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The LIfe and Times of Terri Hart Hunter
Gee, where do I begin and just how much can all of you handle???? I was born in Cornel Sanders home town, Corbin, KY. My Dad, who pasted away three years ago today, was in the Navy fighting WWII. I was a first years my home was Corbin, a Bible Belt town.
We moved to Cincinnati, OH when I was four years old and my whole life of safety ended. It was there that I was first molested, and this went on till I was 16 by three of my mother's boyfriends, my two uncles and my Dad. Add to that mother never wanted me. I took care of my sibilings while my mother went out and drank, I was 7, they were 18 mos and l years old and that went on till I was 11 years old when my parents returned to church. Punishment for disobeying was a slap on the face, a wshipping with a tree switch or a leather belt.
How did I survive, when I was six I started going to the church that was across the street from where I lived. By the time I was seven, we had moved and then I was hit by a car, the lady who hit me started taking me to church. There I asked Jesus in heart at the Sunday School altar. After that to escape what happen in our house, I would go out at night and talk to Jesus and sing to Him!
When I was in Junior High we had a Christian Bible Class after school called Yoth for Christ, I went to one meeting and the next meeting I was elected President of the group and was all through Junior High, when I went to High School I did the same. We met twice a month as an all city group and I was on the Quiz Team representing our school. I learned so much about the Bible then.
I was baptised in a creek when I was 12 yeats old, then started supporting my Dad who had been ordained a minister as his singer. He and my Uncle Mickey went to Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennesee traveling to start new churches and I traveled as their singer.
I was a very mixed up person with the abusive past as baggage and that led me to seek love anywhere I found it. I became pregnant at 16 and married a man who would also abuse me.
My son, Doug was born with a birth defect that took 23 surgeries to in 20 years to correct. I felt the Lord had given me a special assignment with Doug and Jesus was my strength through all the abuse, poverty and trials.
When my daughter came in 1968, after the loss of three babies, she was born 3 mos. early. Her life hung in the balance for 70 days as she fought to live, and there again was Jesus at our side!!!!!! The doctor declared her a miracle, there was no special treatments in those days and when she was 9 days old she was bleeding internally.
Eventually I divorced my abusive husband who also began to abuse the children. Needing love, financial support and not beening healed emotionally from all of the above, I married another man who abused me far worse then all of the rest.
I gave up on 2/19/79, I overdosed on one hundred valuim. And, I died at the hospital. But, the Lord was not finished with me yet. I knew when I came back that He had a plan and I needed to find out what He wanted to do with this torn life?????
That became my quest, yeah, I had always been going to church, even in leadership at times. But inside I was so broken! Why? I did not understand Grace!!!!!!! I had faith, but you need both!!!!! I kept score of my wrongs and blamed myself for all that had happened to me.
I did another no, no to some standards, I divorced again to save my sanity.
I moved away to St. Petesburg, Fl, where I was eventually ordained. I Attended a second Bible College and the Lord Blessed. Moving back to Ohio, I became part of a ministers group from all over the country and overseas. And, eventually was in charge of Ministers in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wiscosin and Illinois.
Now, I am married to a man who is a minister with me and we have a home church in Navarre, Fl.
I have learned that Grace means the Lord forgives all sins I have committed and all I will ever commit because I am "Man" and Jesus died for all of that long ago so I can freely love and serve Him. He is coming back for all believers one day soon! Grace is accepting the Love of God and letting it change you from the inside out! And, only He can do that!
Rev, Dr. Terri Hart Hunter
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