access information such as startingout.icsa.name/ - but perhaps in a more culturally appropriate and specific way. Likewise - a community-wide understanding of Undue Influence and its pervasiveness through the work of those like Jon Atack and Steven Hassan would not go astray either...
You are a beautiful person inside and out ,and you were clearly born to be a leader ,it shines through.
You're the strongest, most beautiful lady, Lilia! All the respect and love
Thats ma aunty
Bless you for your fortitude, stay strong 💙✌🏼🏴
Ive never heard about you until I saw your video on TED talk & read your book. You inspire me so much lilia ♡ thanks for sharing your story. Sending you Lots of love from the United states.
Hi Lilia! This morning for some reason I saw a documentary about Gloriavale. Then your interview. Pretty amazing life you have after leaving that place. I subscribed to your Chanel just know. Wishing you the best. ❤️
Hey Lilia, I recently watched your TED talk video and it really intrigued me to know more about the Gloriavale community. I,ve been researching on it since a week now, reading articles and watching videos, and it really disturbed me when I learned that a girl named Prayer Ready died because of the harsh cruelty of her father and leaders there. I just really hope and pray that one day people over there can understand the truest sense of faith in God.
I just wish one day I,m in a position to really investigate the reality of the circumstances posted online and hopefully wishing that all of to be false because if it,s true then it is so wrong in so many ways. It really breaks my heart to know that the world still has places that are kept in isolation and people have no clue of the opportunities they are missing on.
Prayers and regards for all the people in Gloriavale and I hope you are able to meet and hug your loved ones once again.
I love what she says at the very end. I pray I can keep that mindset every day!
Congratulations on such wonderful personal and spiritual growth
Beautifully said! Hope ur cousins n relatives are well. Tc n all the best in ur life's journey ✌💐
Beautiful story. Such strength
I've been watching anything and everything about you here on CZcams today! I think you have a great personality and I think you must be a very cool person to know! I wish to meet you some day! Lots of love Lilia! Keep being cool :D
I love this story. Somewhat similar to my own only I spent a little time in a different offshoot sect of Mennonite that was called Charity. When you are a little girl sometimes you see things from a different perspective that the adults don't. Children were abused from infancy in many families. I saw things done to babies that should never have happened. Thankfully my parents did not agree with the bishops advice to beat me and prayed over me instead. In some states the sect was not as extreme and in one it was very loving and where I found much of my inner healing. Still, leaving was very hard with nightmares every night for several months and losing the communal support that came with being in it. It is a very lonely world without a community invested in your everyday decisions. But certainly a much more free one.
Lilia, I’m reading your book and I cannot put it down. You are an inspiration!
Glad to hear. It would mean a lot to me if you could leaving a rating on Amazon and Goodreads. Thank you for reading my story.
Thank you so much for sharing your story.
I needed to hear your story. You are important inspiration to people and the world! I love you lilia for who you are and your courage to live in your heart and live out the freedom Christ give his life for us to have!
Amazing story!
I Think You Are Such A Beautiful Strong Person Who Has Done Quite Well Do Yourself Since You And Your Family Members Have Left Gloriavale
Hi Lilia! I just finished reading your book. My mum got it for me as a Christmas present so I won't have to keep on getting it from the library! It was such a roller coaster and such a beautiful and moving story! I always wanted to learn about Gloriavale after hearing of it's existence. I've learnt so much! You're so right about it being heaven and hell. The heaven sounds like your dream childhood and a Utopia, and the hell sounds absolutely disgusting and flat out wrong. I hope the cult will eventually demolish and the innocent people can break out of their brainwashing and find their true selves.
You are such an inspiration, Lilia. I'm glad you left it and have found your true self. I would love to meet you some day, you could sign my copy of your book! Keep up the amazing work!
Kia ora, I'm so glad to hear you loved my story. Thank you for reading it. Can you please leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads. It would mean a lot to me. Hope to meet you and sign your book someday :)
@@LiliaTarawa
Sure thing! Would love too!
Please upload more videos Lilia! You’re amazing
I will :)
Inspirational Sis 🤓💃🤸💪💓
who would dislike this 70 people from the cults using phones that they are not supposed to be using .
Haha oh my word. SO funny!!!!!! ..and so true
Hi Lilia . Enjoying your videos. Great to see the massive progress you are making. Its an inspiration to see. I was wondering about whether your parents have remained supportive of choices you make. Do you manage to remain in close contact with your family
What a strong beautiful woman you are .... I’m so proud of you that you realised you are worth so much more!!! I watched the 1st interview and and you seemed so brainwashed.
alicia garland aw thank you. I was so brainwashed huh!
Lilia Tarawa I didn’t mean it in a bad way .... It was all you knew. I am so happy how far you have come and I am so delighted how much you have grown into such an independent beautiful woman... please keep sharing your story
Much love xx
Thanks so much for the reply... I really appreciate it ❤️
Good for you, honey! You're so brave and open-minded. Have a wonderful life and live how you see fit!
Thank you. This encouragement was very uplifting the morning. Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate you :)
@@LiliaTarawa 🤗 life is tough, we have to support each other.
Thank you. I suffer. A widow in an area not allowing my safety. Ty for speaking up.
I'm sorry. What do you mean?
How can we help you?
Pure girl power Believe and Bless you. Spread the word
My gratitude for you speaking out on the beatings. I was interested if a Bruderhof would be a fit for me but having grown up beaten violently by my christian father I probably would not last a week at one of these, thank you. I am really interested in intentional community and will be looking to find some place that works with me.
What a beautiful person 💖
Thank goodness you found your way to freedom 💚
Good brave girl !! You rock!!
thanks, it was so difficult to go through this horror.
I'm impressed by the simple beauty of the people in your pictures. There's definitely an attractiveness there which cannot be compared to the heavily painted up, or wierd and slovenly styles common in our day and age. "Humility is the most beautiful virtue". I'm not supporting abuses that may be done in the name of religion. I have heard of this group, and would have some serious reservations about them. I'm just recognizing the tendency to throw that word "cult" around too freely as a weapon, to seek to justify ones choices contrary to Biblical principles, and to destroy the reputation of those we dislike.
Thanks and well done to you you did fantastic XOXO
Good girl...More power to you :)
What an inspiration.!
I am so happy I watched this video. You are such a lovely person. I know you will bless many people.
I hope you will consider posting more videos.
It’s one thing to leave a cult. Its an entirely other thing to totally give yourself over to a worldly life of sin and wickedness. This woman thinks she is now free, but she’s still in bondage, bondage to sin and pride.
It's one thing to leave a cult and it's a better thing to leave religion altogether. The real world is hard enough without adding man-made "sins" to the mix.
you're all going to "hell" sTfU
Lilia you are such a beautiful woman inside and out .you have really very much inspired me . Thank you so so much for making this video. I have a big problem with my confidence insecurity I let people just walk all over me . I feel taken for granted lonely weak .I no our father didn't put me on this earth to feel this way to be walked over time and time again .I pray and cry out to my father please help me to become more stronger confident assertive .please lilia would you pray for me to . I admire your strength courage and confidence. Xx
I love you your an inspiration!
Thanks so much. It means a lot to me that you take the time to watch and comment. It would mean a tonne to me if you subscribe to my channel and hit the bell button (if you haven't already). I just bought a Panasonic G85 camera so that I can create more videos to inspire and help people. Love staying in touch with you and sharing my life here. :)
Lilia Tarawa Yep. Already did!!😉😉😉
Dearest, you are loved by GOD no matter what. People who take christianity to other level are not of sane mind. It is like hostage.
My case was different. With more mothers than i wanted. I have to find faith myself. I ran away several times until i found myself.
I am happy for you. Well done. Your grandads protection from the world is against the bible. God bless you as it appears you have plenty of love.
'spare the rod, spoil the child' they lacked understanding. it referred to the rod shepherds used to "guide" their flocks..you never saw the shepherd 'beat' their sheep. if they were going the 'wrong' way, they used the rod as a director of warning that they could get lost or be heading toward danger. Love doesn't injure or cause harm. 💗
Woo hoo Lillia !!❤🤎❤ U got out and now you can have freedom to be YOU 🥳🥳🥳
What a lovely young lady.
Beautiful. Although I'm an atheist, I feel the need to say "God bless you!" - you are an inspiration for people not to be afraid to look inside and find their true selves.
You're only an atheist when things are going well. I will promise you that the day will come that you will cry out to God for help .
@@pth6060 Absolutely, will do - to any god that happens to be listening (which one would this turn out to be, I wonder?...) And god WILL help - for he/she loves all the mankind.
You are the light.
Powerful woman heart of a lion and strength of a mountain, respect
I'm a Christian and Im nowhere close to perfect, and the bible itself says that noone is worthy of the glory of God. I'm really sorry for what you went through, and those cult leaders are no Christians I'm telling you, they are power hungry fear mongerers who prey on people... I hope you still beleive in the Lord, but can understand if you don't, considering you grew up in such an isolated cruel environment, which will ofcourse taint your perception of what Christians are like. :(.
Amen brother
I'm sorry buddy but the Bible is very clear that women are not allowed positions of authority over men. Its very clear they need to cover their heads. Its very clear that the order of authority is God-man-women-children, a disobedient child in the old testiment should be put to death.
These people haven't taken the Bible out of context you have.
@@sineadbeel1917 No you are wrong.
Not completely. Your twisting the Scriptures.
1.The Bible says that a womans hair is Her covering.
2. Women in the Bible preached.
Check out Acts 1& 2 . Mary, the mother of Jesus, and other women were in the upper room (Acts 1:14)... And all those there were given the fire of the Holy Ghost. (2:1-4)
And they went out and preached, and Peter said " This IS that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. "And it shall come to pass in the last days, said God, I will pour out MY Spirit upon ALL flesh: and your sons and your Daughters shall prophesy...and upon MY Handmaidens I will pour out MY Spirit..." (Acts 2:16-18)
We are Still in the Last Days.
3. Paul also thanked Louis(the mother of Timothy for Laboring with him in the Gospel.
4. God used a woman and her husband to correct a man about baptism.
5. And Paul said it was better NOT to marry!
However with all that said, the Bible is clear,
1. a woman should not be over her husband.
2. The husband is to treat his wife as if she were Christ, and the woman to her husband likewise.
3 .A woman should not pastor a church.
BluntAnims amen!
No true scottsman ! Those are real christians.
What a beautiful woman, inside and out!
Thank you for sharing xx
You're welcome :) Thanks for appreciating me
Have you written a book? I'd love to hear more about your story!
Only you know if you are really happy or if you have joy in you heart. We don't know.
I hope you are doing good.
You are gorgeous, congratulations for your freedom, dear.
Live your life full on
You are such an inspiration. 😍😍
Thanks for supporting me. Please subscribe if you haven't because it would mean so much to me. I just bought a new camera, and I'm going to start vlogging regularly so that you can have an inside look into my life after Gloriavale. I feel like I'm only just getting started x
Am really proud of what you've done with your life.
Thank you :)
I'm so happy you got out.
What a queen
So inspiring. Thank you
Thank YOU for watching
Lilia Tarawa
You're welcome. I am waiting for your next videos.
You are beautiful. Doesn't matter that you left. What matters is that you find your authentic self. Your authentic self may not even be what you've already have found, but so much more than that. Only a fragment yet revealed. I'm sure you will be surprised, as you grow and walk in your authentic self. Take care of your self. Above all stay safe. May I ask? Are you part Maori?
Hello, thanks for your beautiful comment. Yes, I am Maori. My iwi is Ngai Tahu :)
I hope you can imbrace your Maori culture. Your people are so beautiful. You can be proud of them and their history. And what a history, such survivors. ❤️
If you don't mind, how old are you now and how old were you when you left?
I am 27 years old now, and I was eighteen when I left.
❣❣❣Yes!
1:42 Why is there a Woolly Mammoth in the dining hall?
Where do the get the money fir all this land, businesses?
God gave u the world to explore not just one place with people who tell u what to be like. Enjoy ur freedom. A place that would segregate you for making a choice is not a place someone should be.
How old were you when you left? How old are you now? Congrats on getting out. ♥️♥️♥️
I just started watching “in God’s name” videos today and I didn’t think YOU woulda been one who left.
But I’m sure glad you did. You’re a beautiful lady and God loves you inside and/or outside of the cult.
Thank you for your story. God Bless you❤️
Hi Lilia. I grew up a Jehovah's Witness until the age of 12. At the time I felt cheated, hating towards it, wanting to see the outside world etc. However now I am older and understand more about how the world works I must admit I miss the sense of community and simple living which I have not been able to find elsewhere. Do you miss anything from Gloriavale?
In another video it showed her mom for a few, she's blonde with blue eyes...very Anglo/NZ/Australian. I wonder if her dad is Maori or Indigenous (apologies if I have the terms wrong, I'm from Arizona in the US, trying my best). She certainly looks like she's got some of that blood... absolutely beautiful lady!
Hi there Lilia, my mother escaped from a New Zealand cult as long with some of my aunties and uncles, however she never wanted to tell me much details about where she came from, I’ve always wanted to know what happened to my other relatives that were left behind and if I have a whole other family out there that I might never get to see. Im just commenting to see if this might fit my mother’s story, or if you might remember a family of 10 children that got split. Thanks.
Hey hey, there were many families with that many children that got split up. Without know your mother's name I can't really help, but you are welcome to private message me. I am @liliatarawa on Instagram and Facebook. I can totally understand that you want to know more about your family
@@LiliaTarawa hi lilia after recent events, I’ve discovered many new things about my family. The cult was in fact Gloria vale, a portion of my mothers family had left Gloria vale after my grandpa had a ‘disagreement’ with there ideas.
A interesting and great clip to watch. My partner and I were watching Gloriavale back in 2017 on TVNZ 2 and there was a young girl singing not a bad voice either. Can you sing.?
I take lessons with Sole Music Academy. I love to sing.
Lilia Tarawa awesome, hopefully we get to see it on your blog.
Beautiful
I needu in my life. Thank u.
🖤🖤🖤
Do you have your own CZcams channel?
Kudos to you... What is your relationship with the Lord now? Just curious 🤷🏽♀️
Wonderful story, but i'm curious to know why your father was crying?? I may have missed it and im sorry but did you ever find out??
T Reed I’m assuming it’s because leaving a religion/community is the hardest thing to do and I’m sure he met resistance and disdain when he asked for a blessing to leave.
Lilia?
Already watched 2 long videos of you speaking about a lot of things, and not even for a moment I see you referring to God or any other Force...
I also noticed you were reading Richard Dawkins there...
Interesting how your personality is unfolding with time - and we have the same age. I wonder what will happen with you in the near future.
Sub.
ps.: Hugs from Brazil o/
its not so much who you are but who God created you to be...when the Holy Spirit enters our spirit we are born anew. now our lives are about glorifying the Lord
What's this "cult" called, I am very familiar with amish, mennonite and german baptist (i am a member of german baptist)....and this sounds like nothing I've ever heard
She is beautiful