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Renae Peason is developing as a youth worker apprentice.

Kelvin Westaway has a good friend who helps him through hard times.

Dee McColl says helping people change their lives happens one day, one moment, and one word at a time.

Collette Irwin says the example of her parents and those in recovery from addiction inspires her own service.

Brett Barnham led an action-packed life in the Special Forces, but his new adventure is as manager of the Blue Mountain Adventure Centre.

Nivan Patel was invited to church by a school friend. Saying yes was a life changing decision.

Fay Clarke feels called to be the best Salvation Army soldier she can be. She’s experienced hardships and miracles, and God’s care through it all.

Cindy David lost her lavish lifestyle but she did learn God’s lessons for lasting happiness.

When Damien Hazlewood almost died, he turned to God for help.

Sue Bradley was going blind. God not only restored her eyesight, he gave her a new way of looking at life.

A lifetime of abuse and violence as the partner of a patched Mongrel Mob member stripped Pania of her identity, but God gave her a brand new identity and a new life of love.

Katie remembers exactly when she lost her young faith, and two days later was swept up into the dark world of drugs.

Faye Molen reflects on her call to become a Salvation Army officer.

As The Salvation Army’s earthquake recovery coordination manager, Susan Waight loves to roll her sleeves up and help people find strength.

Captain Kirsty McKenzie was pushed down the path she should have taken in the first place.

Ondray Moir's gambling addiction took him down a dark, destructive path. Today, Ondray is sharing hope with others.

Some people starve their souls and some people feed them.

Did God prepare, in advance, the day that Luke and Amilie would meet?

Ché Cormack went to jail for dealing drugs, but God had better things in store for him.

Holly (of Napier) chose to break the cycle of bad parenting and bad choices.

Bryant Richards on why he and wife Pauleen signed up for Salvation Army officership.

Growing up in the midst of violence and abuse, a six-year-old hears the unmistakable, comforting voice of God.

Sentenced by the court to unpaid community work, Aroha Latu did her hours at The Salvation Army.

Gaylene Turvey was once 'a ratbag ' held captive by alcohol, abusive relationships and fear - but God has changed all that.

Steve Molen has learnt a lot about what it really means to be fully surrendered to God; he's had to face up to some tough stuff along the way.

God is still in the business of stopping people in their tracks, transforming them and sending them out as soldiers in his Army.

After coming from an underground community based on self-interest and coercion, it was hard to fathom this Christian family.

I needed a family and God gave me exactly the family I was asking for.

'Bringing up a young family makes you more aware of needing God,' says Misi.

Together they are growing into exactly what they believe God created them to be.

Lieut Pati Leqa and Cadet Geoffrey Miller discuss their experiences of learning to listen to God.

God has taught me about who I am, about who Malvin Reihana is: I am a child of God and he loves me so much.

I said to myself and to God that if I got back with Caz again that it would be a good sign for me to go back to church.

Lineni Ulamoleka learned that her past mistakes didn't have to define her future - and that God was there in the good and the bad times.

Little life lessons from New Zealand's renowned children's author.

‘Sometimes the load is so difficult,’ she says, ‘but I come back to what he said: There is a purpose for me.’

Gavin tells how he turned his back on a history of drugs, crime and broken relationships to find his true identity.

Comedy is one of those things that I can look back on in my life and see that I was headed this way.

The hermit lifestyle was my ideal, but God had other plans for this shy kiwi.

Every once in a while we hear a story of someone turning his or her life around and running full on into the arms of Jesus.

Instead of the secure and loving introduction to adulthood most of us take for granted as a child’s right, Liz was born into a dysfunctional family.