Yes, I am familiar with Nicky Cruz. I was at the Teen Challenge program for over a year and I saw lives change that might otherwise have ended in death or the death of others. David was the pioneer, Nicky was one of his first converts.

The book "The Cross and the Switchblade" tells the story of the start of this ministry.

I have a stoiryu about the movie "The Cross and the Switchblade". In our comparitivew religion class in high school (before I new Christ) we went to view the film at a local movie therter. We were also exposed to the minister (from a pioneered Assemblyof God church in our town) and a few minutes of what he believed. This was all part of the class. Then the minister prayed for us, and left the stage and walked out through the theater to exit.

When he walked passed me, he smiled at me a dig a play-gun motion with his right hand as a friendly gesture as he passed by.

About a year later, I made an appointment with that same minister, and it was there that I gave my heart to Jesus Christ. I was a severely messed up teenager. Had experienced much abuse from my father, started acting out with drugs, alcohol and alltypes of craziness at age 14. All that happened in 1979, and God grows closer to me everyday. I am one of those, like Davey Greathouse, that was forgiven much, and I love Him very much. I was never into heroin, but there were very few drugs I didn't do before I was a Sophmore or Junior in high school.

But God, in his mercy, reached through the cloud of smoke and sin, and pulled me right out. Othersie I would be dead today. Funny how my school yearbooks reflected how my friends thoght of me. Some kind of party moster. I got saved in August before my senior year. I was just looking at my yearbooks a month or two ago. Realized there was a discprepency. Lo'ts ofpopular weird comments about partying in the freshman, sophmore and junior yearbooks.

Not even one signature in my senior yearbook.

I a round about way, David Wilkersons' ministry helped me to become the Christian man I am today. After spending a year of my life in the Teen Challenge (TC) program, I have forever hidden God's word in my heart. They say those of us that went through the one-year program learned an equivalent of Bible knowledge to a 4-year degree in theology, and went through a tougher regiment than the U.S. Marine CORPS. In the Marines, you can cuss and swear, there were rules against that at TC. In the Marines you could go drink, get drunk off your tale, and report to duty the next morning. None of that at TC. In the Marines you could fornicate with women... none of that allowed, either. Plus, no newspapers, no TV,no radio... for an entire year. Up at 6.00am every day. Calistectics at 6:15, breakfast at 7, Bible classes from 8-11am everyday. Morning chapel service in the main sanctuary at 11:15. Lunch at 12.30. Work duties outside or something to help out with the property for 3 hours everyday 1.30-4.30 (except Sunday), then 1 hr. rec time 5.30-6.30 playing some kind of sport. If you were swearing or breaking rules, you worked while the other guys played sports. Often times within view of the sports. Supper at 6:45, evening chapel at 7.30-8pm. QUIET study hall working on your class lessons 8-9pm, showers at 9pm. Lights out at 10pm every night.

Somewhere, the Marines get to go screw off... but Christian Soldiers taken from the streets don't get it that good... hahaha...

Now I'm in the Jesus Marine Corps... hahaha

No lie, my s/n on this one chat was Edgy. just an FYI. so yeah edgy guys are hot.

why wouldn't we believe you?

Sorry....didn't mean to make you spit your coffee out.....I was hoping it would shoot out of your nose.....lol...

Yeah...some say I am goofy....but that is not my name...it is a case of mistaken idenity....

Edgy guys.

Geeky Guy....reporting for Edgy guy duty.

Hey that guy has smoke coming from his face...HES ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So . . . how do you judge that?

How do you know you've met a Rob Roy kinda guy?

Other than soldiers and convicts, who gets tested in everyday life that you can witness?

Sometimes, it's the ordinary guys who come through in the extraordinary ways.

That's the nicest thing I've read in a while...

Somtimes....sometimes not....most everyone who meets me, says I am a very nice and polite person....most have no clue that I am a rebel.....nor do they know anything but what I let them know.....unless they know those who know me....and they tell them about me...

Often, things come from the sources that they are least expected from....

I'd check your profile, but I MIGHT be in love.

Extraordinary!

Edgy guys kiss bulls in red tents.

Is this like RED BULL?

some kind of bull.....hold on....I need to put my boots on....the bull is getting deep in here...lol