Alfonso remembers the day his parents died like it was yesterday. The family had been
running to escape the civil war in Liberia when rebel soldiers shot and
killed Alfonso's mother and father.
As a boy Alfonso was close to his mom and dad. He loved going to the market with
his father and remembers one special day when his dad bought him a gift for doing
well in school, but after his parents died Alfonso seemed lost and any faith
he had in God quickly faded. He drifted from place to place
sleeping anywhere he could find.
Alfonso decided that since God had not protected his family, God must not exist
For the next 8 years, a constant stream of women flowed in and out of Alfonso's life, prostitutes even
other men's wives were not off limits to him.
And alcohol seemed to be the only thing that kept Alfonso going
Then, one afternoon while he was working as a painting contractor he heard something from a
nearby field. A sound that seemed to be calling to him.
What Alfonso heard was the sound of the Christ for all Nations gospel crusade that had
come to his city. Standing on a balcony Alfonso made a decision.
Alfonso listened to the preaching of Reinhard Bonnke with more than 100,000
others that night
He wrote into the sand the same word that now the Holy Spirit writes into your heart
He wrote guilty, guilty. We are all guilty and we all need salvation. We are all guilty before God, and we all need to be saved
If you understood that shout Amen!
That night, Alfonso prayed and gave his life to Jesus
Life has changed for Alfonso and he is thankful. Today he is married with a
beautiful family, he works hard and knows God's blessings and shares Jesus with
others but he says all the wonderful things in his life
stem from that Christ for all Nations gospel campaign who attended in Liberia