Aimee always emphasized the depth of the religious experience that transformed her life, but in fact far more than religion had come alive to Aimee Kennedy: the religious change was accompanied by the discovery that she was in love. Aimee—who had just turned seventeen—was certainly as fascinated with Robert Semple as she was with Pentecostalism; it is likely that her interest in Pentecostalism was deepened by her infatuation with Robert. After all, she had opted out of the Salvation Army religious