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HSE.
>> I WOULD COME AND CRAWL UN
THE SHEETS AND I WOULDE
BARBIE HOUSES ALL LONG.
AND ITTED THE MOST
INCREDIBLYOU' EVER
SEEN.
>> WHAT WAS CHILDYR
MANY, BECAME A SUIV
FOR LISAAN.
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, LI
WANTEDEACERN HER HOME.
SO SHE SPENT HER CHILDHOOD
CREATING THEPERFT HOME.
TSIDE OF MY LITTLE WORLD
THERE WAS NO ORDE
ITWAS CHC.
YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT T,
YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN THE DOOR
EN WHAT TO EXPECT.
>> Reporter: HER MOTHER FELL IN
AND OUT OF LOVE WITH MEN.
>> SECRERY BIG
ERE SO MANY MEN IN AND.
OUT OF MYN
NOT TALK ABOUT PRIOR MEN.
WITH LOOKINGOOD, YOU HAD TO
KEEPTS.
YOU HAD TO MAKE THINGS
>> Reporter: HER FATHER WENT
THROUG HRE OF WOMEN WHILE
*** LISA ON THE WEEKENDS.
>> AT THE AGE OF 6 WHEN YOUR
FATHER, THE MAN YOU ADORE AND
AND Y WANT TO BE
NOTICED BY, WH HE VIOLATES YOU
LIKE THAT, IT DISTORTS
EVERYTHING AND YET, AS
OLDER, THAT'S HOW I KNEW TO SHOW
TH SUAL RELATIONSHIP.HIMWAS
>> Reporter: AT 16,HEREXUAL
ACTIVITY RESULTED IN PRNAY.
HER MOTHER QUICKLY MADE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN ABORTION.
>> WITHIN 48 HOURS, SHE H
SCOOPED MYSELF, BFRIEND AND
M THE CAR AND WE D
TO BOSTON H A PROCEDURE, WENT
ATE CH AND CAME HOME AND
WE NEV ABOUT IT.
S E THING TO HAVE GUILT AND
AB WHAT OTHERS HAVE
DONE TO YOU, IT'S ANOTHER ABOUT
CHOICES'VADE IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: THE T
PREGNANCY WAS JUST ANOTHER WELL
CE LISA LEFT HOME, SHE FELT
SHE HAD MORE CONTROL OVER HER
ST
SHE WANTED TO CREATE A BETTER
LIFE FOR HERSELF.
>> I HAD TES GREAT
I WTO DO -- TO BE
DIFFERENT WIFE AND MOM.
AS GOING TO DOVEG
DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: BUT HEHO
FALY LOOKED A LOTIK HERIVED.
CHILDHOOD
>> I WA A WRECK.
ANDLD I CHOOSE ONE THATLLY
WAS HEALTHY?
I THINK THAT CHOSE SOMEONE WHO
D LFILL WHAT I WAS
TO.
LATER LISA LEFT HER HUSBAND F
ANOTHER MAN.
HER MOM DID SO MANY
TIMES.
THNEXT GUY WAS GOING TO BE
BETTER.
HE TO THE ONE THAT
COULD LOVE MEAN MY
WANTS AND NEEDS AND I DON'T EN
KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
I JUST KNEW I WANTED SOMETHING
FULFILLED.
>> Reporter: SHE BECAME
INTERIOR DESIGNER.
ONE COUPLE HIR HER TOA
SEAT TO GO ACCOMMODATE 26 PEOPLE
HR HOME EVERY SUNDAY.
>> SHE GOES, WHY DON' COME
TO CHURCH WITH ME ANDOM
THE HOUSE AND HAVE DINNER W
ME?
IMMEDIATEI S YES.
ITA G TO CHURCH.
IT WAS TO GO TO SEE WHAT 26
FAMILY MEMBERS DID ANDWHAT DOES
A NORMAL FAMILY DO?
TO SEE THEM EXPERIENCE THE
AND THE LAUGHTER AND THE CONCERN
FOR EACH O T CARE FOR
EACHHER,THE COMPASSION FOR
EACH WAS LIKE W
THIS IS GOOD.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS THAT
SEINGOR.G MORE TH W
IN THE BEGINNING, SHE WENT TO
CHURCH FOR HER PARENT'S --
APPEARANCE SA.
NOW SHE WANTED SOMETHING REAL.
>> THS A REAL
POWERFULSENCE DRAWING ME.
FINALLY ONE SUNDAY I JUST LIFTED
MY HANDS.
GOD WA TALKING TO ME
PERSONALLY.
THERE WAS HUNDREDS OFPL
BUT HE WASALNG ME.
MY RELAON THEORD
STARTED.
>>portSHE BEGAN P
WITH JOYCE, A NEW FRIEND SHE MET
AT CHURCH.
>> SHE WAS PROBABLY THE FIT
PERSON I EVER TRUSTED.
WE WOULD JUST.
THERE WERE SOME TIMES WE
WOULDN'T TALK, SHE WOULDRA
HEOLY SPIRIT SO KNEW WHAT I
NEEDED AND WHERE I NEEDED TO GO.
>> Reporter: DURING UP WITH OF
THE PRAYERIMES, LISA FELT SAFE
OU REVEAL HER DEEPEST
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO LET
KEEP ONE THING HIDDEN IN THE
CRES M HEART.
>> SHE CONSSED THAT SHE HAD
ABORTED THREE CHILDREN.
>> MY BIGGEST FEAR IN ALL OF
IS THE ONE PERSON IN MY
LIHA I TRUSTED WAS JOYCE,
THE T MY HOPE WAS IN WAS
JESUS, AND IEA WOULD
REJECT ME.
ILDN' TELLHIM.
WHAT WAS AMAZING WAS
TOLD HIM, THEY WERE BOTH STILL
THERE.
ALL OF AEALID THAT
I WA PURE THAT THERW
NOTHING THAT HIDDEN ANYM
AND I WALKED OUT OF THERE THAT
DAY A DIFFERENT PERSON AND I
LOOD DIFFERENT,
LIGHTER, THE GRASS WAS GREENER,
GOD FORGAVE AND ONCE HE
FORGAVE ME, TALLHAT
ULDVE MYSELF.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE THREE
CHILD VEN WAITING FOR
ME LL HAVE A LIFE WIT
eporter: THE NEW FREEDOM
GAVE HER A NTLOOK ON LIFE.
>> I HAVE UST GOD AND I
HAVE TO LETIM BE MY HUSBAND,
MY FATHER, MY LORD AND SAVIOR
AND EVERYTHING THAT I NEED
SEE IN A MAN, I NEED TO SEE IN
M FIRST.
I NOW HAD THE ENERGY TO BE A
MOM.
WASN'TT EFFORT TO
BE SOMETHING THAT I WASN'T
REED ME TO BE. ME TO BE WHO HE
MY DESIGNUSINESS FLOURISHED
AND I LOVE HOWOD KNEW WHEN I
WAS 4, 5, 6 AND BUI
HOUSES THAT HE WOULD DO
SOMETHING AND MAKE INTO AN
AMAZING LIVINGTODA
ER RAISE HER TWO BOYS IN WHO
AGODLY .
>> TO MAN WHO LOVES ME
AND VALUES ME FOR WHO I AM I
JUST SOMETHINGHAT I'M GRATEFUL
FOR.
THAT'S GOD.
IT ME.
MY STORY AND THIS ISHO
I AM.
EVERYTHING I'VE GOT, HE'S NOT
GOING JECT ME OR LEAVE ME.
THEREONIGHT WHEN I