Kathy Gale:  

Life Well, if you're really that bored, read on. In my last year of high school ('71-'72) I was not ready to graduate. My grades were poor; I was a mess. However, in March I made a life-changing decision. Unfortunately, my change in attitude came too late to improve my grades because it was so late in the school year. That summer my parents and I convinced Mr. Morris to let me return and do what would have been my real grade 12 along with kids my age. I went on to get over 80% in most of my classes (except Office Practise which is hilarious because I've been a secretary ever since leaving school)!! My highest grade was 89 in music (!) with Mr. Jones. On March 12, 1972, after years of being the teachers' worst nightmare and a couple of years of drinking and taking drugs, I handed my life over to the Lord Jesus Christ. That Sunday night, a group of Christians from Emery came to the little church my parents dragged me to and, in their programme, gave some testimonies. The one I remember the most was John Thornloe. He had a glow about him while he spoke of the Lord Jesus. I decided that if what John was saying about Jesus was true, I wanted it. Nothing happened. THEN... the next morning when I woke up, everything had changed. Suddenly all my anger was gone; the fear was gone; and to coin a phrase, everything seemed brighter. I finally understood what it meant to feel like a "new creation". I went to school and everyone around my locker was waiting to hear how drunk I got over the weekend. Instead, I told them the above and they all thought I'd gone mad but for the first time in my life, I was at peace. After high school I had a few unfulfilling jobs until I came across an advertisement for a receptionist for "Campus Co-operative Residence, Inc.". It was a student housing organization on the U. of T. campus. A committee of students hired a general manager, a bookkeeper and a receptionist (me). The head office was just south of Bloor, on Huron St., a block below "Rochdale". While there I moved downtown and started going to Knox Presbyterian Church where I met this neat girl who was attending U. of T. We became fast friends. When she returned in September 1976 to do her third year...Expand for more