My name is Esmeralda. I am currently 27 years old living in sunny SoCal and this is a small part of my testimony that led me to Mountain Movers. A little backstory, I grew up in a broken home, and having divorced parents at such a young age brought a lot of questions, confusion, and hurt that I kept bottled up inside. From what I remember I grew up going to church on Sundays. I heard about God, but never really sought him. 

Fast forward to my teen/adult years, I have always felt left out, like an outcast who could never connect with people to fit in. I sought out attention because of this, so desperately wanting to be seen and wanted by people, someone, anyone. I was so lost in pleasing people that I felt the need to be like the world, and it showed me what I should be. There was so much pressure on me to be somebody that it brought so much fear to my life. It tormented me day in and day out because I felt like I couldn’t do anything. I was so bound by it that I didn’t realize how much it was affecting my everyday life. Depression and anxiety fled in like no other. I felt as if I failed because I tried everything I thought was best to fix what was so broken, without realizing it was me that was.

All the emotions and the events of life caused my emotions to spiral out of control to the point that I contemplated suicide. I sat there crying out to him so desperately asking God to take all the hurt and the pain away. In that exact moment, in my complete brokenness and lowest of lows, God met me. For the very first time, I felt His presence so thick. As I lifted my head with tears running down my face, there was a Bible on my nightstand. The same Bible I picked up a handful of times and put back down, frustrated because I couldn’t understand the words. But in that moment it was different. God's words started speaking to me and I could finally comprehend His words.

After that encounter, I knew God was real and everything I heard growing up about Him was true. I rededicated my life to Him completely and started going back to church on Sundays. As the days, weeks, and months went by I felt my spirit become grieved. I felt stuck and stagnant in my walk. I didn’t understand it, but one night I asked God if there was anything else I needed to get rid of in my life. That night I had dreams of all the things that I was still bound by and when I woke up I knew God was revealing to me that I needed to go through deliverance. Complete fear overcame me thinking about it. Then it made me remember about joining a call with my mother a few months before I gave my life back to the Lord. 

I was soon able to join one of my mother’s one-on-one mentorship calls with a woman named Melissa Taft. She was so sweet, really listened, and cared about the current season I was in. At the end of the call, Melissa asked to pray over us and as she did, out of nowhere not even expecting it, I went through some deliverance. It wasn't some scary or crazy thing that I thought would happen, and afterward, I remember how free I felt.

After a while, I stopped allowing fear to stop me from receiving more freedom. God spoke to me, “Now it's time to listen.” I started joining Mountain Movers Zoom calls, and right away I was in awe by how encouraging all the women are. Yes, these calls are about deliverance, but it's so much more than that. It's about seeking truth, receiving healing, receiving God's love, and learning to know what our true identity in Christ is so that we can walk in our true purpose and callings the Lord has for us. 

Everything I was so bound by is now breaking off, filling me with joy instead of chaos, peace instead of fear, and hope for the future. What God has been doing for me, He wants to do for you too. Don't allow the enemy to speak lies and take away what He has already taken from you. God has a plan and a purpose for your life, now it's just up to you to receive the healing God so wants to give you. Mountain Movers is not just a group, it's a loving community with powerful like-minded women who want to walk out and see the full goodness of God. It's truly a blessing to be part of an amazing ministry. For I was lost, but now I am found. Thank you, Jesus.