Real . life . stories .

Stories from everyday people who share their most darkest and challenging experiences in life, and thought provoking teaching on subjects such as “dealing with failure”, “following your dream" and “living a legacy”. We hope you gain as much from listening to these incredible stories as we have capturing them.

Presented by Paul De Jong, Senior pastor at life

Real . life . stories .

The doctor said "we cannot operate on you, there's nothing to operate on". I had to ask the surgeon to repeat it three times cause I didn't believe what he was telling me.

Real . life . stories .

There was grace for me to fall apart. Because God showed me himself in my pain, I let him love me.

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I think I was about ten when they told us they were going to split up, and then not long after that, they did.

Real . life . stories .

I was biking to school, and was about to do the run down the other side when I noticed there was a car about to turn.

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Paul

At twelve years old, I was biking to school, I’d reached the top of the hill and...

Olivia

I think I was about ten when they told us they were going to split up, and then ...

Vanessa

When you were with Dan, he would give you all of his attention, and all of his t...

Mike

This is something that i’ve always felt that I wanted to tell a story. And this ...

Amanda

When I was fifteen I remember walking to school with a group of my girlfriends a...

Ria & Ethan

In March 2020, Ethan woke up with a really bad headache and for me, I just thoug...

Michelle & Andrew

Kayla was our first, she saved our marriage. She’s the one that got us to stick ...

Kezzie

So my parents had me when my Mum was 19 and my Dad was about 16 or 17. My Dad wa...

Amanda & Aroha

In October 2016, we were getting ready to go out to an event and I remember brus...

Jono

I was homeschooled when I was 8 years old to about 14 years old. And mainly just...

Joseph

We came from Samoa in the early 1980’s, looking for a better life. Our values we...

Sarah

My grandfather, he’s 92, he’s a Salvation Army officer and he tells this amazing...

Taylor

My story sort of starts off, before myself actually. It starts off with my Mum, ...

Wade

Grew up out here at Muriwai Beach with my parents and a sister and would spend a...

Steve

I was born to a woman i’ve never met and she was in prison. And after she gave b...

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