‘I was dabbling in paganism and taking cocaine. But then God called my name and I’ve never been the same’
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Emma Fowle2023-01-04T11:41:00
A series of miraculous interventions while at university saw Jo Hargreaves turn her back on paganism and drug taking. At the same time, hundreds of miles away, God was working in her family
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