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Karen Rosales
Prayer Warrior

Home base: I live in Brooklyn, NY, but, originally I am from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.

Career: Lab Coordinator for a NYC College

Hobbies: Poetry Writing and Jewelry Making.

Christian Since: I got saved at age 17. In retrospect, I have been a Christian since I was a small child but I was never aware of it. At birth my parents christened me as Anglican (Episcopalian), then at the ripe ole age of 2 they re-christened me into the Catholic religion. When I was 5 my brother had a heart condition that caused him to stay in a convalescence home that was attached to our parish church that was being run by nuns. I was 4 at the time. He spent 2 years in this home. On Friday evenings, my parents would drop me off at the home so I could spend weekends with my brother. This caused me to spend a lot of time with the nuns. They taught me so many things and I was so fascinated with their ways. I also attended the Catholic school that was being run by nuns. My parents ensured I went to church every Sunday and after church there was Sunday school.

I made my first communion and got confirmed. In my early teen years, I was so involved with the church, I joined the choir, I helped in the counting of the collection money and on Sundays after the morning mass, I was part of an Administration team that parents gave their info to so their babies could be baptized. I wrote up many Baptismal Certificates. While baptism was being performed, we went to the presbytery to prepare Sunday lunch for the parish priest and whoever was the visiting priest at the time. Oftentimes this would be the Archbishop - He had a habit of quizzing me, I did not look forward to this.

At this time I was not aware that I was doing God's work - now I know. Every Christmas, I went carolling with my friends from my neighborhood. The money we collected was used to buy food and toys for the children in the convalescence home.

After high school, my parents sent me to Secretarial College. For the lunch break, a group of girls would get together and just have catechism classes. Apparently, a local church got wind of this and one day a member of the church showed up and started teaching us about the Charismatic movement within the Catholic church, getting saved, and receiving the Holy Spirit. So I can safely say I got saved at age 17.

Why I love the Lord: Life can be bombarded with difficulties, sadness, unexpected circumstances. I have learned that I can call on the Lord and place my cares in his hand. His love comforts, he gets me through these and with him miracles happen. What an awesome God he is.