Here´s the testimony of one of the Vida Joven leaders. Please consider supporting Vida Joven by sponsoring a runner in the 5K race we are hosting April 10th to raise funds to open a new club across town.
Before I found myself at Jesus’ feet, my
life was chaos. The economic situation was really bad for my parents
so they were always frustrated and angry and hit me with anything they
could get their hands on. So at 10 I ran away to the streets where I
got to know a new world full of HATE, DRUGS and brokenness. I joined a
gang and lived in crime, which got me 2 years in prison when I was
14. 15 days after my release I got caught again but this time the
sentence was longer because my crimes were bigger. When I turned 21 I
started to get really desperate and one day when I was in JAIL CELL #6
I woke up and felt very anxious and depressed. I felt my heart
screaming for liberty. The Enemy put in my mind that the only way out
of this was by me taking my life. When I was about to do it, I felt a
strange feeling in my heart, but this time it brought me to my knees
and I said this prayer ” God if you really exist, take me out of
here” I only promised that I would visit one of his churches if he
did. He got me out of that jail 6 months later. No one could believe
it. Not the guards and not the inmates since they knew that judge had
sentenced me to serve the entire sentence for my past behavior. Five
months later a person by the name of Daniel reminded me of my promise
and invited me to the Young Life Club at El Puente. I didn’t want to
go, but I went just to keep my end of the bargain. The Good Lord used
that ministry to transform my life. I met Yener who is the leader of
Young Life in Granada, who eventually invited me to a 4 day YL Camp in
Jinotega. And those 4 days were the best days of the start of my new
life in CHRIST. This was a new challenge, leaving the worldly pleasures
of the flesh and giving all my life, my heart and my disposition to our
creator. I am grateful to our Lord and Saviour that he put one of his
ministries in my way, and especially my new brother in Christ, Yener,
who was one of the tools that God used to get me out of the darkness I
was in. I ‘ve just finished an electrician’s course and started High
School again, and have some side jobs. I am also a leader in Young Life
and with the testimony and what Jesus did in my life, I’m helping out
kids, showing them the power of our God.
life was chaos. The economic situation was really bad for my parents
so they were always frustrated and angry and hit me with anything they
could get their hands on. So at 10 I ran away to the streets where I
got to know a new world full of HATE, DRUGS and brokenness. I joined a
gang and lived in crime, which got me 2 years in prison when I was
14. 15 days after my release I got caught again but this time the
sentence was longer because my crimes were bigger. When I turned 21 I
started to get really desperate and one day when I was in JAIL CELL #6
I woke up and felt very anxious and depressed. I felt my heart
screaming for liberty. The Enemy put in my mind that the only way out
of this was by me taking my life. When I was about to do it, I felt a
strange feeling in my heart, but this time it brought me to my knees
and I said this prayer ” God if you really exist, take me out of
here” I only promised that I would visit one of his churches if he
did. He got me out of that jail 6 months later. No one could believe
it. Not the guards and not the inmates since they knew that judge had
sentenced me to serve the entire sentence for my past behavior. Five
months later a person by the name of Daniel reminded me of my promise
and invited me to the Young Life Club at El Puente. I didn’t want to
go, but I went just to keep my end of the bargain. The Good Lord used
that ministry to transform my life. I met Yener who is the leader of
Young Life in Granada, who eventually invited me to a 4 day YL Camp in
Jinotega. And those 4 days were the best days of the start of my new
life in CHRIST. This was a new challenge, leaving the worldly pleasures
of the flesh and giving all my life, my heart and my disposition to our
creator. I am grateful to our Lord and Saviour that he put one of his
ministries in my way, and especially my new brother in Christ, Yener,
who was one of the tools that God used to get me out of the darkness I
was in. I ‘ve just finished an electrician’s course and started High
School again, and have some side jobs. I am also a leader in Young Life
and with the testimony and what Jesus did in my life, I’m helping out
kids, showing them the power of our God.
