She Lost Everything, Then Found God | Ryan and Karina's Story Ep. 2 | Life Upside Down

Her dad walked out... Then she lost her mom and brother in the same accident. Then she walked away from God. He never stopped chasing her. Episode 2 is here.

Karina’s story is one of the most layered testimonies you’ll hear. She grew up in a predominantly Catholic household with a father she was deeply close to. And then he walked out. Her parents separated. The man who was supposed to be her foundation became one of her first lessons in loss.

But God started drawing her closer. She began to understand something her religion alone hadn’t taught her — that it wasn’t about working her way into heaven or earning God’s love. It was about laying her life down. 
Reviving in the love and sacrifice of Christ. Proclaiming Him as Lord. That shift changed everything for her.
And then tragedy struck again.

Her older brother — the one who had stepped into the role of father figure and protector — died in a car accident. And her mother died in that same accident. Two of the most important people in her world. Gone in a single moment. Her refuge collapsed. The people who held her family together were suddenly not there anymore. And Karina had to face the question every grieving person eventually asks. Where is God in this?
The answer she got wasn’t a fix. It was a presence. God promised her that He would be her refuge. Her world. Her constant. He wasn’t going anywhere.
But Karina didn’t always walk that out perfectly. As she got older, she stepped away. College came and she chose to rebel. She put distance between herself and the God who had carried her through the worst losses of her life.

And here’s the part that makes this testimony hit so hard — God never stopped chasing her.

He answered prayers she barely whispered. He waited patiently for her to come back. He never held a single thing against her. Every time she ran, He was already where she was running to. That’s the kind of love most people don’t believe is real until they’ve lived it.

This is Karina’s full testimony. Episode 2 is now live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Uk08h_FDM



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