Ian Sinclair

I was born on 9th February 1979 in National Women’s Hospital Auckland. I was born with a cleft lip and palate which meant there was a hole in my mouth and also between my nose and lip.

When I was 7 I asked Jesus into my heart after hearing the Easter Story at Sunday School. I knelt down with mum by the fireplace and prayed the sinners prayer.

In 1990 I became very sick with Chemical Poisoning. This was a result of the spray the council were using at the park behind where I lived. I was sick for most of that year. At one point of my illness I was so sick I thought I was going to die. In many tears me and mum prayed. Shortly I began to recover after that and I know that it was God who healed me.

In 1993 I started High School and was put in a special needs class. During that year I was constantly rejected and put down. I felt very alone.

At Youth group one night we had a visiting speaker. He had a word of knowledge that someone was feeling rejected. If it hadn’t of been for that night I would have committed suicide and not be here today.

In 1994 I was Baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit at after hearing Bill Subritzky speak at a meeting in Napier.

I was facing a Bone graft operation that same year which was the last of my cleft lip and palate surgery and was very afraid of having the operation. .Some people from YWAM came and spoke at a meeting. I spoke to them about the operation I was facing and they prayed for me. I also spoke to them about water baptism and they thought this was a good idea.

I was Baptized in Water on 4th September 1994. I believe this is what God wanted me to do and to be totally obedient to him and what He wants for my life.

In 1995 I went to Camp David in Havelock North to be a children’s leader. This has helped me greatly in my walk with God.

In 1999 I was put on a retail course by Work and Income NZ. I also worked at Burger King in Napier. During the year I was yelled at and felt really upset by things that were happening to me at the time at the retail course and Burger King.

Sometimes I would go and sit in the toilet in the Napier Plaza. I would cry my heart out and ask God to change things in my life.