I found Emerald of The Sea mentally exhausted, spiritually broke, and emotionally bankrupt. My life had come to a point where it was ruled by my addictions. I was bound by fear, shackled by shame, and covered in masks of lies. My relationship with God was non-existent and my heart felt as if it was impossible to reconcile. But God.. Even though I felt so far from him, had no faith, no trust and no belief left in him he had a plan. After sharing at an A.A. conference part of my experience being a victim of sex trafficking I was approached by a lady who informed me of this organization, Emerald of The  Sea. Not knowing what really lied ahead or truly even what the program was about I took my chances and reached out. I was desperate for a change. This is where it all started with me. I joined the next semester and I am so grateful I did. I have not looked back since. Emerald of The Sea gave me a safe place to process my trauma, it gave me a support system to hold me up on my hard days, celebrate with me on the good days, and most importantly hold me accountable to the changes and goals I set before myself. Since joining Emerald of The Sea I have learned and come to believe the truth of God's words. I know and believe that I am a Child of God. I know that I am THE ONE EMERALD God see's. I know that he has carried me through all of my highs and all of my lows. I know that my failures and successes do not define me. Most importantly, I know God has big plans over my life and with him all things are possible! 

I want to share with you all one of my journal entries that details just one of the many ways God has moved in me overtime through this life saving, life changing, life transforming organization.

April 5, 2022

January 2021 I attended my first ever Emerald of The Sea Conference. So much revelation happened for me this weekend, but at one point Cynthia and Crystal had us go in the room next door and paint the picture God was showing us. At this time I did not believe I could hear from God and I am not a great artist, but I reluctantly went and gave it my best shot. What I saw was God's hand with a chain breaking. I saw drugs no longer giving me the identity of a junkie. I saw my sins of sex addictions no longer making me unworthy. But, most of all, my future that felt so hopeless I saw being bright. I tried my best to portray this to a canvas, but it looked like a hot mess so I painted over it solid black and put a white skull and bright colors surrounding it. Because my past was dead and my future was bright. I will however never forget that original picture God place on my heart. So now, fast forward, March 2022. I am in my last semester of Emerald of The Sea and being intentional with my relationship with God. I was up before work on a Tuesday and was just not feeling my normal bible reading and journaling so I got my coffee, turned some worship music on and just sat in the dark in God's presence. God showed me a very vivid image of me standing on the very edge of a cliff. I was so confused.. At this point all I knew to be waiting at the bottom of that cliff was rock bottom. I was baffled.. Where did I go wrong God? I though I was following you.. How am I headed back to rock bottom? It was then, in that moment the rest of that picture illuminated and there it was God's hand at the bottom of that cliff covering my "rock bottom." All I could hear was him saying, "Do you trust me," "Do you have faith in me," and "Do you believe in me?" Yes father of course I do and he simply replied, "JUMP!" I meditated on this and talked to a few of my Emerald of the Sea sisters about this for the rest of the day. The following day I was doing part of my book for this semester of Emerald of The Sea and what do you know I had to draw a picture God had put on my heart. The very next day I had a job interview I was currently working a job where I was making more money than I had ever made, but the hours and effects it had on my mental and spiritual health were undeniably becoming a problem. So going t o this interview was a big leap of faith for me, I was putting God and me over the money and trusting in him to provide. So I wake up that morning and one of my Emerald Sisters sends me a GIF of a guy cartwheeling off a mountain and said JUMP. She followed that with a prayer. After laughing at her GIF and crying over her prayer I sat in complete awe of once again God's undeniable presence. In my car in the parking lot before going in I said out loud, Lord here I go, I am jumping.. Thank you for catching me. So tonight April 5th, 2022 I was watching a recording of a previous Emerald of The Sea Empower Hour with Pastor E and after I was in the shower and started thinking of all the ways God has spoke to me and it hit me.. The image from the conference, where I really didn't think it was God talking to me at the time, and the word I had got from him a month before during my morning meditation came together for the first time. First it was his hand reaching out and shattering the bondages of my past, which were all apart of my "rock bottom." Then it was me on the edge of the cliff and me thinking it was rock bottom waiting, but it was his gentle hand there to catch me. Rock bottom no longer has a hold on me.. Jesus does!!!

-Kendall Moses

Emerald of The Sea is more than an organization for me. Emerald of The Sea not only saved me, but transformed me. I now don't just have trauma, but a testimony! 

I am only one of many lives this organization has help save and transform. So please, help me in helping this POWERFUL MOVEMENT!! Thank you in advance for any contribution or prayer you send our way!!