It's not often that a boy gets to see his father die.  It's even less common to hear someone talk about it.  But that's what Jimmy does as he shares what happened the day that his dad unexpectedly took his last breath.

Jimmy Murphy Sr (Choctaw/Chickasaw) Part 1

Hazel grew up on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When her family moved to the town of Dupree, she experienced prejudice for the first time. At a young age she ended up getting married to a non-Native man in order to get away from abuse. The result was not what she was expecting.

Hazel Hahne (Lakota Sioux)

I finally turned my life to God.  I got on my knees and I cried and it seemed like another year went by, just not getting His presence back in my life.  I think for all the misery and the shame and the name that I disgraced, began to haunt me and to really eat away at my soul, and I even thought that God was on the other side of the universe at times, and little did I know that He's slowly weaning me off in a way out of all that substance use and to unwash my mind of the world, and just the crying and the pleading was really the work of God once again in my life.

Gilbert Tracy (Navajo) Part 2

"I used to sit on the hillsides back when we had no electricity or running water in our community I grew up in.  And I used to gaze into the sky at night and the only friends I had were my dogs. I would sit there on a hill.  I'd wonder where, and why and all these things.  My sense of belonging... and all these questions were always there."

Gilbert Tracy (Navajo) Part 1

Boyce got in trouble with the law and it landed him in prison. Thankfully, something happened that would change the direction of his life. And even though he would be back in jail again, it wasn't because of trouble, but to share with others what changed his life.

Boyce Locklear (Lumbee)

What made him decide to put the knife away?  What was it that changed his mind about ending the abuse this way?  In this final episode, we'll hear the answer.  It's a remarkable story... and proof that no matter how dark the situation, there really is hope when we turn to God.

Tim Tsoodle (Kiowa/Taos Pueblo) Part 3

The abuse had to end. Tim went from thinking about taking his own life - suicide - to taking the life of his abuser. He prepared himself mentally and physically. He planned. He was ready. It was time... and so began the longest night of his life.

Tim Tsoodle (Kiowa/Taos Pueblo) Part 2

Tim grew up in a military home.  It was also an abusive home. The physical and mental suffering that he with his mother and siblings endured is difficult to imagine. This is part one of a three-part story... of a father and son's  remarkable journey from darkness into the light.

Tim Tsoodle (Kiowa/Taos Pueblo) Part 1

Family was important to Florence.  But when she decided to follow Jesus she found it cost her some of her most valued relationships. They walked away when she would come to visit. It was very painful. But then she found a new family.

Florence Wilson (Cree) Part 2

Florence has lived most of her life on the Peguis Reserve in Manitoba. She learned much from her father as she worked the farm with him, and much from her time at the school. She was asked if she would teach the Bible to younger students. In order to do that, she had to read it herself.

Florence Wilson (Cree) Part 1

Emerson found himself with his back against the wall. He had a wife, three kids, and lost his job. It was a crisis that usually would result in getting drunk, but this time it was different. He turned to God instead... and life is different now.

Emerson Horace (Navajo/Hopi) Part 2

I was lost. I just couldn't figure out my life, and I kept going and looking for the answers. Went to college, thinking that the money would give me the answers. Went to bars thinking the bars would give me answers. Had the relationships with different women. Thinking that was going to give me the answers. And it just never did.

Emerson Horace (Navajo/Hopi) Part 1

Molly's early years were marked with abuse. Alcohol had a hold of her, but she wasn't content. This is her story of how she was set free from the bottle... and so much more.

Molly Littlejohn (Cherokee)

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to get our attention.  Jimmy knew that the alcohol and drugs were affecting his family.  He wanted to quit, but it was not happening.  One day his wife gave him an ultimatum... and he had to make a choice.  He told her he would quit, and he really meant it.  But he only broke her trust again.  When she realized that she could help him, things began to change.  But it was on a highway headed into Oklahoma City that God finally got Jimmy's full attention.

Jimmy Murphy Jr (Choctaw) Part 4

Standing in front of the court, listening to the Judge telling his lawyer to shut up and sit down, Jimmy realized that this was serious.  What was it that took him down this road?  And how could he change?  He became the person he never wanted to be.  But this isn't the end of the story.

Jimmy Murphy Jr (Choctaw) Part 3

Harsh words can cut deep... and they can flow freely when someone is intoxicated.  Jimmy knows.  He describes the shock and pain of hearing the most important woman in his life call him down.  He was used to dealing with the outbursts, but when they began being directed at him, it was different.

Jimmy Murphy Jr (Choctaw) Part 2

Jimmy was affected by alcohol at an early age.  For all those who have suffered through the fear and uncertainty that comes when a family member is under the influence, this story will speak to you.  Listen as Jimmy recounts his early days, and the struggle he faced as a young boy in his home.

Jimmy Murphy Jr (Choctaw) Part 1

Their marriage had been filled with much pain and hardship.  But, instead of abandoning her husband, Mary committed to love him.  God gave her what she needed to care for him while he was sick. She loved him to the end.

Mary Lathlin (Cree) Part 3

Mary suffered much physical and emotional abuse in her marriage, but drew strength from God's Word and the encouragement of others.  She found Him very real even through these difficult times.

Mary Lathlin (Cree) Part 2

Mary has good memories of her early childhood in Oxford House, but when she went away to residential school as a teenager, it was not good.  After running away rather than returning to school, she soon entered adult life where new challenges awaited.

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