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Personal testimonies of Conrad and Justine Sandoval, Directors
Listen to Justine as she tells you about how they came to Christ and some of the mighty miracles Christ has done in their lives;
Conrad grew up in Spokane, Washington. Conrad was raised by a wonderful Christian mother, Ruth. She had to raise all 7 of her kids mostly by herself. She did the best she could to raise them in the ways of the Lord, but she also had to work full time, and when it came time to discipline she was too tired. Conrad had a lot of freedom as a child and spent much of his time exploring the woods on his bike, and hiked all over Mt. Spokane. He had a teacher in the 3rd grade whose name was Ella. She was a Spokane Indian and became our adopted mom later. She taught Conrad and several other native kids about the Spokane and coastal Indian ways. Conrad learned the Wolf dance, and he would travel with a team all over the U.S.A. and Canada. He had a strong relationship with Christ as a child. He even would teach Bible studies to other kids. He was raised in the Pentecostal faith, and several times it was foretold that he would someday become a missionary and pastor. But when he became a teen he became angry and bitter, and turned away from Christianity. He got involved in the Native American religion, drugs, occult, and later, witchcraft.
We met when we were teenagers. I ran away from home and had been living on my own for awhile. So had he. I was a painter. He was a sculptor. We both wanted to live the life of the gypsy, and when we were older and wanted to settle down we wanted to live in the woods in a little log cabin. We had a lot in common, but I really didn’t want to fall in love with anyone.
I had been raised in the New Age, drugs, sex and rock-n-roll! I had been sexually abused as a child, and then used by man after man as I tried to survive on the streets. By the time I met Conrad I was so full pain and hate, I was afraid of ever being loved again, ‘cause everyone who I ever loved hurt me. Conrad promised to love me forever, and to take care of me.
I didn’t want to live on the streets anymore. So we started living together. It didn’t happen overnight but after about 6 mo. I realized I had fallen deeply in love with him, and that I could trust him. He was gentle and sweet, strong and wise.
But these were the 70’s and everyone was smokin’ dope and doin’ LSD OR ‘SHOOMS. He had tried way more drugs than I ever had. But soon I was catching up. We started getting into all sorts of different religions too. We were searching for the truth. I was trying to find out if God was real. We got very deep into the native ways too. Ella adopted us into the Spokane tribe and her family. We traveled all over the northwest going to spiritual dances. She taught us the herbs, history, and traditions of the Spokane Indians.
My best friend was a channelor. She would do readings for me that seemed like messages directly from God. Our lives began to spiral downward so rapidly that within 5 years we had destroyed each other’s heart. Conrad decided to leave me. 8 weeks later I lost the only child we would ever conceive. I moved in with my best friend 2 weeks later her 8 year old son got drug to death by a horse! I was so full of grief and heart ache I just wanted to DIE! For the 1st time in my life I cried out to God, “Lord if you’re real, I need to know You, that You love me, and have a purpose for my life.”
For the first time in my life God started to speak to me. He would gently tell me that He did love me, and had a purpose for my life. He told me to just trust Him and follow the way He showed me. Almost every day people would tell me about Jesus. They would tell me that he was the bridge between God and man, and had paid for our sins with his death on the cross. A year later after trying to serve the Lord, but still not really understanding the saving power of Christ, I finally cried out to the Lord “Lord, I’ve tried on my own strength to serve you, but I don’t have the power to change my life. If You want me to serve You, You’ll have to show me how.” During this year I kept having dreams that Conrad and I were back together, but really happy, and really in love. I thought I was either going crazy or this really must be God tellin’ me this ‘cause there was no way Conrad was ever going to give up his wild ways, and fall in love with me again!
During this time Conrad was into some really dark stuff. He was heavy into the occult and drugs. He became very serious about his practices in witchcraft. He could do things that would make your skin crawl, with his spells. I decided to go see him, and tell him that I knew it was God’s will for us to be together. As I was on my way I became completely taken over with demonic spirits who wanted to destroy us both. They tried to tell Conrad there was no difference between white magic and black, and that he had to enter the dark side to continue, and if he refused they would kill us both. We went through the most terrifying week you can imagine!
Conrad knew the only hope for us was to make it to his mom’s so his family could pray for me. He’d seen people delivered from demons as a child at his church. We went through months of sheer horror. Finally my brother in law fasted and prayed for me and I was delivered! We both saw Jesus face to face, and realized who He really was, that he is everything the Bible says he is. We experienced the cleansing from our sins by His precious blood, and we were set free from all the craziness of our wild life. The Lord put love back in our hearts for each other. We got married, and began a long adventure that has spanned over 31 years now!