Paul Nzau
“…with time we got into drugs and theft. At nine years old I was taking drugs and smoking. We started stealing from our neighbours and motor vehicle parts of vehicles impounded by police or those involved in accidents. At 12 years old I was drinking heavily and breaking into houses… At this time we were always in police cells and the neighbourhood couldn’t understand why we stole yet we were by their own eyes rich.”
Dusty Donnay
“I had an armed robbery in Duluth, MN… finally ended up in prison in Minnesota for armed robbery… Fifteen counts of burglary, theft, guns, I was in big trouble. And got big time for it. This time I was off to the joint, not some minimum custody work camp.”
Jeff Miller
“I had a scam going with a buddy. We went into stores and changed price tags on items to real cheap prices, purchased them and sold them as at a profit. I thought it was just getting a bargain, not stealing; the store could afford it. One day my buddy said it was wrong, it was stealing. He said since he is a Christian, it must stop. I was livid. He was messing up my money making scheme.”
John Clayton
“Six months later, I was stealing almost anything I could get my hands on, not because I needed it, but because it was fun--it was a challenge. I even went so far as to be caught stealing money from my parents… You can try sex, drugs, alcohol, stealing, and all kinds of things in a desperate attempt to find happiness. I can testify from experience that you may find pleasure, but you will not find happiness.”
Stan Borley
“I was stealing and lying by the time I was twelve and was drinking on a regular basis before I was in high school. I battled with my parents and the establishment throughout my youth and discovered what jail was about by the time I was seventeen. If others wouldn’t give me what I needed to feel happy I would find out on my own what I needed and get it for myself.”
Ricardo Santana
“At times I would renounce Jesus and verbally agree to serve satan. As a result of agreeing to this, yea I felt like I could take on the world, I would fight more, steal, drink beer, and even gang members were scare of me, but I felt empty, sick, suicidal, and I did not feel that love from Jesus Christ. I felt hatred from satan instead.”
Matthew Needham
“…he had been a thief and had stolen many things. He had with him a stolen radio… The devil came to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus came to set us free and give us the fullness of life (John 10:10)”
Jody Hall
“Jody quickly slid into a world of darkness; including theft, drugs, homelessness, and doing anything necessary to support his drug habit.”
Richard Goodwin
“I did not care much either way about spiritual things. I thought that it was probably good for kids and old people; but, not for me… I had taken things that did not belong to me. I had "stolen" small items from friends and neighbors.”
Heath Pithouse
“I examined myself and realised that because I had lied I was a liar, because I had stolen I was a thief…”