ABOUT LESLIE JACKSON

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As a small child of about 8 or 9, my mom (a.k.a. prayer warrior for me) gave me a little red bible. Mom penned a prayer for me inside the cover that I have taken comfort in and repeated many times. I think back to those childhood days of just beginning to grasp the love of Jesus. If only it had continued to bloom along those lines, instead I got myself into many ditches. 

As a Senior in High School and age 17 I became pregnant with my 1st child. I was able to graduate with my class, get married, and give birth to a healthy daughter at age 18. We lived just barely above poverty. 

At the age of 20 I began working at a manufacturing company in the Assembly Department. Soon after starting I was promoted into the position of Quality Control Inspector. I later became an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer. 

In the summer of 2001 at a friend's birthday party, I met a tall, muscular handsome man, now my husband (not my 1st). He was an alcoholic - there is a lot to this story. What I like to say about our journey together is, we help each other stop swerving on the road and now make our paths straight by love and supporting each other. 

In 2006 my current husband and I decided to start a commercial roofing company. This company is still thriving today thanks to an amazing team of people we are surrounded with.

Miracles do happen; I am living proof. One frigid winter night in our home in Wisconsin in my early 50's I had been going through a time of massive hemorrhaging for a couple of weeks (women's menopause stuff). And then in the middle of the night I was woken up because I felt like I was having a heart attack. Next, from across the room God's glory shone in what looked like an electrical bright ball of light and it came towards me, enveloped me and I was instantly healed. Two weeks later, again in the middle of the night, another brilliant ball of light healed me of severe cold and flu-like symptoms. What happened were beautiful physical healing miracles, but the most amazing part was that it opened wide my spiritual eyes and created a strong desire to seek Jesus even more intently.

After fully giving my life to Jesus, as an adult, I was baptized in the St. Croix River in Hudson, Wisconsin. I felt renewed knowing my sins were washed away never to be seen again because of Jesus’ death and resurrection.  

Audition call for a theatre show called, “Hard for the Money: Stories of Women, Work & Satisfaction” caught my attention when I saw the advertisement. Long story, but I was selected to share my story in this production, and it opened a door so I could begin to heal from what I had been trying to bury within me. Once my story was let out, there was no going back.