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MY NAME IS RALPH ALVARADO AND I AM AN EX GANG-MEMBER. I STARTED BANGIN FOR THE HOOD AT A REALLY EARLY AGE AND AS TIME WENT BY I JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. I USED TO READ THE SATANIC BIBLE AND EXPERIMENTED WITH THINGS IN IT. WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL I USED TO CARRY MY GUN TO SCHOOL ALOT. ONE NIGHT I USED IT ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL AND WALKED TO THE VALENTINES DANCE LIKE IT WAS NOTHING RIGHT AFTER THAT. AT THAT TIME I ALSO HAD 3 RIFLES, ONE BEING AN SKS ASSAULT RIFLE. I WAS MOVING FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF TROUBLE I WAS GETTING INTO. ME AND MY FATHER ALWAYS HAD RUN INS WITH EACH OTHER AND ONE TIME I THREATENED TO SHOOT HIM. MY MOM BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND TRIED TO GET ME TO GO TO CHURCH BUT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I MADE EXCUSES WHY I DIDNT WANT TO GO, OR I WOULD DO THINGS TO HAVE TO MAKE HER LEAVE WITHOUT ME. FINALLY, I WENT TO CHURCH WITH HER (WITH A HANGOVER AND MY SOUTH SIDE JERSEY ON) TO GET HER OFF OF MY BACK AND I IGNORED THE WHOLE SERMON. BUT AT THE END OF THE SERMON THE PASTOR GAVE AN INVITATION TO KNOW GOD AND THAT MOMENT I GAVE MY LIFE TO GOD WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I STARTED TO CHANGE IN THE WAY I THOUGHT AND ACTED. I NO LONGER WANTED TO DRINK, DO DRUGS, OR HATE PEOPLE FROM A DIFFERENT HOOD LIKE I USED TO. SOON MY DAD, STEP MOM, AND GRANDMA GOT SAVED AND NOW WE ALL SERVE IN THE CHURCH. I WAS ON FIRE AND FELT A CALLING IN MY LIFE TO BE AN EVANGELIST. GOD DID MANY MIRACLES AND USED ME TO REACH OUT TO ALOT OF PEOPLE. BUT AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS I HAD AN UGLY BACKSLIDE. I WAS AN UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND AND A IRRESPONSIBLE FATHER. I WAS FIGHTING AGAIN AND CARRYING AROUND A GUN EVERYWHERE I WENT. I WAS DESTROYING THE TESTIMONY I HAD RADICALLY SHOWED TO EVERYONE ABOUT CHRIST. I WAS SELFISH AND DID THINGS TO PLEASE MYSELF... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

THANKFULLY....AND I KNOW THAT YOU CHRISTIANS OUT THERE CAN RELATE TO ME, THAT WHEN YOU REALLY MEET GOD, YOU CANNOT GO BACK INTO THE WORLD AND BE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT WONT LET YOU. EVERYDAY IN EVERYTHING I DID I ALWAYS HAD THE WORD 'GOD' IN MY HEAD HOUNDING ME TO COME BACK TO THE FATHER. SO I SUBMITTED TO HIM ONE DAY OUT OF NOWHERE BEING TIRED OF MY SIN AND SEEING NOW MORE THAN EVER THAT COMPARED TO GOD, THE WORLD IS JUST A CHEAP IMITATION, AND I REDEDICATED MY LIFE TO CHRIST. MY WIFE FORGAVE ME AND I WENT BACK TO HER, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY SON. ITS BEEN ALONG 2 1/2 YEARS BECAUSE OF SHAKING OFF OLD BAGGAGE BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND A FORGIVING WIFE WHO STOOD BY ME THROUGH ALL THE PAIN IVE GIVEN HER....THROUGH THICK AND THIN...WE HAVE BEEN STRONG AND SERVING GOD, THIS TIME HARDER AND WITH OUR GUARD UP. IM NOW ANSWERING THE CALL TO BE WHAT GOD CALLED ME TO BE...AN EVANGELIST IN THE STREETS. MY PASSION AND BURDEN OF MY HEART IS TO GO TO THE GANG-MEMBERS, PROSTITUTES, DEALERS, AND OUTCASTS. MY WIFES NAME IS VANESSA AND WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL BABIES...ALEXIS 5YRS OLD AND ISAIAH 2YRS OLD. AND GOD HAS GRANTED ME THE PRIVILEDGE OF HAVING VISITATION RIGHTS FOR MY OTHER SON ANDREW MICHAEL RAMIREZ 2YRS OLD. WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING ANOTHER BABY PRETTY SOON. GOD IS GOOD. I TRULY KNOW THE PRODIGAL SON STORY TO BE TRUE....THAT LIFE IS NOT TRUE LIFE IF YOU DONT HAVE JESUS. THANK YOU GOD FOR YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!!! Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

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