The New Age made me an expert on my own wounds. Fifteen years of it. I could name the root of rejection, the fear and insecurity, the generational patterns, and the self-criticism always running in the background. I did endless inner work, self-healing, self-love, self-empowerment, anything to feel good and in control. What I never got was actually free. It took coming to Christ to finally see it for what it was.

By the time I found Mountain Movers I'd been born again just a few months, and I was a hot mess. Yoga, meditation, energy healing, plant medicines, none of it had healed me. It left me with years of chronic pain and illness, a destroyed nervous system, and deep trauma from everything I'd participated in. I came seeking deliverance, sure I had demons to cast out and I'd be free. The first time I saw Melissa in a video, I knew this ministry was what I'd been praying for: a teacher and community I could trust. After a lifetime of being that deceived, trusting anyone was terrifying.

I forced myself to the Wednesday night calls, as they were intimidating at first. I'd be sweating, shivering, having physical reactions to the intense content I’d never heard before. It confronted the lies I'd built my life on, but something in me knew it was truth, and I kept showing up and pressing in.

I learned fast that deliverance is so much more than casting something out. If your mind isn't renewed with the truth of God's Word, it can leave you worse off than before. The renewing of our minds is the deliverance.

It doesn't happen overnight. It's a process and a commitment, and I had to let go of the instant gratification the New Age had trained into me, that constant need to just feel better. Honestly, things got worse before they got better. A lot worse. Those first couple of years, learning what spiritual warfare was, were brutal. Those New Age spirits don't let you walk away easy, especially if you’re learning the full gospel that Mountain Movers teaches.

I've watched so many women take a step toward freedom, only to get pulled right back into the New Age of the church, without ever seeing it. Leaving a lifestyle behind doesn’t mean it leaves you. This ministry has taught me discernment to recognize the deception before it takes hold. I thank God for the mentors and community who give me counsel, accountability, and support to stay the course when so much wants to pull me back.

My journey of freedom wasn't one breakthrough like I’d initially expected. It’s been showing up when I didn't want to, staying submitted to God's Word long before I saw results, and Melissa faithfully walking it with me one-on-one. Her mentorship has been priceless. The amazing women here have become the dearest, most fulfilling friendships of my life, and the best influences I could ask for. I am blessed to work for the ministry that became the safe place I'd prayed for.

I haven't yet arrived, but I am well on my way. I no longer have to strive and perform, but now get to rest in my relationship with the Lord. The fear and uncertainty I always carried about my future has turned into confident hope. My mental and emotional health are sound, and pain and sickness are no longer my constant reality. I'm truly at peace, and for the first time in my life, I know real joy.

Above all, Mountain Movers has taught me how to endure. The Christian life is a fight to the end. The battles will keep coming and this is where I’ve learned to keep standing. If you are searching for true biblical healing and deliverance, you have found it here. It won't be quick and it won't be easy. But it is real, it is lasting, and it is worth every hard day.