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was a blast of beauty with positive energy exploding to welcome

us inside her warm spirited home.

Walking through the foyer and literally grasping for air as I

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experience in order to feel the power.

I thank God that I had this experience not only for myself

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Q/1. What is your daily process that helps you buildup

your daily confidence?

A/1. Every day instead of thinking about building confi-

dence in myself, I allow my daily devotion to guide my spirit.

My daily devotion with the Lord gives me the ability to know

myself in him so it does not matter about the latest trend. What-

ever the world says the right name brand of clothes to wear do not

make me who I am as a person. I tried that type of life but it did

not work. My conclusion is that if I know who I am in God, then

I am full of confidence. I went through a period in my life when

I had no confidence because of my past. The only thing that

changed me was renewing my mind everyday through the wor-

ship of the word. In my opinion, that is how you are sanctified

and made pure and holy. On the days that I miss my worship, I

started feeling bad and having mood swing. When I built myself

up through GOD, I would not have those mood swings.

Some people want instinct gratification but that’s not faith.

The Bible says “without faith, It is impossible to please him. We

hold the Bible in our hand and pray for gratification, right now; “I

want my car paid, right now, I want my light bill paid, right now

and that is not how GOD works. We dont want to be faithful with

our finances and with our tides or offerenings for a season to come

where we live in abondence. We want instinct help right then but

we do not want to work for our season. That is why it is so hard for

people to say, I’m gonna live my life through this Bible and let it

change me.....IT IS A PROCESS.

Q/2. Why is it so hard for people to walk by faith?

A/2. Walking by faith is something from the Inside-Out.

Your talking about a good you can’t see, principles you can’t hold

in your hand. With make-up and hair, you can hold, see and touch

and you think that self-esteem is built from material items. But it

is not; I’m talking about a GOD that you can not see but

can feel. When he is really on the inside of you, then your are

entire life shifts and long enough for you to really see the change.

Just like working out, over time you see a change but it takes con-

sistency. That is what a relationships with GOD does to you,

CHANGE.

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Q/3. What steps do you take to get

out of your comfor zone?

A/3. Everyday that you live in the

future, depends on how you respond to your

past. Your future depends on how you view

and respond to the issues of your past. I

had a terrible past but I got a great life now.

I got a great future ahead of me because I

was not satisfied with living in that terrible

past. “Yes my past was bad, I done some

bad things, I been a bad girl; it makes me

feel horrible and I look at myself in the

mirrow and I do not like what I see, so how

can GOD love me, so I can’t do anything

for GOD.

I would not let myself be a good pas-

tors wife and how in the world can I raise

Godly kids when I was in that state of mind.

To get out of your comfort zone, it takes

drive, persistence and a do not quilt attitude.

I see allot of people staying in their comfort

zone and I am literally screeming at them

not to live their entire life that way.

Personally, I was determined not to

live in just a comfort zone and if it and took

me the rest of my life, I was gonna get out.

I got out and it literally killed my flesh.

Thank GOD, He got all of me out of me!

The Bible says, “the only reason we were

created was to give Him(GOD) pleasure”.

It is not about our hopes and dreams, it’s

about fufilling the will of GOD and the call-

ing that GOD has on our life.

Thats my drive everyday, GOD what

is your assignment for me today. How can I

help somebody, how can I change my sur-

roundings and alter my circumtances. Give

me the word to help others that are down

and depress. You are alive in me and there

is no reason that I should walk around and

not be a depensor for you (GOD).

Q/4. Who and what were your stron-

gest support system in fufilling your des-

tiny.

A/4. My parents were great parents

who were bigger then their surroundings. I

was from a very small town in Calhoun Falls,

a small mind set and content, but my par-

ents wanted a stroke of excellence for me.

They tried to deposit everything in me that

they thought would help me to excell. they

took me to dance lessons, voice lessons and

modeling school. They pushed me for A’s

and they were very hard on me but I thank

my parents for everything.

When I became a woman and my hus-

band got me I was a broken mass from the

bad choices of my life. God and my hus-

band has gotten me where I am today. With

over ten years of marriage, my husband has

always spoken kind words to me and has

never raised his voice to me. He is the best

boss that you could ever work for because

he is such a Godly man. He knows the power

of words and what ever you say it will pro-

duce death or life. My husband spoke life

into me, he told me what GOD said I was

even when I did not beleive it. I would hang

my head down and he would pull my head

up when he told me that I was beautiful.

GOD made my husband the vessel to heal

me.

Q/6. Are your parents in Greenville,

SC?

A/6. They always were in Abbeville

area but moved to Greenville to attend our

church. Also my brother a teacher school at

Beck Academy and coaching at Mauldin

High School. My sister-in-law is on staff at

RWOC and they all are at peace and I am

glad they are with RWOC.

Q/7. How do you balance family and

building other women self-esteem.

A/7. It is hard, I will break it down

to you. I have to constently remember that I

am a wife and mother first. Those are my

responsiblity and if I’m gone then Ron is

home and if he is gone then I am home. We

take parenting very serious and always will

be the support system for our children. I

did not ask for this, God leads me to other

people to be spirit lead. I say no allot but,

God leads me to people, but I have to know

that it is worth leaving may babies at home.

Q/8. What are your children names?

A/8. Chas, Chaz, Chalin are the love

of her life and she adores and cherish every

moment with them.

Q/9. What do you feel keeps a

strong bond with you and your husband con-

sidering you work together?

A/9. Ron and I love each other, he

has things I do not like and I have things he

do not like, but we are so committed to each

other. Marriage is a contract, it is not if I

feel good today or if I am happy today. It is

the making through the storm and looking

back and sa, “WE MADE IT TOGETHER’.

We set dates together and he will call Carol

and say, “will you set an appointment with

my wife today I need to take her to lunch.

Q/5. Are you exactly where you

planned to be at your age?

A/5. Probably more then I ever

dreamed. You see people’s lives and

couples and families, you wonder, what if.

You see so much go on the world and you

never think that you could be so happy and

married. I never dreamed that I could truely

loved someone so much that I would never

looked at another man in that way. I never

questioned what life would be like without

Ron, I AM IN MY PLACE.

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Q/10. What are some inspiring words for other women to

fufill their destiny?

A/10. You got to know what you got and use it. Before you

can make a choice, GOD has a plan for you. I tell women, what

ever breaks your heart is what God has planned for you. Jerimiah 1

says “ You are fearful and wonderfully thought out and planned

and madebefor you make a choice God has a plan. You got to know

what your plan is and know what BREAKS YOUR HEART...what

grieves you when you walk in a room, what jumps out of you when

you walk in a room....somebody’s hair or the decor of a place are if

you like to bake or if you can clean house do it to your best of

ability and to the glory of God and do it with excellence.

Q/11. What do you think Greenville needs to do to improve

more on diversity.

A/11. I choose my words, so I will not get stoned. We are

sitting in the Bible belt of traditional Religious of thorns of

Godlyness and we are fighting traditions that go back long before

we were born. We got SC fighting over the rebel flag and we got

the rest of the world looking at us like idots. Bob Jones University

today do not believe in interacial marriages and they have their

own system. The city suggests we should be the same and you can

not be around people that are different with different views. It is a

spirit that surrounds this city and RWOC is here to break the cycle.

Bring generations of diversity to a positive common ground.God has anoited me and my husband to break that spirit.

Our church is so mixed that you can look out and see one culture

starts and not see where another one begins. I look out at our

congragation and cry sometimes and say “thank you Jesus”, be-

cause we are trying to show the world the true body of Christ. He

was broken and brused for every person no matter what side of the

track you come from. We keep meeting on Sunday’s and the whites

go one church and the blacks go to another church. You must

socialize all week long to make a change in the world. It is a spirit

and we need real true men of God to break it. It is a condition of

the heart. I do not look at people and see a color, the Bible say if

you are in him, then you are a new nation, he has broken down

every wall. He is our Peace. He as broken down every wall that

devides us racially. It is okay to marry outside of your race be-

cause we are family. We are Christian, and he has united us into

him, so if your in him, your in me, and I’m in you and we are

family.

Does not matter where you come from or what your color

is!! So if you really got what you asked for at the alter, you will

not get segregation because Jesus is not prejudice, it’s a heart is-

sue. If you really ask him in then he will work his way out of you.

So my questions is, did you get what you really said you got, if

not then you really need to examine your heart.

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Q/1. How long have you been in ministry and who and what in-

spired your decision?

A/1. I’ve been in ministry for tweelve years this August. I preched

my initial sermon on August6, 1995 at Mt. Sanai Baptist Church in

Pendleton. I will never forget the sermon titled, “I KNOW WHAT PRAYER

CAN DO”.

I don’t think it was one thing that inspired me. A call to preach is

just that “a call”. It’s something that’s undeniable. It’s something within

that absolutely has to come out. Before I began preaching, I was very

committed to singing. And my singing would always turn into exalting

and most of the time what seemed to some to be preaching.

It simply had to come out in some shape, form, or fashion. But

oddly, I didn’t want to preach because I was comfortable doing just what I

was doing. I knew being a preacher meant that somebody was going to be

listening to every word I said and I was going to be held accountable for

those words. I knew that somebody would make decisions about their life

based on what I had to say. So I guess I didn’t want that responsiblility.

But when I became a member of Mt. Sanai in the fall of 1993, I

was allowed a platform to fully exercise my gifts in singing, directing, and

exalting, And the more I sang and lead others into praise and workship,

the more I felt the pull toward the pulpit. Then on New Years Eve 1994 at

the stroke of midnight, I heard God as clear as day say, “o.k.”, it’s time”. I

cried my eyes out because I just knew I was getting ready to embark upon

a serious journey.

Q/2. Where was your first speaking engagement?

A/2. My first engagement away from the church was at Mars Hill

Baptist Church in Greenwood, SC at a Women’s Day Service. I gave my

initial sermon in August and in September I was “on the road” because a

couple of weeks after Mars Hill, my home church, Long Can AME in

Abbeville, SC invited me to come and preach an afternoon service. And

that was the start of my Evangelistic Ministry.

Q/3. Are you married, andy children?

A/3. No, I’m not married nor do I have any children. My mother

used to tease me and say that no one could keep up with me long enough to

marry me because I’m always on the go.

I truly believe that God has a timing for everything. His words

declares that there is a “season and a time for everything”. I believe that

I am where I’m supposed to be and doing what I’m supposed to do in

this season of my life. People are being saved and lives are being

changed and for that I’m so grateful that God chose me. That’s the thing

about saying “YES LORD”, you no longer call the shots. You have

to do things in his time! So I have to believe that while I’m on

the road doing his work, God is preparing someone just for me.

Q/4. Where and when did you get your education in min-

istry?

A/4. I am currently pursuing a Master’s Divinity de-

gree from Erskine Theological Siminary. I’ve been attending

Erskine part-time for the past couple of years taking a few classes

at a time.

When you work a full time job, active in local ministry,

travling with your own ministry, you can only do so much at at

time. The classes have been rewarding and have enhanced and

added to what I already had gleaned from working in ministry.

Q/5. When you are preaching at your engagements, within

your spirit, what do you feel people are yearning for the most?

A/5. I feel that in this season that we are in, people are

looking for something to hold on to. They are looking for answers.

They

want to know why God allows the things that he allows. They

want to know how to hold on to their joy in the midst of their

struggles.

It gets to be very frustrating when you are trying to do

what you think is right and you still have to suffer. So people want

to know how to become overcomers of their situations. They are

tired of hearing about what God is going to do in the by and by.

They want to know what’s going on now.

Q/6. Destiny Magazine is for Women, as a woman, what

encouraging words would you say to women on how to follow their

passion in life and fulfill their

GOD GIVING PUROSE?

A/6. As women we sometimes have a tendency to live our

lives for everybody else; for our spouses, our children, our fami-

lies, our churches. But everybody needs to know that they have a

purpose to fulfill and an assignment that they must complete that

only they can complete. Sometimes being a support to others, is a

part of our assignment, but it’s not necessarily the entire assign-

ment. I would encourage my sisters to seek God for the purpose

that he has for you. There’s somebody’s life you’ve got to touch.

There is somebody needing to hear your testimony. You hold the

key to somebody’s healing and deliverance. So seek the Lord as to

his divine will for your lives.

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.

Q/7. What do you think about

Hillary Clinton running for President and do you think that the

world is ready?

A/7. I think it’s a wonderful thing that she has stepped out to

do what many said couldn’t and shouldn’t be done. But one thing

I remember her saying in one of her speeches, she doesn’t want

to be seen a “woman candidate” running for president, she just

wanted to be seen as a worthy candidate for the office. I really

respected her for saying that because I’m often referred to as a

“woman” preacher. It’s not that we want to deny our femininity,

it’s just that we want to be recognized and respected as an equal.

I believe that she is a worthy candidate and she’s going to give all

of those men a run for their money!

Q/8. Before you got into the ministry, what were some of

your other jobs?

A/8. After college, I worked as a secretary for Self Memo-

rial Hospital. I later went to work for GLEAMS Human Re-

sources as a Payroll Clerk. I have worked as a secreatary for the

Mayor and CityAdministration for the City of Clemson. I pres-

ently work work as the Payroll Manager for Wofford College.

Q/9. Cooking different types of foods is a joy in my life.

What are your favorite foods and restaurant?

A/9. I tell people all the time, I am a plain meat and

potatoes kind of girl. Some may call me a finicky eater. I like

the basic meals. I frequent Red Lobster, Arizona’s Mimi’s Cali-

fornia Dreaming, and when I’m in Atlanta, I have t go to Justin’s.

Q/10. Greenville SC has not always been a very Diverse

community, do you think that we are growing towards better

diversity and an equal economic growth in Greenville?

A/1O. I have only been a resident of Greenvile for the

past six years, but from what I can see, it appears that minorities

are becoming more and more visible in society. I’m always proud

when I can see my brothers and sisters excelling in business and

politics. We have made terrific strides and I believe that the best

is yet to come.

Q/11. Do you have any special speaking engagements

where you speak directly to Women? And if so, what was your

most memorable topic where you felt in your soul that you re-

ally touched some souls?

know what you’ve done for me today”. She went on to tell

me some of the things she had survived over the course of the year;

and even the struggles she had to endure just to get to the church

that day. But she was so hopeful and felt strengthened after hear-

ing the word. THOSE ARE THE TIMES THAT YOU PRAY

AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODY’S LIFE BY

GIVEN THEM SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO.

A/11. God has blessed me to preach at numerous women’s

conferences and women’s day services. I was blessed to preach at

a women’s conference in Boston and the title of the sermon was “IT

WAS ALL NECESSARY”.

The Lord really came down and blessed us in a marvelous

way. The women were literally laying in the floor crying out to

God. It was as though a light had been turned on and they realized

all that they had gone through was necessary to strengthen them

and not to break them.

There was one lady in particular that came to me afterwards

in tears and she just kept saying “you just don’t

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