For the most of this year I have had a problem drugs and there has not been more than two days in a row when I have not been high. I did quit on my own terms with out the help of god, for I had turned my back on him, I no longer believed. During the month I quit, I had terrible cravings and wanted to go back to the drugs, but I didn't for NYC was coming up. (I cant explain why I did not go back to the drugs but I didn't)

The Whole trip for me was a chance to get away and not to become closer to God, but that all changed on Tuesday night when Greg Stier spoke about what it was to be a real Christian and not a "Religious Suit". God spoke to me and I broke down and cried, I asked for my forgiveness and I was for given. But it went further than that, God spoke to me through the entire week. He has plans very great for me. He gave me visions of what is to come in my life, he wants me to go to Africa and Thailand and do missionary work, To build homes, to give my entire life to helping others. Well this is still in the works, but I can feel Gods love surging through me, giving me strength for the things to come.

On Saturday night I went up to the front to pray as I had down every other night, beside me was a girl crying. I could hear her cries but I thought that one of the sponsors would help her, but no one came. I thought just to comfort her I would put my hand on her shoulder (to show her that someone was there), then she put hers on me and in the end we embraced each other and I prayed for her. A complete stranger, I will probably never meet her again, but we prayed with each other like brother and sisters. How the power of god can connect two people so strongly, if only for a few minutes is a miracle in its self, this is when I felt my calling to be a pastor.