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My Identity

 I grew up in a good home, all my needs were met and I had good health. I was popular in school, played sports and had many friends. After high school I decided to study musical theatre performance, because I had a desire to be an actor. I auditioned for Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and was accepted. After two years I wasn’t accepted into the third year, partly my doing, because I failed to meet the program requirements for the third year. Something was happening in my soul and I was on my way home. 

I remember being depressed for a full day, but somehow snapped out of it, but there still wasn’t peace in my soul about certain things. One day as I was working for my father’s car rental and leasing business, I was cleaning a car and decided to put the car radio on while I was cleaning. One of the preset dials on the radio was set by the customer that had that particular car, and it was set to WDCXfm a Christian radio station from Buffalo. I had never listened to Christian radio my whole life, and what they were talking about that day was exactly what I was going through. I had the feeling that I was being directly spoken to.


After the program that was being aired was over, I went to the cleaning bay to use the phone to call the ministry that was on the radio. They were giving an offer at the end of their broadcast, so I quickly memorized the phone number. I spoke to a young lady and told her I was interested in buying the offer, it was a book and a teaching tape that I thought would help me out. At the end of the conversation she asked me if I wanted the salvation packet, and I said yes, even though I didn’t really know what it was.


A couple of weeks went by and I received the material in the mail, I took it up to my bedroom and listened to the cassette tape. The gospel was explained very well, as she applied it to my situation. I then said the sinners prayer twice, which was in the salvation packet, the second time I said it I said it with conviction. The salvation packet also explained the gospel and how to receive the free gift of salvation which I did. This is how I made my peace with God, when I was 21 years old. I am born again.


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