“TESTIMONY OF A DEAD MAN”

     I TRUST GOD AND HOPE THAT THIS TESTIMONY BRINGS HONOR AND GLORY TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. I WILL OPEN WITH A SHORT PRAYER. “FATHER, LORD I WANT TO ASK YOU TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE THAT READ THIS TESTIMONY. I PRAY THAT THIS TESTIMONY WILL EDIFY THEIR LIVES AND THAT THEY WILL BE TRASFORMED. USE THIS TESTIMONY TO GLORIFY YOUR NAME AND EXALT IT ABOVE ALL. AMEN.”

     MY NAME IS ELEAZAR GARZA. I WAS BORN IN MEXICO AND RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES. I LIVED WITH MY FAMILY IN MATAMOROS,TAMPS., UNTIL I WAS SIX YEARS OLD. MY MOM HAS BEEN A CHRISTIAN AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. MY FATHER WAS A DRUG LORD HERE IN MEXICO. I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TAKING ME TO CHURCH DURING MY CHILDHOOD. ACTUALLY, SHE WOULD FORCE MY BROTHERS AND ME TO GO, BECAUSE WE DIDN´T LIKE CHURCH. WE THOUGHT IT WAS BORING AND WE ALWAYS WENT AGAINST OUR WILL.

     AT THE AGE OF SIX I STOPPED DISLIKING CHURCH AND STARTED HATING CHURCH. MY HATE BEGAN THE DAY WE WERE INVITED TO A BAPTISIM AND TWO OF MY BROTHERS DROWNED. I TITLED THIS STORY “TESTIMONY OF A DEAD MAN” BECAUSE IT IS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I AM STILL ALIVE. THE ENEMY TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE ON MANY OCCASIONS BUT GOD SPARED ME FOR HIS GLORY. WE KNOW THAT THE ENEMY HAS COME TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY, BUT JESUS HAS COME THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE AND LIFE IN ABUNDANCE, JOHN 10:10.

     THE FIRST TIME THAT I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE WAS AT THE AGE OF FIVE. I WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR. AFTER THAT, I FELL IN A HOLE IN MY GRANDMA’S BACKYARD. THERE WERE BIG PIECES OF GLASS INSIDE THE HOLE THAT CUT MY FINGERS, HAND, AND WRIST. I CUT MOST OF THE VEINS IN MY WRIST. BY THE TIME MY BROTHER GOT ME OUT OF THE HOLE, I HAD LOST A VAST AMOUNT OF BLOOD. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL, NOBODY THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE IT. HOWEVER, GOD HAD PLANS FOR THAT LITTLE BOY. THE DAY THAT MY MOM TOOK US TO THE BAPTISM WHERE MY BROTHERS JUAN AND CESAR DROWNED, I ALMOST DROWNED ALSO WHILE TRYING TO HELP MY BROTHERS. I NOW KNOW THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE. EPHESIANS 1:4 SAYS WE ARE CHOSEN IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.

     NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD SAVES HIS ANOINTED. HE WILL ANSWER US FROM HIS HOLY HEAVEN WITH THE SAVING STRENGTH OF HIS RIGHT HAND, PSALMS 20:6. IF GOD HAD A PURPOSE FOR ME, HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT I FULFILL THAT PURPOSE. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER. THERE ARE ALOT OF THINGS I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY GOD ALLOWED MY TWO BROTHERS TO DROWN AND MY FATHER TO BE KILLED SIX MONTHS LATER. NOW I BELIEVE THAT GOD TURNS ALL BAD SITUATIONS OR EVENTS INTO SOMETHING GOOD. GOD´S PROVIDENCE RULES IN SUCH A WAY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO US IS WORKING FOR OUR ULTIMATE GOOD, ROMANS 8:28.

     MY MOM MOVED US TO TEXAS THREE DAYS AFTER MY FATHER WAS KILLED. HE WAS ASASSINATED BY THE MAFIA AND MY MOM FEARED FOR OUR LIVES. ONCE AGAIN I WAS FORCED INTO DOING SOMETHING I DIDN´T LIKE. I DID NOT THINK THAT MOVING TO TEXAS WAS A GOOD IDEA. I WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE THAT KILLED MY FATHER SO THAT I COULD GET THEM BACK ONE DAY. ALSO, KIDS CAN BE MEAN AND I GOT PICKED ON ALOT. THEY CALLED ME A WET BACK AND A BASTARD. KIDS WOULD MAKE FUN OF ME FOR NOT HAVING A FATHER AND FOR BEING A MEXICAN. SO I GREW UP HATING. I HAD A LOT OF ANGER AND HATE IN MY LIFE AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GROW UP AND BE POWERFULL LIKE MY FATHER AND TAKE REVENGE ON ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HURT ME AND MY FAMILY—ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO KILLED MY DAD.

     I GOT INVOLVED WITH ALOT OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AT AN EARLY AGE. MY CRIMINAL LIFE BEGAN AND I DELVED INTO DRUGS, ALCOHOL, WOMEN, GUNS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE WORLD OFFERS. MONEY BECAME MY “god.” THE MORE I HAD, THE BETTER I FELT. I BECAME POPULAR, RESPECTED, AND EVEN FEARED. THE HUNTED BECAME THE HUNTER. NOW I WAS THE ONE IN CONTROL—OR AT LEAST SO I THOUGHT. MY LIFE WAS CONSTANTLY IN DANGER. THEIR WERE MANY ATTEMPTS AGAINST MY LIFE. THE ENEMY TRIED TO DESTROY ME AND STEAL THE BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAD IN STORE FOR ME.

     AFTER MANY YEARS OF BREAKING THE LAW AND DOING EVIL, IT FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH ME. ROM.13.1-4. I WAS PUT IN PRISON AND IT WAS NOTHING NICE. THE GOVERMENT THOUGHT THEY WERE PUNISHING ME FOR MY CRIMES, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HELPED MY CAREER AS A CRIMINAL. MY REPUTATION IN THE STREETS FOLLOWED ME BEHIND BARS. IN PRISON I BECAME A LEADER OF A GANG. THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS I DID THERE ONLY SERVED AS A STEPPING STONE INTO ORGANIZED CRIME. IN PRISON I MET ALOT OF DRUG DEALERS WHO LATER HELPED ME IN MY CRIMINAL LIFE AFTER I WAS RELEASED. WHEN I GOT BACK ON THE STREETS THINGS GOT CARRIED AWAY.I WAS DOING WORSE THAN BEFORE, DOING MORE EVIL THAN EVER. ALTHOUGH I HAD EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER DREAM OF, I HAD NO PEACE IN MY LIFE, ISAIAH 59:8. AFTER TWO LONG YEARS I BECAME SICK AND TIRED OF MY LIFE. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL HAD BECOME A PART OF MY LIFESTYLE. THAT’S WHEN I CALLED ON GOD AND HE ANSWERED ME, JEREMIAH 33:3. MY PRAYER WAS THAT GOD WOULD DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE. I KNEW I NEEDED A CHANGE AND I WAS TIRED OF THE SINFUL LIFE THAT I HAD. THAT AFTERNOON I GOT ARRESTED AND I THANK GOD FOR ANSWERING MY PRAYER. ONCE AGAIN I WAS ON MY WAY TO PRISON, BUT THIS TIME I HAD ASKED GOD TO DEAL WITH MY LIFE. I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE SAME PEOPLE AND GOT BACK INTO THE GANGS. LEADERSHIP IN THE GANGS BRINGS RESPECT, FEAR, AND HATE. MANY PEOPLE HATED ME AND WANTED ME DEAD. THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME ALIVE WAS THE GRACE OF GOD AND HIS MERCY. HE HAD A PLAN FOR MY LIFE AND I SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO CHRIST IN NOVEMBER OF 2000 THROUGH A PRISON MINISTRY CALLED KAIROS. IT WAS IN PRISON AT THE DALHART UNIT IN DALHART, TEXAS THAT GOD BROUGHT ME OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO HIS LIGHT, EPHESIANS 5:8. KAIROS IS A PRISON MINISTRY THAT BRINGS THE WORD OF GOD TO INMATES IN DIFFERENT STATES ALL OVER THE USA. AT FIRST WHEN I WAS INVITED I REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO GO. ACTUALLY I TRIED TO REFUSE THE PROGRAM BUT I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A MAJOR CASE FOR REFUSING TO OBEY AN ORDER (REQUIRED PROGRAM.  SO I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I WAS FORCED TO GO, BUT IT WAS A BLESSING. I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY I REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO BE THERE, FOR ME IT WAS BORING AND WEAK TO BE THERE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY ALL MEN! ANYWAY, THE FIRST DAY I WAS ASK TO READ THE ANSWERS TO A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT I WAS GIVEN. ONE OF THEIR QUESTIONS WAS: WHY ARE YOU HERE?  MY ANSWER WAS, ”I’M HERE ONLY FOR YOUR COOKIES”. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THOSE DAYS WE SPENT THERE REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE! THERE I WAS ABLE TO SEE WHAT I WAS MISSING IN LIFE AND WHAT I NEEDED TO FILL THAT EMPTINESS IN MY HEART. IT WAS LOVE! THROUGH THEM GOD SHOWED ME LOVE, AND IT WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED. FOR MANY YEARS I HAD HARBORED HATE AND HAD NO ROOM FOR LOVE. IT WAS TIME TO LET GO OF THAT WHICH WAS POISONING AND  DESTROYING MY LIFE AND GIVE ROOM TO THE GIVER OF LOVE–JESUS CHRIST! AS I SAID BEFORE IT WAS TRULY A BLESSING AND JUST WHAT GOD HAD IN STORE FOR ME. I CAN’T EVER FORGET THOSE THREE DAYS AND HOW GOD PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO THAT I COULD MEET HIM IN THAT BUILDING IN HIS TIME,(KAIROS). THERE I SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO HIM AND MY CHRISTIAN WALK BEGAN.  MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ONCE YOU ACCEPT JESUS INTO YOUR HEART YOU WON’T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS AND THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO RIGHT FOR YOU, BUT IT’S NOT LIKE THAT!

     YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ME TO TURN FROM BEING THE LEADER OF A GANG TO BEING A CHRISTIAN. I KNEW I NEEDED MORE OF CHRIST SO I COULD BECOME STRONGER IN HIM. I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY OF 2001 AFTER SERVING ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF MY LIFE IN PRISON, BUT I ASKED GOD NOT TO ALLOW ME TO GO BACK TO THE STREETS. I NEEDED MORE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT HIM SO THAT I COULD CONTINUE IN HIS WORD ONCE I WAS RELEASED.

     BELIEVE ME BROTHERS, GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS. I WAS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED FROM THE WALLS UNIT IN HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, WHEN I WAS CALLED TO SEE A U.S. MARSHALL WHO TOLD ME THAT I HAD A FEDERAL WARRANT FOR MY ARREST. I WAS GOING TO BE TRANSFERED TO A FEDERAL FACILITY. WHEN I SAW THE JUDGE THAT SAME DAY I WAS TOLD OF THE CHARGES I WAS FACING AND HOW MUCH TIME I WAS BEING SENTENCED TO SERVE. THE SENTENCING STARTED FROM 92-115 MONTHS. I WAS SCARED, BUT I KNEW THAT IF I WERE TO BE CHARGED FOR ALL THE CRIMES THAT I HAD COMITTED 10 YEARS WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. I DECIDED TO TRUST IN GOD AND WAIT PATIENTLY. FOUR MONTHS LATER I WAS SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN A FEDERAL PRISON.

     THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS THAT I WAITED FOR MY SENTENCE, I READ MY BIBLE, STAYED FOCUSED IN CHRIST, AND ATTENDED CHURCH. HOWEVER, THE ENEMY WAS SETTING A TRAP FOR ME ONCE AGAIN. I GOT DRAGGED INTO THE WORLD ANOTHER TIME. THINGS WERE WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, I ALMOST KILLED A MAN AND WAS PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. “SEGREGATION” WAS A LITTLE PRISON INSIDE THE PRISON. I WAS THERE BY MYSELF FOR SIX MONTHS. THE ENEMY HAD A PLAN, BUT GOD WOULD STILL FULFILL HIS PURPOSE IN MY LIFE. DURING MY SIX MONTHS IN THAT CELL I MADE A NEW PACT WITH GOD. HE RESTORED MY SPIRITUAL LIFE AND AFTER TWO YEARS OF RUNNING FROM GOD´S WILL AND SEEKING MY OWN WILL, GOD RESTORED MY LIFE. PRAISE GOD. I HAD PROMISED GOD THAT I WOULD SERVE HIM FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, IF ONLY HE WOULD GIVE ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK IN SOCIETY. I COULD BE RELEASED IN TWO MONTHS ONLY IF THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. I GOT ALOT OF THREATS ON MY LIFE DURING THE SIX MONTHS OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. THE OTHER PRISONERS WANTED ME BACK IN POPULATION ONLY TO KILL ME. THE ENEMY WAS STILL AFTER MY LIFE. THAT SAME WEEK I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE RELEASED BACK INTO REGULAR POPULATION ONLY IF I SIGNED SOME PAPERS SAYING I WOULD BE RELEASED UNDER MY OWN RISK. TRUSTING GOD, I CHOSE TO BE RELEASED. I HAD GOD ON MY SIDE. IF GOD IS FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? ROMANS 8:31. SO THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS RELEASED. I PRAYED TO GOD AND TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN´T WANT TO HURT ANYONE ANYMORE. I ASKED HIM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE MY LIFE. THE DAY I WAS RELEASED 18 INMATES WERE TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. GOD FULFILLED HIS PART OF THE BARGAIN AND IT WAS MY TURN TO DO MINE. TWO MONTHS LATER I WAS IN MEXICO. I HAD NO MONEY AND NO JOB, BUT I HAD GOD. I ASKED HIM TO LEAD ME INTO A CHURCH WERE I COULD SERVE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM. I FOUND THE CHURCH WERE I´M NOW SERVING, APOSENTO ALTO, WHICH IN ENGLISH IS THE UPPER ROOM. LIVING IN MEXICO WAS HARD. GETTING A JOB WAS HARDER. ONE DAY WE HAD SOME MISSIONARIES FROM THE UNITED STATES COME TO HELP US WITH CONSTRUCTION IN OUR CHURCH. THEY WERE WITH US FOR 5 DAYS. DURING THOSE DAYS I HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THEM. I REMEMBER ONE MORNING THEY ARRIVED AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK TO ME AND THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

     THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD AN “ATL” (ASK THE LORD)SESSION, WHERE THEY ASK GOD TO LEAD THEM ON WHAT TO DO NEXT. THEY SAID THEY SAW ME IN THE BIBLE INSTITUTE. THREE OF THEM SAW THE SAME VISION SO THEY ASKED ME TO COME AND CHECK THE PLACE OUT. THAT THURSDAY I WENT AND ON FRIDAY THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO STAY AND WORK AS A TRANSLATOR FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. THERE I MET ALOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT SERVE GOD. I MET COOKIE CLINTON, DANIELLE THOMPSON, DAVID SHIFF, STEVE DAVENPORT, DARREN CHIPP, BENNY SOTO, RICH TAYLOR, MY GOOD FRIEND ISRAEL CORDOVA, SAL CANO, AND MANY MORE LOVELY SERVANTS OF GOD. THERE I GREW STRONGER IN CHRIST. GOING OUT DOOR-TO-DOOR TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST WAS GREAT. SERVING GOD EVERY DAY AND DOING HIS WILL WAS AWESOME.

     EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK. IT WAS AUG. 13, 2003 AND I WAS INVITED TO GO TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. I ACCEPTED, KNOWING THAT I WASN´T SUPPOSED TO GO. THAT DAY I WAS ARRESTED. I BROKE THE LAW, THE LAW OF MAN AND THE LAW OF GOD SINCE ALL AUTHORITIES ARE APPOINTED BY GOD, ROMANS 13:1-2.

     FOR THE THIRD TIME I WAS ON MY WAY TO PRISON. I WAS MAD. I WAS MAD AT GOD. I COULDN´T BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD ALLOW ME TO BE ARRESTED. AS I WAS IN THAT OFFICE AT THE BORDER, I REMEMBERED A PRAYER THAT WAS SAID JUST BEFORE WE  CAME UP TO THE BORDER. BROTHER BENNY SOTO PRAYED THAT IF FOR ANY REASON WE WERE STOPPED, WE COULD HAVE A CHANCE TO WITNESS TO THE GUARDS. THE PRAYER JESUS PRAYED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE ALSO CAME TO MY MIND. I DIDN´T WANT TO BE IN PRISON ANYMORE, BUT I KNEW I HAD TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS.

    I KNOW GOD HAS POWER OVER ALL THINGS. I WAS ASKING GOD TO SPARE ME FROM PRISON IF POSSIBLE, BUT THAT HIS WILL WOULD BE DONE AND NOT MINE. AS I ARRIVED AT THE COUNTY JAIL IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, I MET 20 OTHER GUYS THAT HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR DIFFERENT CRIMES. THERE I FOUND OUT WHAT MY PURPOSE WAS IN LIFE. I SAW THE NEED OF THESE PEOPLE. THEY NEEDED WHAT I HAD. I SAW THAT THEY WERE IN DARKNESS, AND THAT THEY NEEDED THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. THEY NEEDED JESUS, MATTHEW 5:14-16. SEVEN PEOPLE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOUR THERE THAT DAY.

     HERE I WAS, A THREE-TIME LOSER WHO HAD BEEN A DRUG DEALER IN THE STREETS, WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN ORGANIZED CRIME, AND WHO HAD BROKEN EVERY LAW IN THE BOOKS, AND NOW I WAS SERVING GOD, WINNING SOULS FOR HIS HONOR AND GLORY. I COULDN´T BELIEVE IT, BUT THAT’S WHAT HE DOES. HE CHOOSES THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE AND THE WEAK TO PUT TO SHAME THE MIGHTY. AMEN, 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26-28. THROUGHOUT MY 21 MONTHS IN PRISON, I HELPED SAVE MORE THAN 35 INMATES FOR HIS HONOR AND GLORY. GOD GAVE ME THE WORDS AND THE GRACE TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE. I ALSO SERVED AS A TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER FOR CHAPLAIN DUANNE BEMIS. I READ THE BIBLE TWICE, IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH, LEARNED MORE THAN 70 VERSES, AND WAS A LEADER IN EVANGELISAM AT THE FLIGHT LINE UNIT IN BIG SPRING, TEXAS. BEFORE I WAS RELEASED, GOD GAVE ME A VISION TO HELP PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT. THIS YEAR I HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AS A TRANSLATOR FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. I AM CURRENTLY SERVING IN MY CHURCH WHERE I TEACH A GROUP OF KIDS CALLED LOS EXPLORADORES DEL REY, SIMILAR TO THE ROYAL RANGERS IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE ALSO VISITING THE YOUTH DETENTION CENTER AND ARE PLANING TO START A BUSINESS TO HELP OUT THE KIDS WITH A JOB AS THEY ARE RELEASED. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND PRAYING, KNOWING THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE TO EXPAND HIS KINGDOM, NOT ONLY IN MEXICO, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

     IN ONE OF MY DREAMS I SAW WATER FLOWING OUT OF MY HOUSE IN MATAMOROS—THE SAME HOUSE THAT WAS USED FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. NOW IT WILL BE USED FOR THE HONOR AND GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WATER SIGNIFIED FREE, GRACIOUS, AND BOUNTIFUL SALVATION. A LOT OF WATER, WHICH WAS WHAT I SAW, MEANS A NEW ERA OF SALVATION, AND RUNNING WATER WAS EMPLOYED FIGURATIVELY AS A REFERENCE TO DIVINE ACTIVITY. WHEN I ASKED WHERE THE WATER WAS COMING FROM, I HEARD A LADY´S VOICE SAYING THAT IT WAS RAIN WATER, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

     I KNOW I NEED MORE OF GOD. I ALSO KNOW I NEED TO DO MORE FOR GOD. SITTING ON A BENCH IS NOT MY THING. I DON´T WANT TO BE THAT TYPE OF CHRISTIAN. I WANT TO PLEASE GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDS. I WANT TO GO INTO THE WORLD AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS AND TEACH THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT HE HAS COMMANDED, MATTHEW 28:19-20. WHEN I WAS IN THE WORLD I TRIED TO BE THE BEST. NOW THAT I´M IN CHRIST I WANT TO BE THE BEST FOR GOD, WHO HAS SAVED MY LIFE MANY TIMES AND DIED FOR MY SINS. I WILL DIE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY OF IT.

     BEFORE I CLOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THREE MONTHS AGO I SAW MY FATHER’S KILLER. HE DOESN´T KNOW ME, BUT I KNOW HIM. NOW I CAN SAY GOD IS PERFECTING MY LIFE THROUGH HIS LOVE. BEFORE I WANTED TO KILL HIM, BUT NOW I CAN TELL HIM GOD BLESS YOU. WE ARE TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES, AND BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE US, MATTHEW 5:44-48. THIS IS THE TESTIMONY OF A DEAD MAN THAT GOD RAISED FROM THE DEAD, SO THAT HE CAN GIVE LIFE TO OTHERS. THIS IS THE TESTIMONY OF A MAN THAT WAS ONCE IN THE DARKNESS, AND GOD GAVE HIM HIS LIGHT SO THAT HE CAN BE LIGHT TO OTHERS. THIS TESTIMONY IS REAL. IT IS MY TESTIMONY. GOD BLESS YOU.

                        SINCERELY IN CHRIST,

                                      ELEAZAR GARZA.

                                    November 13, 2006 YEAR OF THE LORD.