“Lev got his degree in biblical and theological studies, and he still holds a full-time job, but he also preaches and pastors, as you know, a guest preacher at churches."
Gifford explained that she doesn’t “separate the secular from the spiritual” and thinks of her life as “all one life, lived in accordance with God's blessing…His teaching, His guidance.”
“And I’m like, ‘I want to give you my life. I want to quit all this addiction, all this darkness, all this anger, all this depression, and this trauma that I’ve known for so long. God, I want to.’”
"The biggest thing I've learned is being resilient, and I feel like that plays a part, where, going into basic, and you're waking up early. You're following orders."
“All those who have entered into the light now bear responsibility as missionaries of Christ, shining out as ‘lights in a dark world’ with the light of God himself."