crime,violence, abuse and Jesus
by Avaristo Garcia
My name is Avaristo Garcia from Waco tx.
The purpose of this testimony it to share how great and what God has
done in my life. First and foremost I give Jesus all the honor and
glory. Revelation 12: 11...
I grew up in a life of crime,violence and abuse. For me it was not a
sad life or poor me situation. It was everyday life. All my family
where involved in drugs and in and out of prison so I begun
following the exact same footsteps. Some may call it a learned
behavior, however for me I wanted to be the biggest and baddest
person around. So set my self out on a great mission to hurt anybody
and everybody around me. Can remember the first time I got sent to
juvenile, it was at the age of 4 years old in Dallas tx. My family was
living in the project slums of North Dallas and my brother went of
the a nearby grocery store to steal something to eat,however it
failed and off to juvenile we went. Shortly after that my family
moved back to Waco and my father and mother divorced when I was 8
years old. I stayed with my mother and she couldn’t control me so off
to the streets I went living a life of crime. I remember now moments
of my life when I was teenager and nowhere to go so at times I would
break into a store and call the cops on myself just so they could take
me to juvenile so I could have a warm bed to sleep. It was all fun
and games to me. For a short time my aunt and uncle which are
christains took me in for a period of time and I got saved and ask
Jesus in my heart. It felt good but the streets where calling my name.
So back to the streets I went. Over the next several years I would
spend madurity of my life incarcerated in boys homes and youth
prisons. When I was 15 years old I meet my wife of today Anjelica
Garcia, we begun a family and now have two wonderful sons Daniel and
Justin. But I wasn’t always there for them. I was sent off to TDCJ
Texas prison. I would go to prison 3 times in a row back to back,the
longest I stayed out of prison was only 10 days. During my stay in
prison I joined a organized crime family. With my hard heart and quick
acts of violence , I became a
high profile member of the The Texas Chicano Brotherhood. Had the
the second highest rank a member can have. I had 2,000 foot soldiers
at my given command. There in prison Texas Chicano Brotherhood
became my god. I vowed to never pray to God and to hurt any christain
who came my way. I went as far as tattooing devils and demons on my
body and a pentagram with a upside down cross on my arm. I was let
out of prison in 1999 and returned home to find out my had given her
life to Jesus.This really angered me and tried getting my wife to
believe that there was no God . However I know if she was happy and
always gone to do church activities then I could continue to rum my
oraginze crime family un noticed by her. From 1999 to 2007 I was
heavily involved in crimes across Texas into the northern states of
America. One day I got a phone call to murder two people. As I gladly
excepted the offer and went off in the night to accomplish my goal of
doing such, my wife was.home praying for me to be safe and her not
knowing what I was out to do.God heard her prayers. I was unableto
find these men and returned home to my wife who invited me to church
that very day night. With lots of histitation on my part and
persistent asking on my wife’s part I gave in went with her. That
night at church I felt a peace I have never felt before. When Chuck
was over I went home and went to my back yard and begin to get high
off drugs. When I finished my drugs I look up to Heaven and said, God
I don’t want to do drugs anymore. The next was Sunday I returned to
church with my wife and children and gave my wife to Jesus. My life
has forever been changed. I
was radically saved by the power of God. My wife and I know have a
prison ministry called Darkness 2 light Ministries. We travel across
Texas visiting churches, streets and prisons sharing the gospel of
Jesus Christ. Called me thus year to go full time ministry and focus
on the mission he called me into.We are able to support our ministry
by selling our darkness2light shirts and carwashes. Called has been
there all the way. To this day the Texas Chicano Brotherhood moto is
blood in blood out , however no weapon formed aginst me shall prosper.
Feel free to contact me for in depth information on this great
transformation.
Avaristo Garcia
254-548-4783
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