--- title: "Asha's Story" date: 2020-02-15T18:01:00+00:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/ashas-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Asha's Story # Asha's Story #### After going into church to sell drugs, the support Asha received empowered her to give up drugs and give her life to Jesus instead [ ![Https vimeo com 294123219 1](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Https vimeo com 294123219 1](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) #### Personal evangelism | 0:00 ## Asha's Story ](#%0A%09%09%09) [DetailsAbout the video](#) [TranscriptWhat it says](#) [DownloadSave it offline](#download) After going into church to sell drugs, the support Asha received empowered her to give up drugs and give her life to Jesus instead ##### Featured Resources [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Gospel of Mark A digital version of Mark's Gospel which invites people on a journey through the life of Jesus ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/gospel-of-mark) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Friendship First An interactive, non-specialist course in 6 sessions, helping ordinary Christians share good news with… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/friendship-first) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Joining the Family A 6 session video course & book helping Christ's community welcome believers of Muslim background into… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/joining-the-family) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Live Life 123 Live Life 123 is a way of life - a commitment to create a GOD-HONOURING FUTURE by investing in… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/live-life-123) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Mettle Mettle is a weekly fun and challenging discipleship resource for 15-18 year olds helping them to share… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/mettle) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Lumen Lumen is a fun and interactive weekly discipleship resource aimed at 11-14's helping to equip them to… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/lumen) A guy that used to buy drugs off me, he was standing there, he's like, "Wow, you've changed so much. You could never have made a better decision."0And I say, "I know that. There's no turning back for me, definitely not."0My name's Asha, and this is my story0When I talk about church, I say I'm part of church, because I was never a part of anything, never part of my family0I grew up with six, five0six girls, two boys in the family, my mum and dad0I actually left the house when I was 12 years old0Started drinking when I was 12, and that progressed to drugs when I was 140Throughout my life, I've done a lot of dishonest things, and I used to sell drugs0I actually sold drugs on this street for 12 years, and I never ever knew the church was there0Never knew it was a church0One day I walked into that church, in a recovery cafe that was on and I actually walked in to sell drugs, but God never let that happen.God actually put somebody in my path that day.I'd seen what people had in the church, and I was like, "I want some of that."0 We were doing a Bible study, Adele said, "If you let Jesus into your heart, you'll be forgiven for all your sins."0 And that just spoke volumes to me0I wanted to do that0Through all that, I never had to use, because the church were guiding me through0I've never had to use drugs again, and I just thought that was absolutely amazing"0So, I got baptised, and I was actually able to forgive myself for a lot of things that I'd done0I'd never had a connection with my mum because she used to beat me when I was younger, and the first time I ever went back, she says to me, "I have my sixth daughter back0 That was just amazing0And I wasn't allowed to see my wee boy through having seven court cases against me for selling drugs and shoplifting, but with coming to church and doing the things that I do, all these court cases just disappeared"0It was just0I was like, "Thank you, God."0 It was just amazing0Having a life with Jesus is just the best thing ever, and if you don't try it, how are you going to know0I was totally broken when I got here, but I feel alive again0I do feel like a kid again, but I'm learning how to live again Download video [ ##### Asha's Story (HD) ###### 1920 x 1080 - 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