having a personal relationship with god. that was new to me. i started to attend a fellowship group on the campus and would be in the spring of my freshman year in college at a place called asbury university in kentucky where i was sitting on a hillside, listening to singing and preaching. it was like i heard the word s for the first time, that god so loved the world and whoever might believe in him might not perish and have everlasting life. my heart was broken with gratitude from what had been done for me on the cross, and i stood up, i walked out, and i accepted jesus christ as my personal lord and savior. and my life has never been the same. so i still go to mass with my mom, we worship in a lot of different christian churches but for me i hope it is the defining characteristic of our life.