I just wanted to greet you and thank you YF/VGR, in the name of Jesus. Also I had it on my heart to send a little testimony of what the Lord did in my life.

My favorite testimonies usually are the ‘How the candle got lit.’ I thought I would share mine, hoping it will be a blessing.

I was borne and raised in a Message believing family. I went to church all my life. But it wasn’t until about 4 years ago that I became a Christian. I used to go to church just because my parents went. I didn’t think much about it. I would sit in my seat and daydream until it was over, thinking about pretty much anything; girls, games, etc… I’d go to parties and drink, hang out with the wrong kind of people (school friends).

One day I was playing Xbox 360 - Halo 3, and my dad was playing a Message (My Life Story 59 0419). Near the end of the Message, Brother Branham talks about sister Hope when she was going on to be with the Lord. They were saying “I’ll meet you at the gate” and all these things.

In my Life, I had probably heard thousands of Messages, but that time it was different. It really struck my heart, the assurance they had. It became real. Why live for anything else but that? To have Eternal Life. I wasn’t playing Xbox anymore, I was listening to the tape. When it ended, I went to my room and prayed “Lord, thats what I want, that Assurance they have, (‘I’ll meet you at the gate’).”

I Believe it was the next day, I was working as a janitor in prison. I still had it in my heart the prayer I made to the Lord and what had happened. I was in an office at the prison, and to my surprise there was vulgar magazines in the garbage. Me being the janitor, once it’s in the garbage it’s sort of mine. I used to look at vulgar things on the internet and on the street. But I remembered the assurance I wanted, and I didn’t want the world anymore. I wanted Eternal Life. The devil was telling me, look at the magazines, you can give your life to the Lord some other time. But no, I tied up the garbage bag and threw it out. God, by his grace, nothing I did myself, He opened my eyes and saved me. The day before that happened, I didn’t want anything to do with the Lord, or the Message, or His people. But from that time, it’s all I want.

God bless you, thank you again, from all my heart for all you are doing at YF and VGR. Thank you Brother Joseph and all the Staff.

Your brother and friend in Christ.