Seattle's Central District to Edmonds

Yolanda Parker had a very tough life growing up in Seattle's Central District. Her parents died when she was young, she had a baby while in high school, and her older brother was shot and killed when she was 14.

She fell into the traps of marijuana, pills and cocaine. Parker was in a deep hole until God came into the picture, according to The Seattle Times:

God spoke to her and told her to leave the Central District.

'Your blessing is to the north,' He told her.

Parker, who had lived her entire life in the Central District, thought north meant Montlake, Greenlake or Northgate.

'He spoke into my spirit and said, 'Edmonds',' she said. 'Edmonds? That's like sending me to Mongolia!'

God has blessed Parker and her son, Antoinne Wafer, in Edmonds. She works at a school and her son is a star on the Edmonds-Woodway football team.