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This is how I grew up.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t allowed to smile at home.<\/p>\n<p>Because when my dad saw me smile, he would start punching me.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I was in elementary school, my dad got put in a metal home.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t know but he had a sever depression disease.<\/p>\n<p>He got tied down with hand cuffs and metal chains and that was the last time I saw him.<\/p>\n<p>From this day, I started looking after my brothers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t able to make friends at school.<\/p>\n<p>I was constantly bullied and I had no friends till middle school.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t have any good memories or any good feelings about it.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t like I was afraid of anything. I just didn\u2019t put my heart into it.<\/p>\n<p>It was normal for me to be pushed down the stairs and break my nose.<\/p>\n<p>When I graduated high-school, I decided to go to United States.<\/p>\n<p>I probably wanted to run away from this reality.<\/p>\n<p>I also wanted to throw away my identity as a Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I was in United States, there was one Christian family that really took care of me.<\/p>\n<p>I experienced kindness that I have never experienced before.<\/p>\n<p>I experienced laughter, anger and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I was reborn. But that didn&#8217;t mean that I became a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through all the mistakes that I made, I\u2019ve come to realize that the Bible is true.<\/p>\n<p>I accepted Jesus. 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