Janet Peral

President and co-founder of Agape Leave the 99 to find the ONE

I would like to start with a testimony so you can better understand how our mission came about and why it has a lot of heart . To know the extent of the worth, this calling of GOD, has in my life you would have to know where I started.  For those of you who haven’t met me I’m Janet Peral mother of 4 children; 21yr, 18yr, 8yr, 3yr old. I have been married for 21 years. Currently by decision, I am a homemaker and take care of my step-father ,who has been my only father since I can remember. My mother passed in 2014 and my biological father passed at the age of 35, when I was 12yrs old of a heroin overdose. I was raised Catholic but was very rebellious to the religion because of its suppressive ways. I wanted to know the specifics of the religion my family came from and why it was what it was. Until a priest had enough of this 8yrs old little girl and kicked me out of bible study. I was not raised by my mother nor father; one was an immigrant and the other an addict. I had a very harsh relationship with my mother. When I was 24 I  found out I was not wanted by her. She had to be on 24 hr. watch because she was always  trying to abort me. I might as well have been raised by wolves because I was raised with no love, lack of attention, a lot of rejection, lies, abuse physical, mental and emotional, a lot of anger and violence. My fruit was rotten my soil was dry, parched. When I met Pete ,my husband, at 17yrs of age, that was the first time I’ve ever known what love was, what it felt like for someone to treat you nice to give you attention and affection. I wasn’t good at reciprocating love, not to my kids or husband. By 27 I had torn my husband to pieces with my violent behavior and anger.. At 28 my best friend ( Grace Belmar) who was raised Christian was heartbroken to see where my life had taken me with (my depression, bipolar, sadness, anger). She spoke of a God who heals, loves, forgives and lifts all pain, hurt, past.  I remember I was so lost in myself I remembered, I looked up at her and said “I want to know Jesus”, “my church had never talked about the Jesus you are talking about.” With no guidance from brothers, sisters, pastors, or mentors in Christ I didn’t know which direction to go. Needless to say  I was not running my race, I was crawling in my race with Jesus.  I was so used to taking authority over myself that I didn’t know I had to be submitted to God’s authority. I was under the wrong authority. My flesh ,my sinful nature not wanting to give up the authority. At the beginning, Jesus met me where I was at. My walk was long, weary and dark but God, Jesus and his Holy Spirit never left me; not in the past and definitely not once HE entered and took place in the throne of my heart. When Jesus found me I was walking thru my valley of death,  with a husband and two kids. As I called out and spoke Jesus is my savior my husband and kids followed.  Jesus lifted us from the roots of Earth’s ground and has created a place for my husband, children and me in heaven. 

I Came to ALFC in November of 2014. My mother had recently passed in August. I had a lot of questions about my new Faith in Christ and before I could ask or ponder, Pastor Charles ,Sharon, Jared and Cruz,  were already answering them in their sermons through the Fire of the Holy Spirit. I grew so much then as I was new to the church and kept growing till present day. When Abundant started a internship program; first came I was wanting to be a part of it so much. I still had a lot of growing up to do in my walk and relationship with Christ. I know this because I could not participate in the internship back then. I was so disappointed, however I had to, as Pastor Charles Neiman says “Put my Big Girl Pants ” and take accountability of my life choices that kept me from the internship back then. Pastor Cruz always so supportive and not giving up on me asked me and encouraged me every time another semester started. I would just say ‘maybe later.’ Finally I got there. See my journey to get to the internship started all the way back to my mother's womb.  The enemy wanted to steal from me all of God’s divine promises before my first breath and wanted to stop all the work that Jesus through the Holy Spirit would do in me for the building of his kingdom. The enemy FAILED. So this Internship experience has been more than an internship. It’s been my boot-camp to get ready for spiritual battle. It’s my etiquette class for the unmannered side of me. It’s my buffer for the polishing of my shine, as I am a precious Jewel. This internship is the mine where salt comes from for the seasoning that I'm going to do in on this earth. This internship is the tool that I needed to get under the right authority and to take my rightful place in authority thru the Holy Spirit.  Thru my walk Jesus taught me that I have to be honest with myself and honestly I need structure, consistency, time management  and framing to elevate my relationship with Jesus and strengthen my walk of Faith.  When I decided to do this internship the enemy started his attack thru my husband by having a lot of problems. He even left the house and I hadn’t seen him since Internship started.  A text come thru from him once in a while but he hasn’t come home yet. My daughter had an accident and the car was totaled BUT she was unharmed, my dog died out of the blue and I can probably go on but I won’t. The devil is a LIAR!!! I needed this internship and I knew it , so many times the devil told me not to come, it’s not that important  you should quit to work for your provision. I said devil NOT TODAY!!! Jesus  is too valuable to me. I need Jesus like I need breath. I have never ever experienced this attention, affection, affirmation, support, love, uplifting, encouragement, so many wonderful things …..shall I go on…….., What I am experiencing and living it at this present moment takes my breath away. In my walk with
God I have yet to build relationships(friendships) with brothers or sisters in Christ which I am patiently waiting for. This Internship with all of you, and I mean  every single one of the Pastors, volunteers, and interns have helped in shaping me and molding me. Jesus has been my everything literally my everything physically and spiritually. He spoke to me and say Janet it’s time for me to show you my children. Trust in me that I have placed you in such a nurturing environment nothing like what you've ever experienced before.  Keep following me because  this is where your suppose to be. This has been my experience. I want to thank each and every single one of the lives that have been part of my life for the experience that you have given me. A special thanks to Abundant Church for living what they preached, teach and minister and  all they still keep doing and how they have journeyed with me. The best is yet to come. 

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