JOAN HOLLAND

I was eight years old when I fell in love with my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, a love that would shape the rest of my life.

I was raised Catholic, and as a child I loved school. We were under the British flag at the time, which meant the government provided milk to schoolchildren every morning. It wasn't fresh milk, but powdered milk made into shakes. Still to us it was a treat, and it became a part of our daily routine before class.

I started school at the age of six and attended the Catholic Church associated with it. I looked forward to my First Communion with great excitement, but before I could take that step, my mother told us that we could no longer attend the Catholic school or church, I was too young to understand the reasons, and was heartbroken. My familiar world was suddenly taken away.

Our new school was much farther from home, we had to walked miles, whereas the previous one had only been a few minutes away, But it was at this new school that a different kind of spiritual journey began. Before classes, we would pray and read the bible, and something began to stir deep inside me.

At eight years old, I encountered a man who was alive, not in the flesh, but in Spirit. I came to know Jesus in a personal way. He became real to me, and I fell in love with him. He was my first love. I felt the desire to be baptised, but when I asked may mother, she told me that I was too young. Still, I continued studying the bible and growing in my faith, and finally, at the age of ten I was baptised.

Music also became part of my spiritual journey. My father, who played the guitar, inspired me to learn an instrument, and I followed in his footsteps. Music became another way I connected with God and expressed my devotion.

As I grew into adulthood, my passion only deepens. I developed a hunger to understand scripture, to discern the signs of the times, and to prepare myself and others for what the bible calls the "last days."

That calling is what led me to write A Guide to 10 Surviving Tips on How To Survive the Great Tribulation. This book is more than a guide it's a heartfelt messages to believers everywhere. We are living in uncertain times, and many feel anxious about the future. Through prayer, study, and personal experience, I've come to understand that preparation isn't just physical, it's Spiritual.

My book offers practical, scriptural, and faith-based guidance, to help readers remain rooted, watchful, and ready.

It's my hope that through this book, readers will not only find encouragement and strength, but will also grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ, just as I did all those years ago as a little girl, who fell in love with him, for the first time.