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Total Transormation in Christ: From Drug Dealer to Drug Counselor

This is a story published by Marlo Wallace Boux on her blog...The Joyful Christian Wife .She is the host of The God Talk Radio show that is based in Winnipeg,Canada.I just want to thank her for given me the opportunity to share my story with everyone out there.May God bless her and all the wonderful work that she is doing.Here is the story that was published

Note to JCW readers: Originally, I wanted to bring this story to you in audio podcast format, however, a difficult phone connection made this very challenging. Instead, I present Brent William's story in a written interview.

Brent Williams hales from Cape Town, South Africa. He is a former methamphetamine addict and an ex gang member. He is, however, so much more that those things. He is the son of a loving mother who risked her own life to see him through those days and journey with him to where he is today. He is also first and foremost a devout Christian. Now a drug counselor, himself, Brent works to help others get off the destructive path that he, himself once walked.

JCW: Brent, describe your life with gang and meth before you handed it over to the Lord.

BW: My life was totally out of control. I was one of the first meth dealers in the area where I live. I got involved in various horrible gang activities and was harming everyone around me. And being on meth and other hard drugs for eight years did not help one bit. I became so dependent on drugs that nothing else mattered to me.

I had been trying for numerous of years to come off from drugs and was struggling all the time. There were times that I would stop for a month, or two months at a time, but then would find myself doing drugs again. After this happened I would go into a pitiful state where I would go on a binge and would wonder how this could happen again. I would condemn myself and would say things like: "Will I DIE doing drugs?"

I became withdrawn from the family and my gang became my life and family. I respected the gang members more than I did my own mother and father. Because I was using so long, I also became psychologically unstable. I would go on all sorts of 'trips'. I always thought that people were out to kill me. I even started to think that the people closest to me wanted to kill me.

JCW: Talk about the day you decided to follow Jesus.

BW: That morning I had broke up with my girlfriend. At this point I had already lost everything that was dear to me; my relationship with my parents, my job that I had, and most of my belongings. Losing my girlfriend - for me - was just the last straw.

So I did what most (if not all) drug addicts do when they are faced with issues and problems in their lives; I ran to drugs. I went on a drug binge and this particular day I was feeling at my lowest. The more drugs I did the more depressed I became.

The drugs were not making the pain go away. It was only making it worse. When evening came and I had had enough of the drugs, I went home and told my mom I was going to commit suicide.

She told me not to talk like that as it was foolish. She told me:"Why don't you give Jesus a chance and He will take away all your problems. I asked "what can Jesus do for me" as I have done so many harmful things to others including my mom.

Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)

I had nothing to lose and called out on the name of Jesus to help me with my drug addiction. I felt a warmth and love in me that no human could possibly give you and I felt the tangible presence of God. I burst out in tears and commited my life to Christ that evening. The urge and desire to want to do drugs was taken away by the power of Jesus.

JCW: Brent, talk about the transformation – your triumphs and struggles over the past 2 years.

BW: I know that God allowed me to be tested so that I would have a testimony to share with many out there that are still trapped on drugs. I found that everytime I shared my story, healing was taking place within myself. I knew that going back to drugs was not an option for me any longer.

I am presenting hope to a person that is finding himself in a hopeless sitaution. So as long as I am on the face of this earth I will serve Jesus and won't stop spreading the gospel and what Jesus has done in my life.

In terms of the struggles - I have been faced with many tests over the last two years. I realised that I need Jesus Christ every single day of my life. Early this year something happened to me and I thought that it was the end of my walk with Christ. I wondered how God could allow something like this to happpen.

I was thinking I was going to go back to using drugs. But God is faithful. He will allow us to be tested but will always provide a way out. So through all of that I had to trust God with my emotions and had to ask The Holy Spirit to help me.

The word of God also says that what we go through is to shape and mould us and prepare us for the purpose and plans God has for our lives. So I am back on track and can already see how God is working in my life. So, yes, this is a narrow road that I am walking on and it can be difficult at times but i just have put my trust in God.

JCW: Would you talk about your work at the Impact Center?

BW: I am currently a drug counsellor at The Impact Centre. Myself and friend Bradley Niadoo are also running the Daily Drug Programme. This is where recovering addicts come in on a daily basis to break being caught up in the vicious cycle of drugs.

We start our day off with a daily devotion and commit the day to God. We then take a break and they come back for life skills training and then we have reflections of the day and what they have learned.

I am also working in schools where we do in-house counselling with problematic youth who gets sent to us. We also do online counselling and am one of the counsellors on that particular project. I am also very involved in the ministry side of the Centre. I consider everything I do at the Centre ministry.

**You can hear Brent give his testimony courtesy of Impact Direct Ministries Podcast.

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I want to thank Brent for sharing his personal story. If you would like to learn more about him you can find him online at his blog. If you are on twitter you can follow Brent and read what he is doing with Impact Center.

THE FIRST POST BY LANCE

hi my name is lance i am 15 years old i attend at batavia high and i do not have alot of friends at that school because most of that children are on drugs and i want to avoid being friends with them and i try to get them away from that sort of groups so i just want to be a pure boy and not on drugs because i no how it will affect my parents

i have learn,t in the past how the drugs has affected my parent because my eldest sister Monique was on drugs and we never new at the time but she confessed to my parents that she was on drugs and she told my parents the only way out is with God thats what she said and my parents gave her another chance and now i look at Monique as a great sister even then best sister that i could ever have and thats why i am at the impact centre

My crazy dream of the 1st of May

I was faster sleep and had a cool and funny dream now the world will know it!!!!!!!!!!!!

It all started like this i went 2 a public toilet somewhere in the getto ;when i was done i had a problem with pulling up my pants;than i saw gangsters waiting for my to come out;I started to panic knowing my pants could not be pulled up and they are going to get me.The next minute one of them broke the door and pulled me out.Little to know one of the fifteen gangsters outside was on my side.I dint know that he was a snitch and so when they wanted to kill me he told them (HOSH NET MINETE!!!!!!!!) I dint know he was a general of the 26 gang and he had a affro ;.he tosted me a uzzi and we started running he was shooting and I was pulling up my pants ;we than broke in a black volvo and on the back seet was a big black box full of gold and somthing that looked like a giant lock or somthing the next thing I knew was 2 guys were at the back of the car;started hitting me ;so i got hold of that lock thing and started to fight ;but they took the gold and jumped out of the speeding car .the 26 driver than wanted to kill me because i let them take the gold;at the back they were shouting on us and we were also fighting some how i killed him and I made it away from them and road home.When I got home I was surrering of PARANIA ;When I got to the door I saw blood on the groung but I didnt know that I was shot;I than walked in and saw nothing was the same in the house ;I than found out that I was 10 years older I had the gun in my hand and knew that I dont live here any more ;I started going crazy and ran to a black american lady in the house and she knew my name ;she sed hi my son!!!!!!!!You full of blood and I was like HA how can this lady be my mom im not a black american so i herd a gun shot go off and under the table was Lil Wayne ;he shot me in the leg i than fell on the floor and shot him in the face.

This dream was not the matrix !!!!!!!!!!It was the FLIPTRIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My encouragement to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Jesus Loves you enjoy your day and go for your dreams!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Your dreams can come true through JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flippys out now God bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Night at the movies

The fact that JESUS CHRIST inspires the way we as thereconstructed team conducts our lives now is what makes the diference.

We were at KC last night to go and watch wolverine, we ended up watching the fast and the furious after waiting for two hours, so you can imagine we had lots of time to just sit and chat which we don’t normally have because we always busy with counselling or I’m most of the time on the road.
When evening comes we tired or still attend some activities.

Sitting and Just listening to some of the testimonies, we came to one conclusion!

Thank you, JESUS, for dying for the world so that we can be free today.

The evidence is clear that not just did JESUS save us from eternal condemnation, but HE is the reason why today many of us is still here.

The movie was good, even our visitor from the UK, Mike enjoyed it, the popcorn too. Brent just through to much salt on it, felt like I was going to get high blood, lol, I thank GOD for the humour HE gives.
For once I was blind but now I see, the freedom to live which I received through JC(JESUS CHRIST)

Life is good, but through disobedience to GOD, we complicate things ourselves.