Blessings after trials

Hey y’all I’m Nerissa and I just wanna right this blog to help others. My life hasn’t been all rainbow and rose all life. I have been through a lot. When I was younger I was disowned by my father and my mom’s rights were taken away. I was in an orphanage with my siblings. I had 2 brother and a half sister. My brothers and I were picked up by the police who are not nice at all.

In the orphanage I had only one friend that I don’t talk to anymore. She was always by my side through everything. I would always get in trouble 😂. I sometimes went to bed without any dinner or very early cause the workers didn’t want to deal with me. My brothers would make fun of me, but they would help me in anyway they can. There was also a staff that would be there for me always. The only one that was nice to me and got me my only present for my birthday.

What felt like an eternity later I got to meet a couple. I was Soo confused with why these two adults wanted to meet me but I agreed. When I first met Dan and Deanne it was weird I would live. I didn’t want to stay there alone with just me and them, because they were different and I didn’t know them. As time went on I got more and more comfortable where I would stay a couple hrs with them. There is one time that I remember my dad asked me if I was hungry but I thought he was asking me if I was cold so I said no. Then he asked if I was cold but I though caset he said hungry so I said yes. Well I was lost when he brought me a blanket and wrapped me up in it.

A few months later my parents ( Dan and Deanne) told me that they want to adopt me. I thought that was weird. But then they took me shopping and I felt like I worth a lot and can finally trust them. My mom had to fly home early so I was able to spend some time with my dad. My dad and I would hang out and then we went to church with elder Peiper at his house ( one of the quorum of the seventy). I then got to fly home with my dad. Who wouldn’t let me sleep on the plane cause of the time difference. I would try to sneak it.

I personally see this as a blessing. I was then able to meet my family that adopted me and loved me for who I was. Now I was still a trouble maker but had to keep something the same. They loved me unconditionally and that is all that I wanted. They took me for who I was and helped me. They watched and protected me and gave me a safe place to be.

Now my other w brothers in Russia were gotten by my dad in Russia cause he loved that they were boys and can carry on the name. They got out of the orphanage within like 3 weeks because my dad got them. My half sister wasn’t ever in there with us.