How Adam came faith in Christ

What is the story of your coming to faith in Jesus Christ?
I grew up in a Catholic tradition where I learned the stories of the Bible and got a basic sence of who Jesus is, however I never truly discovered the depths of Jesus. I remember always longing to be close to Jesus and I experessed this by trying to be good. My best was not good enough. I was trying to make it on my own strength but my weakness would always emerge. This was made even more compIicated because I wasn't even sure what being good consisted of. I didn't trust the Bible as God's word and authority.
During my highschool years I was afraid to take any chances. I was scared I would do something wrong, something that would push away God's favor. Then, little by little, the desire to earn His favor faded into the background. I decided to take chances on some things that didn't feel right. I wanted to figure things out on my own. I tried to fill the emptiness in my life with things like cigarettes, girls,and partying but nothing fulfilled. On the surface I was happy, but I was really dying inside.
I met Tasha during this period of my life. I loved to talk to her because she was one of the few people in my life who I could have a conversation with about God. I brought up all my doubts to her. Tasha didn't have all the answers but she was able to point me in the right direction. She gave me a tape series that Valley View had done called "A Case for Faith." That series answered so many of the qeustions that I had and it even told me it was ok to have some doubts. After this I started to attend Valley View Community Church. I started meeting some amazing people who had a great love and faith in Jesus. I had people to talk to who cared about God and who made decisions for Him. I learned to trust that the Bible as the truth of God. That made a huge difference in my faith and decision-making. I had a brand new experience in worshiping the Lord thorugh songs. Worship was foreign to me at first but it quickly became and awesome vessel for God to work through.
But this wasn't enough. I needed to realize one more vital piece of information and it happened at a Christian concert series called Creation about 3 years ago. I saw 80,000 people praising God in song and it felt like heaven. I got into an arguement with someone I care about and I was in the wrong. I felt so alone and very distant from God. It was then that I realized I only felt connected with God’s love when I was being good but not at the times when I was wrong and needed Him the most. Later I shared how the pressures of constantly trying to gain God's love through works was crushing me. I learned that it was only through God's grace (givng me something I don't deserve) in Christ that I am able to be connected with God’s love. I felt dead to my sins that night. The next day when thay asked if anyone would like trust Christ for the first time or recommit themselves I decided to recommit myself to Christ. I shared my story a few minutes later with some people in the prayer tent, which allowed me to pass on the joy that I was feeling to everyone. It felt like all the earthly things that used to have ties to me were like strings holding me back from loving the Lord and giving Him a great big hug and feeling His embrace. All my sins were stripped away.
I got back to Tasha in the stands and she had wondered what took me so long to use the bathroom (I hadn’t told her I was going to the prayer tent) Just as this new chapter to my life had been started Matt, the area director of Young Life, asked me if I would like to go to Young Life camp as a leader. God knew right where I was supposed to be even before I made the decision. Camp was just the thing for me. I got the opportunity to be a part of Christ's community. We were away from troubles of the world and I got the chance to really concentrate on my relationship with the Lord. It is amazing what God does when I trust Him with my decisions.