Eric has fond memories of his childhood on the reserve. He heard about Jesus, and felt a desire to accept His gift of salvation, but had no Christian friends or family to support his relationship with Christ. Instead, by the age of 16, he was into the pleasures of the world, and judged his life to be worthless. At 18, he had decided to end his life with a leap from a broadcast tower, but was interrupted by God's intervention in the form of an icy storm.