Greetings. May The Lord Jesus Bless you all. My name is John, but all my friends and family call me Johnny. I am a born again Christian. I have a love for my Lord that I pray will grow with me. I didn't always feel this way. While growing up, my parents felt that I should go to private school. I went to private school from the first grade to the sixth grade. I was schooled in the word of God early in life. I remember going to the store with my parents one time, and there was a young man preaching outside the store. He was asking for money for a ministry. This young man was talking about the word of God. He stopped my parents and me and started talking to us. That is when I started to remember Bible verses. Me and this minister started talking and talking. Next thing I know a group of people stood there. They were shocked that a young boy could know so much about the Bible (To Have That Again). During my sixth year of private school I got lazy and tired in my faith. I asked my parents if I could go to public school. They put me in public school. I was shocked at what I seen. I felt like an outsider at first. I also felt lost. The words coming from these kids shocked me. I was taught never to use such words. God was nowhere to be found in their lives. I, for some reason, fell right in. I thought I was happy. I felt like I didn't need God anymore. I know—stupid Johnny. I started hanging with the wrong crowds. These people later became gang members and drug dealers. I never joined a gang, but did call these people my friends. I was the type that was quick to fight. There would be times that I wouldn't come home for days because I was in a fight. I needed time to heal. It was while I was in high school that my cousin's husband asked if I would like to go to a Bible Study with him at their church. I went thinking what can they teach me that I don't already know. Stupid Johnny strikes again. I went but still kept the world. It was later during Desert Storm that my aunt and uncle asked if my parents and me would like to start going to church. Me and my mom went. We met some great friends. Then we moved from California to Kingman. we kept in touch with my aunt and uncle. One year for Christmas they sent me a tee-shirt. They knew I found a love for motorcycles. The shirt was a Cycle Disciples shirt. I never gave it any thought. This is when it happened again. You know what I'm talking about – stupid Johnny. I started going to Laughlin during the River Run. I fell in love with it. The bikes and also the bikers. I wanted to become a rough and tough biker, so I tried to become what they were. After living in Kingman for some years, I met a wonderful person. She is now my wife to be. One day her and her mom asked if I would like to go to church with them. I don't know if I was drunk, I said yes. The next day I started my first steps back to my Lord Jesus. I started seeing a change that I never felt. That is when I asked this girl, Heather, to be my wife. We are getting married on the 13th of September, 2003. It was at church that I met Rick. I didn't think anything of it. All I know is he had a biker patch on his jacket. It read Cycle Disciples. It was then that I looked down at the shirt I was wearing. Remember that shirt my aunt and uncle gave me? Me and Rick started talking. He told me that the Cycle Disciples had a chapter here in Kingman. I thought cool. Then one day on the computer I found the Cycle Disciples web site. Now get this, I had already got myself a tattoo of a biker club.  It offered nothing, just a patch. They had no beliefs or purpose. So while looking at the Cycle Disciples web site, I found a chapter in Prescott. I e-mailed them asking them about a Kingman chapter. The next day Rick e-mailed me back. We had lunch together. That is when I found a Brother in Christ. I'm not saying I am not tempted anymore. I am, but now I have The Lord Jesus to stand before me and protect me. If you want forgiveness all you have to do is just ask.

LORD JESUS PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I AM A SINNER IN THE WORLD. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. COME INTO MY LIFE. YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE TRUE SON OF GOD. YOU DIED AND ROSE AGAIN SO I CAN LIVE. IN JESUS' NAME AMEN.