My grandmother Alicia Abrahamsen continued his ministry of prayer and traveled worldwide speaking to women’s groups about the faithfulness of God and encouraging them in their walk with Jesus.  My mother, Gretha has continued the deeply held heritage of prayer and always modeled the power of conversing with the Lord in everyday life and in all situations.  She taught me that prayer is our greatest weapon.  I was blessed being brought up in a Christian home where I was encouraged to have a personal relationship with Christ.

My paternal grandparents, Thomas and Harriett, planted a church in our local community and my grandmother was a preacher and faithful interceder.  I remember as a young girl staying the night at her house and seeing her on her knees early in the morning crying out to God on behalf of her family.  She is known amongst family for the unique issue of wearing holes in the tops of her slippers from praying on her knees each and every day.  Her life and love for her Lord formed a firm foundation of prayer in my life which she passionately demonstrated and imparted to her entire family, including my father Thomas.