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About 1 year ago, when I was driving a bus and dropping students at a Elementary School I was approached by a Coach at that school and he asked me 1 simple question... "Are you a believer?" Being the person i WAS I asked him "A believer in what?" to which he replied "That Jesus is your only LORD and SAVIOR." and I answered YES. He then began to tell me about a group he was involved with called Tres Dias and how it is a complete emersion in the LORD for 3 days. He also told me that he wanted me to Pray on it and if GOD spoke to me and guided me to go on a "3 day Walk" to let him know and he would sponcer me to go. This was VERY ironis because just 2 weeks before that I had told my Wife I needed to figure out how to become closer to GOD but I didnt know how to do that because I had been mad at GOD for such a long time. (Thats a whole other story.) Kim (my wife simply had told me to Pray for it and God would show me the way. As I pulled out of the loading zone of the school I was in TEARS, I pulled over and called her with the GREAT news. All she said was Great, and those old familiar words, I told you so. The next Day I told my friend Tracy, yes Id LOVE to go!!! So it was set, I would go in October, I wasnt feeling the time was right to go right away, MAN Im glad I waited.
About a month went past and I heard that Brian "Head" Welch was coming to toen, he was and still is one of my idols, for those of you who dont know who he is, he used to be the lead Guitarist for a band called KoRn, a very dark metal band. He had just 2 years prior gave his life to the LORD so I thaught "Heck I'll go see what he has to say, after all he and I have the same views on ALOT of things", so I went.He gave his testimony at Salem Lutheran Church and I fely he was talking directly to me even though there were about 1000 people there. He said something that to this day I quote and that is, "GOD basically comes down and PUNCHES you in the throat and says Ok what are you going to do now?", Well thats what he did to me TEICE, this to me was a sign that although I had been SO MAD for SO LONG GOD was still there waiting for me. He knew I would come back and he knew when and where, he also knew how to get to me in a way that only I would understand!!
The 3rd "Punch in the throat", was when Head came back to town with his new Metal Band, still very hard and crunchy but now singing about his JOURNEY with the LORD and how GOD has changed his life and his young Daughter now has a Father, what a GREAT GIFT, just like when my Father allowed me to come back to him even though I was so angry. GOD had shown me 3 times before my Tres Dias experiance that HE LOVED ME, and I was ready for the journey.
In October of that year, 2009 I went on my walk and I have changed my and actually felt the presence of the LORD in my heart, Since then I have served on the Kitchen crew and brought at least 4 people that would otherwise NEVER went to Church to the LORD. One of them I sponcered myself and he has brought his partnts back to the LORD and is sponcering 2 to go to Tres Dias just like I did. I would LOVE to talk more in person with you guys about this in person, Ive had MANY other "Events" happen to me prior to last year and after the walk I'll share GLADLY!!! De Colores my Brothers!!