Theodore Russell:  

Life If someone would have told me in high school that twenty years down the road I was going to be a missionary living in Mexico, married to an awesome Mexican woman, have four children (three of them triplets)... after picking myself up off the floor I would have asked them to give me some of the drugs that they were on because it must be really "good stuff." How did I get here? That's a very long story but the short answer is that I wasn't satisfied with my life. I didn't have a sense of purpose. I wanted to change and tried many many times. Finally, frustrated and feeling hopeless because I realized that I could not change myself, I cried out to God. I told Him that I was sick of trying to change my life and that He could take my life and do with it what He wanted to. I surrendered. Almost instantly I was totally changed on the inside. Everything was different. It was like waking up after a long dream. And the rest, as they say... is history. There is a verse in the Bible that says, "He that is in Christ is a new creature. Old things have passed away. All things have become new." Which basically means that you are brand new person on the inside. That your past is totally gone. That is exactly what happened to me. God totally accepted me in spite of all of my faults and gave me a heart that wants to do His will. And that is what lead me here to Mexico. The desire to do His wil...Expand for more