THE UPHILL STRUGGLES AND DOWNHILL VICTORIES OF IRMA L. CORBETT

Oh the depth of the riches both of wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. Romans 11:33 This book was written to encourage those who have accepted Christ as their personal savior, to let them know that they can make it no matter what they face in life. God brought me from the hills of North Carolina. I faced many challenges. I was a farm girl. I plowed in the fields, picked cotton, worked in the tobacco fields, had to take my mother's place as a housewife, cleaning, washing, ironing and cooking as a child after she became ill. I had to get outside work to help with the family finances. I had to drop out of school at age fourteen to help with the family income. After many other problems, God called me to minister to His people. I graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School, later attended a business school in Elizabeth, NJ, then I studied religious education at Manhattan Bible Institute in New York City, and graduated from the School of Evangelism. I took several correspondence courses from Moody Bible Institute, and further studies were done at the Institute of Pastoral Counseling at the Emerge Ministries in Akron, Ohio. I attended many workshops and seminars on drug addiction and alcoholism and with the In Service Training Institute in Anderson, Indiana. I received my missionary license in New Jersey and was ordained by the United Holy Church of American and the Church of God of Anderson, Indiana. No matter what your status in life is, God can elevate you to become one of His best messengers of all times. "A dream is not effective until it becomes a reality!"