Wayne good morning an god bless you,yes it was a very good kairos weekend. I never experienced that type of love before. it was beyond amazing and I'm so thankful and blessed to have been able to be at the family of st.mark with you. god placed us together because he doesn't make mistakes and he knew what he was doing.its a blessing to have you baptizing me,everything happens on gods timing and I've learned that through faith and patience he never misses a beat.here is my testimony that I wrote at our table that morning when I thought I couldn't find the words and courage to speak them.god gave me the strength and took away all my fears worry and anxiety through prayer and the love I fealt from god and the kairos family.
Testimony
My name is Michael I'm from Waco tx 36 years old,this is my second time in prison, my first time down I seeked love and acceptance from others. I put my homeboys before god and my family for 10 years in T.d.c.j., constantly getting in trouble which led me to doing 5 years in Seg until I was released form T.d.c.j in 2016 discharging a non agg 10.my whole life I rebelled against god and even turned my back against him.I had so much hate and anger in my heart towards god when I lost my mom to a overdose in 2005 then a year later I lost my cousin in a deadly high speed chase I was in.I'm now back in prison with a 20 year sentence and 3 more years stacked because I chose not to obey the rules coming back into the system. I reached out to god to save me but I fealt a lot of distance between me and god.i didn't truly know god and didn't have a personal relationship with god.it took me 27 months on g5 to surrender my life to him but I didn't fully surrender, I was in a dark place of isolation back there around alot of broken people including myself,struggling with my addictions.being back there caused me to build a huge wall around my heart.I didn't even cry when my sons mother died of an overdose, my wife sent me my bible 12/25/20 its amazing how god placed her in my life and allowed the mailroom to deliver it to me when they weren't even supposed to be at work.I was at another breaking point when they showed up at my door.god was not done working in my life,being in kairos for 4 days I have learned through all the love and compassion I have been shown by god and my kairos family I was able to break down the the walls of isolation, fear,anxiety and worry.when I was picked for kairos I knew it was god working in my life.yesterday I received conformation from god that I was not created to remain in isolation. I no longer have one foot in for christ, I'm all the way in for him,DEC.13th 2023 I will be getting baptized for the first time by my brother in Christ Mr Wayne edson and will be a new creation in Christ. The peace,love and freedom I have experienced in kairos has changed my life forever thank you Jesus!
your brother in Christ
Michael