Hi, My name is Kenny Mahurin, I'm from Bakersfield , California; I'm 49 years old, married and live in Rancho Cuacamonga, California. I used heroin for 20 years of my life, and went to prison three times, and there in prison at a church service is where I met my pastor; Frank Castrejon. After my release in July, 1988, I went into,"Soldiers for Christ" Men's Training Ctr. in the city of Ontario, CA. I graduated in 1989, and there is where God healed my back- sliding; gave me a fresh start, a wonderful wife, and a brand new life. Today, 11 years later, I'm the assistant pastor, music director, and I'm employed as a spanish/english interpreter for AT&T for the past two years. I'm in the process of soon taking a,"State Certification test to become a court interpreter, and with God's help I am looking ahead to obtain a Governor's Pardon,"Praise the Lord! I thank Jesus Christ for HIS infinite love and mercy, that today I stand as a living testimony that I thought would never be possible. God bless you.

Hello, My name is David Hernandez. I was born and raised in the city of Pomona, California. I am 51 years old, and because of my heroin addiction at a very young age, I spend most of my life in Juvenile Halls, Youth Authority Camps, and finally in many of the state prisons in California. I have four daughters and two sons, and I have been blessed with eight grandchildren. When my children were young, I could never be the father I wanted to be, and because of my drug habit, I fell all the way to the bottom, and found myself looking up. For 25 years I was a slave to heroin; he was my boss. He told me what to do, when to go, and where to go. He was my master and had control over my whole life. One day I asked this question, I need help; what do I do? or where can I go? Then I heard about this place in Ontario, California- Soldiers for Christ Men's Training Ctr., so in the year 1987, I walked into this program. Then the first thing I saw was a man everyone called Pastor Frank Castrejon. He had some tattoos on his arms, and he even had a question mark tattooed on his right ear. I said to myself, "How is this guy (Vato) going to help me?" But little did I know that the Almighty God was going to use this man to completely turn my life around. Pastor Frank saw something in me that no one ever did. Pastor Frank calls it "potential." I want to thank God for my salvation. The Lord has helped me through many times of trouble in my life. I graduated from the ReHab Center in 1988. I have been serving God now for 11 years. Many things have happened, but I refuse to run from my problems. You see, I have a friend. His name is Jesus. He will never leave me, never forsake me. He never gives up on me. I am a member of Soldiers for Christ Family Christian Ctr., in the city of Ontario, California, and Pastor Frank K. Castrejon is my pastor. At this present time, I am the leader of the prison team, and my heart is to go into the prisons to bring hope to the captives. May the Lord keep you in all His ways.

 
My name is Ruth Robles, I'm 60 years of age, born in Santa Ana, California I never thought that my life would turn out to be the life style of an alcoholic, and heroin addiction. I found myself very disappointed I felt that I had failed to live up to my expectations. So at the age of 28 I became a heroin addict, and on top of that habit I had a big drinking problem. I spend the rest of my years in and out of jails, searching for an answer in several programs, but I still could not get a handle on my life. In 1991 I came into a Christian program, Soldiers for Christ Women's Training Ctr. in Ontario, CA, and there I met a man name Jesus that had died on a cross for me so that all my sins could be forgiven. Later, I became Home Director, and learn discipline, how to pray, walk in the love of God, and today I have a peace in my heart that no one else can give, but God himself. My Lord Jesus has restored my relationship with my family, my sons, my daughters, I am a member of Soldiers for Christ Family Christian Ctr. in the city of Ontario, CA, I am a leader in the greeters department, I have something to live for. If God did it for me; HE can do it for you. God Bless You!

Hello, my name is, Rosemary Ramirez, I'm 41 years old; I was born in Orange, California. I came to,"Soldiers for Christ" Women's Home in, 1995, straight out of prison. While behind those dark prison walls I knew I had to do something; I had heard that Jesus Christ could change a person's life. So one day I ask Jesus to come into my heart, and into my life, and that day something happen deep inside of me; a change took place in my heart. At the age of 27 I began to deal drugs, then as time went by, I became a user of cocaine, a drug that deadens the nerves, and then to heroin addiction, a drug like morphine that is habit-forming. I began to see a change in my life; from worst to worst, stealing to support my habit, neglecting my children and family. At this point it was jail, prison, everything went down the drain, I hit bottom. That's when I said to myself; I need help. Today, the Lord Jesus Christ has done, and is still doing a great work in my heart and in my life, because of Jesus I walk in peace, I've quit running from my problems, and I'm standing in the word of God, and I confess every day, and say,"Greater is He that is in me; than he that is in the world, Be blessed!

My name is Maria Elena Leos, I'm 52 years of of age. I was born in Upland, California, San Bernardino County. Until the age of 28 I never knew anything about the life of a heroin addict, I never though that one day I would end up in and out of prison, homeless, and down all the way to a life of prostitution. I started using at the age of 28 with my first husband who had just been released from San Quentin, a California State Prison. We both started doing arm robberies, and I was picked up in 1980, and I became a criminal. While incarcerated I received news that my husband had been killed while being involved in a robbery. I felt that my life was over; I had nothing to live for. While all this was going on, I left the responsibility of my three children to my parents, I was in no condition to be a mother. In 1988, I met another man, just another drug addict; we were later married. IN 1991 I was lost again to the world of drugs; my husband and I were homeless, sleeping under trees, searching every day for nothing. Than for some reason or another we felt tired, and I knew that way down deep in my heart I was crying out to the Almighty God, Lord Jesus help us. God sent a man to us, a correctional officer, and he took us in, and said," you are going to change. We went to a place in, Ontario, CA, Soldiers for Christ, a men and Women's Rehabilitation center. My husband Pete and I went into their programs, and we both graduated, but first we gave our lives to our Lord, Jesus Christ, and today my husband and I have been serving God for seven years. I also serve in our church Soldiers for Christ Family Christian Ctr. Ontario, CA, I am a member of the prison team, and I sing in the choir, my husband Pete works as a mechanic, I am employed at, Sports Chalet as a security guard, I love my children, and I thank God for my parents, my church, and my pastors, Frank & Angie Castrejon. If God did it for me; He can do it for you. Love Always. Maria Elena Leos