The Bible says, "There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way fo death (Proverbs 14:12)." On the day of my arrest, August 27, 1991, I was running full speed ahead on that way of death. In fact, up until that day my whole life was caught up in the way that ends in death. Gangs, drugs, women and the fast lane of the streets of Los Angeles were the way which seemed right to me. But God in His infinite mercy and grace sent the LAPD's "Crash" Unit (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) to arrest me and take me out of the fast lane.

Looking back, I actually do believe that it was God's grace that sen the "Crash" Unit to arrest me. Because as reality hit me in the face with a prison sentence, God was able to get my attention. I began to see events of my life pass before me. As those scenes passed through my mind I realized the futility and emptiness of the road that I had been traveling.

The apostle Paul wrote, "But God demonstrated His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us (Romans 5:8)." Where no prison, institution or self-help program could break or change me, God's love brought me to my knees in a jail cell and He gave me newness of life. I NOW HAVE A SONG IN MY HEART AND A NEW DIRECTION IN LIFE!!! I have written this testimony to share the truth of the gospel, that Jesus Christ died so that we might live. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23)."

My prayer is that all who read this testimony will receive eternal life in the name of Jesus Christ. "Neither is there slavation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12)." Amen.