 Gospel Outreach Association- Testimonies- Froylan Perez Blessing to All of You, My background is with the Assembly of God church. For many years my father was a Pastor on the coast in Guatemala for the Assembly of God. I was brought up with strong Bible beliefs but I turned when my father left the church and at that time I was not sure why he left. My family left the coast and moved into Panajchel. This is where I learned to follow the wrong path in life. I followed a very bad group and soon I not only robbed many places but I became the largest drug dealer in the area. My own family turned me out and would have nothing to do with me. Then I was down and felt alone I started using drugs to the point, drugs and being on them was a night and day thing. I was so bad that I lived in the street and I would do anything for a fix. One night I was so out of it laying in the gutters at night on the street thinking about ending my life. I called out to God for help and at that moment I heard Christian singing and I looked and I was outside of a Christian church. I entered the church and prayed for courage to turn my life around. Every time the church was open I would spend all of my time there. I was searching for what God wanted me to do for Him. Within a few months one day at church I met Wendy who loved Jesus with all of her heart. A few months later we where married. I knew this was an answer to prayer. We put our whole life around the church and helped out wherever there was a need. I was a new Christian only about one year. There was a special night that a missionary was coming to our church to show a Christian film. After the showing I helped pack up the film projector and introduced myself to Kevin Stoltenburg who was showing the film. He implanted a vision to reach others for Christ and I told Kevin I wanted to be a part of this. The next year I worked with Kevin setting up groups in the area. When Kevin started the groups he would move on to another area and I would keep working with the new group until they could work on their own. God blessed this ministry greatly and in a year I was set up with my own group. This was a struggle for me, for in this area every one knew who I was and did not believe I had changed. Then God set me a miracle of a son one year after we where married. My family started to see me change and came to our side. Just as I was seeing the hand of God working knowing I had a long way to go, Panajchel was almost destroyed by a hurricane. My work which I sold juice on the street stopped for there was no one to buy it. The home I was renting was flooded, I felt God was telling me to leave for the coastal area to share the Salvation Message using films. I moved this ministry to the coast, which is where I am still working and sharing the Salvation message. It is very hard work in this area and I can’t report like I would like. The phone system does not work well in this area and it is a very poor area and very hard to live. Please keep us in your prayers every day |
