Testimony: A Trial of Faith

by M.L.S. Weech

All royalties from the sales of this book will be donated to the American Brain Tumor Association.

On March 3, 2018, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. This news came at a time when I was only just beginning to truly start seeking to grow in my faith. I had claimed to be a Christian for my whole life, but I didn’t work very hard to learn what that meant or get any better at being Christian. The news of my mom’s diagnosis seemed like a challenge to me.

What follows are the journal-style stories of how my faith guided me through the process.

Tragedy comes to everyone. Some people want to blame God for them. Some get wrapped up in the happiness of others while they’re walking in sadness. This is the story of how I sought to understand God better and of what God did in my life while my mother battled cancer.

May it help you grow closer to God or open your eyes to the truth of His Glory.

180 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2020

About the author

M. L. S. Weech was born in August 1979 in Rapid City, South Dakota. He fell in love with fantasy and science fiction at an early age. His love of writing quickly followed when he tried to write a sequel to his favorite movie. He didn't know what copyright infringement was. He can't remember a time he wasn't working on some sort of project from that day on. He wrote for a junior high project. The only way his freshman English teacher could get him to settle down was to let him start writing a book. He completed what he calls his first manuscript when he was 17. He got a ton of feedback that was honest, helpful, and not much fun to listen to, but instead of quit, he simply wrote another, and then another.

He fell in love with reading in high school when he was introduced to Timothy Zahn and the Star Wars novels. Then he was handed Anne McCaffrey, Robert Jordan, Dean Koontz, Brandon Sanderson and so many more. He went from reading to complete homework to reading more than three books a month.

He joined the U.S. Navy as a journalist in 2005. He served on aircraft carriers and destroyers. He served in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan. He finished his Navy career in 2015 at the Defense Information School, where he still teaches journalism as a civilian instructor. When he wasn't taking pictures or writing features or news stories, he was writing fiction. Photojournalism was a hobby he enjoyed getting paid for, but writing fiction has been and remains his true dream.

His first book, The Journals of Bob Drifter was published March 3, 2015, and he’s published more than ten since. He’s happily married and a father of three wonderful sons.