It is Saturday morning and I am going to be seeing a gang consisting of 35 women. This is the first time ever visited a gang that only had women in it. Earlier in the week, I bought supplies for the undercover women to make six dozen burritos for me. My King told me that these girls were going to be hungry. It was going to be close to a week before they received any income. After eating breakfast with Blue Mustang, I picked up the burritos from the undercover women and headed to their home. It was a large beautiful home that they were staying in. Have you ever wondered how gangs can get these homes? Most gangs would never survive a background check. The answer is: lay a big pile of cash in front of the landlord. This is the best kind of distraction. I have some idea how they get this kind of cash. Sometimes it is from rich families. Other times it comes from whatever activities they are involved in. It also appears that all the women who live here drive black Lexus automobiles. There are lots of them parked around the home.
It is now time for me to go to the door. The undercover police told me what to expect when I would see them. They said, “Sonny, the Leader is called Ninja. She has two Asian sisters that are thoroughly competent in the martial arts. They will take out anyone who threatens the Leader. So be careful in what you say.” My King has already been working on their hearts and he has given me the go. I knocked on the door. Like I am usually greeted by first time gangs, the girls that came to the door had their pistols drawn on me and sternly asked, “What do you want?” All the girls in this home looked beautiful. The body art I feel distracts from their true beauty but it will tell a story when they give their hearts to Jesus Christ. Their leader is a six foot tall blonde girl. She was being carefully watched by the Asian sisters. They kept their pistols pointed at me.
I said, “My King said that you are hungry. I have brought burritos for you to eat.” They were pretending like everything is cool here and did not believe that anyone would do this. I did not play their game. I said, “If you do not want the food I brought, I am going to take it to the homeless.” I started to turn around to leave. She said, “No! No! we are hungry. But don’t try anything funny or we will shoot you.” She just quoted my most given line. I gave her my usual response. I said, “Before you shoot me, let me pray for you and the rest of the girls.” She allowed me to do that. I set out the food and drinks that I had before praying for them. I read John 3:16 to them before I started praying. The Holy Spirit started giving me insight to each girl I was praying for. Ninja was listening to everything I said. It was now her turn. As I started to pray for here. She was having extreme difficulty in holding back the tears. She said, “Sonny, I want you to leave now.” I found out that they were rationing meals to get by. My King knew this and had me bring extra food to help them get by. I put the rest of the drinks in their almost bare refrigerator. I then turn around and left the house.
As I left the home, the Asian sisters wanted to talk to me. They said, “We were listening to what you said about witnessing to all the gangs in this city. You must know my brother. He goes by the name Bruce Lee. He looks so much like the real dude.” They then said, “He is presently all alone at a park in Commerce City. He is in a mess right now and we are worried that he is going to get killed. We hope that you could pray for him.” They gave me further description of the gang so that I would go to the right one.
I said, “I know this gang who you are talking about. I will go and see him. Tell him that I will be coming to see him.” I immediately headed to the park. Sure enough, I got saw a little Nissan all black car that he drives. I parked next to his car and saw him sitting on one of the little benches. I said, “It is pretty cold to be sitting here outside. Do you want to sit in my truck. My name is Sonny.”
Bruce said, “Yes, I remember you. My sister called and said you were coming. I would like to talk to somebody right now.” He got up of the bench and followed me to my pickup. I started my pickup to warm up the cab. He began sharing, “My boss asked me to do something that I just could not do. He cannot stand this all female gang that appeared in Denver. He wanted me to do a drive by shooting to get rid of them. My sisters are in this gang that I am supposed to hit. I love my sisters too much to do a drive by on them.”
I said, “I guess that you are out of the gang now.” He said, “Yes!”
I then said, “Did you ever think about joining another gang?” With a
puzzled look, he said, “Join a new gang.”
I said, “Yeah, a Christian gang.” Bruce said, “I don’t know if I can do that but I am ready to do something different.”
I said, “God did create you for a purpose in this life and it was not to be in a gang which leads to destruction. But he desires for you to have a freedom in Jesus Christ. My King will bless you for turning your life over to him.” Bruce responded, “I used to go to church when I was little. The first verse I remembered was John 3:16. I read that same verse to my sisters.” I began to realize that really must have hit his sisters in their hearts when I read it to them.
I said, “I am not going to pressure you to accept Jesus Christ but tomorrow is never promised. Today can be your day of Salvation. Your
decision will determine where you will spend eternity.” He said. “Yeah, I know about Salvation. I know about Jesus because I used to go to church. I did ask for forgiveness when I was little. But do I have to ask again.”
I answered, “Yes you do. Just openly confess what you have done and give your heart to him.” Bruce was starting to cry. My King has kept him safe. No one from his gang has come after him for disobeying the leader. Disobedience to any leader can cause the rest of the gang to lose respect. To prevent this from happening, some painful beating or death is initiated. Bruce began the process of giving his heart to Jesus Christ. He started praying to Jesus about the forgiveness of his sins. I could tell he has prayed before but he walked away from God when he was younger. He then called his sisters and told them what he just did. After he finished talking, he looked at me and said, “Hey Sonny, my sisters are coming to the park. They are leaving their gang also. We all want to go back to California. This life is way too dangerous. I’m gonna die out here. I have decided it is better to serve God than men.” When his sisters arrived, he shared more with them about he had done. They totally understood what he was talking about. They too knew the word from youth. The girls also started crying. They too were excited to go back home. The sisters said, “We have our bags already. We are going to go home with you.”
Bruce started speaking to his sisters and said, “Today is the day of Salvation. It is time for all of us to give our hearts to Jesus Christ.” His sisters too rededicated their hearts to Jesus Christ. Their families still did not know of their plans to come home and the rededication of their hearts to God. I said, “Why don’t you call your parents and tell them what you have just done.” They responded, “But Sonny, we didn’t leave on very good terms with our parents.”
I said, “That was yesterday. Today is a new day. You have been transformed by God.” They put their phones on speaker and called. The Mom answered the phone. She must have recognized the number and asked, “Are you OK?” They excitedly began talking about what just happened. The mom started crying. She asked, “Are you really coming home?” The dad heard the commotion and came to the phone and asked the same question. He then asked if I was still there. I answered, “Yes I’m here.” He started thanking me for my part in bringing his children home. He then said, “Anytime you want to come to San Jose, California, we have a place for you to stay.” He also began to tell me about the revival of God happening here in our city. He then said, “There are huge tents here in San Jose. We are taking people there to hear the preacher speak. This man is on fire for God.”
I said, “The man you are speaking about is Mario Murillo. He does have a heart for Jesus Christ. His desire is to transform the entire state of California under the kingship of Jesus Christ. The people of California are so hungry for Jesus that he sometimes cannot finish his message. He immediately has the alter call. He is definitely on fire for Jesus Christ.” I finished talking to their dad. They came towards me and gave me a big hug. My King had me go to Costco earlier to pick up granola bars and chips. I handed it over to them. I gave them all the cash that I had on me for miscellaneous expenses. I then said, “Let me fill up your car with gas.” We prayed and anointed the car for their return trip. After seeing them off, my King had me visit more gangs.
I went to pick up the food I needed before meeting them. My King had me take them donuts, orange juice, milk and some other breakfast supplies to them. I served up breakfast and began witnessing to them. I looked out the window and saw it starting to snow hard. It was continuously getting worse as I looked out from time to time. I now feel like I need to get home before it gets bad. So I began my trip home. But this is not what God wanted. He had me pull over to get off the road. Soon my phone rang. It was the leader of the girls gang. She sounded distraught. She said, “My bodyguards have left me and are going home just because what you said to them. I need to talk to you in person.”
I said, “I am heading your way now.” When I arrived, she opened the door for me to get out of the snow. I asked, “What is going on?”
She replied, “I do not know what’s going on in the hearts of my girls right now. But my girls are all ready to go home.” She sternly said, “I am not going home. We are going to stay here.” She not only was trying to act like a leader but was trying to justify why they were here in the first place.
I replied, “You cannot keep a bird caged up forever. Birds were meant to fly. When Jesus comes into your heart, he transform it and now they are ready to fly.” She then replied, “I do not understand what’s going inside of me.”
I said, “It is Jesus knocking at your door trying to talk to you.” She said, “I think I have asked enough questions, have a nice day.” She then escorted me to the door. She had me drive me all the way over here just to say this. She could have asked that over the phone for such a short conversation. Blue Mustang looked at me at our breakfast meeting and said, “She was testing you to determine if she was valuable enough for you to make the trip to see her. She wants make sure that you are real.” Three days later she would call me again.
She asked, “Can you come again? I have to ask a few more questions.” I replied, “I will be there to talk to you. I am heading that way now.” I was grateful that I was already coming to Denver for the women’s highway patrolman Bible study. I climbed into my pickup early and headed to her home. The heavy snow has started clearing up so I made good time. Ninja was waiting for me and she let me in the house. Ninja said, “You know when I was a little girl, I asked Jesus to come into my heart but since then I have done a lot of bad things. How can God really forgive me?”
I said, “Just confess it to Jesus Christ first. Just come out and speak it. God will then take a hold of it and you will be forgiven.” She replied, “I just don’t know if I’m ready. Have a good night.” She ended the conversation and escorted me out the door. She will call me again.
That next night, I was sound asleep. At 11:30 PM Ninja calls me again. She said, “Sonny, I want to meet with you now. I still have a lot of questions to ask you.” I said, “I live in Loveland and I’m not afraid to tell you where I live but it’s gonna take some time to get there. But I will be there.” She agreed to my terms. I put my work clothes on because I knew I probably will be going directly to work after our meeting. I slipped my hoody over my clothes so she would recognize me in the dark when walking to the door. She had the living room light was on when I arrived. I just tapped on the door because I did not want to wake the girls up with the door bell. She let me in and had coffee made for me. She got right to the point. She said, “Sonny, what would it take for me to totally surrender my heart to God.”
I said, “Open up your heart completely. Then you have to ask for the forgiveness of all your sins. Once that is done, just ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart and fill it with his presence. She said, “I am responsible for all these girls who are in this house with me.”
I then said, “Why don’t you give all these girls to God. He will take care of them for you. They all have been talking about wanting to go home.” She began thinking about why they came to Denver in the first place. She then said, “When we arrived in Denver, we were talking together about taking over the East side of Denver and now we’re all talking about going home.”
I answered, “Their hearts are already prepared to go home. They are just waiting on you. They respect you and are waiting for direction from you.” I looked her directly into her eyes and said, “Jesus Christ is my boss, my Savior and my King. He tells me what to do and when to do it. I just do it.” She replied, “Oh come on! That does not make sense.” She knew it was getting late for me and asked if I could come tomorrow after work to talk some more. I prayed for her again before I left. This time praying was different. She actually closed her eyes while I prayed for her. This is one thing that gang leaders never do is close their eyes while they are awake. They don’t trust anyone. She then escorted me to the door and said, “You have a blessed night. I will see you after work.” I went straight to work from her home. I got 1.5 hours of sleep that night but God refreshed me as I left Denver. I found out Ninjas real name is “Faith”.
After work, I went back to Faith’s home. As I entered the home, I noticed all kinds of bags packed up in their house. Faith said, “We are going to California. The highways are all open and we are going home.” The Holy Spirit has been working hard on all the girls hearts. They are ready. I said, “Those of you that want to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, raise your hands.” All 30 girls, everyone that was left, raised their hands. One of the girls said, “Is it really that easy to accept Jesus Christ? It can’t be that easy! What do we have to do?” I explained to them what to do and they eagerly gave their hearts to Jesus Christ. As the Holy Spirit began to move. they started crying. They called their parents and told them what just happened. Some of the parents were wanting to fly out right away to pick them up before they changed their minds. They said, “No, the highways are clear, we’re driving home. We all have cars.” Then the parents asked, “Can Sonny pray for us?” I heard them over the speaker phone. I prayed with them. I then handed the conversation back to the girls as the parents began to cry. Their parents asked, “Who is this guy, Sonny?”
The girls told them all about me and how important they were to me to seek them out. They said, “We wanted to shoot him but he knew that we were hungry and wanted to feed us. He listened to his King. He is someone who really does care for us.” They continue talking more about me and their new adventure with Jesus Christ. They then said, “We are coming home! We want to serve God now. We are part of a new gang now. Jesus Christ is our leader” Their mom just kept saying, “I cannot believe you are coming home now. I thought we lost you forever.” Their daughters have been gone a long time and the excitement must be intense. I helped them all pack their bags into their cars as they all readied themselves for the long trip home. It will be anything but boring. When Jesus begins to run your life, the peace is hard to describe.
As they headed to their cars, they gave me a farewell hug. I had just bought a bunch of granola bars at Costco and two coolers of pop. God told me to let them take all of it on their journey. Those supplies were always for them. They just looked at me and said, “Sonny, you are too much.” Their parents wired money for gasoline and food on the way back. The girls said, “We wish all of us could have gotten to know you better.”
I said, “You have my ministry card. You can call me anytime.” One of the girls asked me to visit her if I ever came to California. She said, “I would love to introduce you to my parents.” I handed her one of my ministry cards with the ministry website address on the back. I said, “Anytime you want to see what the Holy Spirit is up to in my life, check out the website.” The rest of the girl started using their phones to take a picture of the web address for themselves.
The landlord came as the girls were getting ready to leave. He noticed that they left that house immaculate. The landlord looked at Faith and asked, “So does that mean you guys are not a gang anymore. You are going back to your families now. How did this happen so quickly?” Faith said, “This guy standing right here came and told us about Jesus Christ. Now we are born again Christians. Faith looked intently at the landlord and asked, “Is your name written in the Lambs Book of Life, Yes or No!” She is already starting to preach now to the landlord. He replied, “You know what. I am already Christian. I saw it as a ministry when you girls came here. I did not want to rent it to you because you are a gang. But God told me that he wanted to bless you with this home.” He then handed them an envelope that had $5000 dollars in it. He gave them everything they paid. He said, “Take this for your trip home.” The landlord then prayed over them also before everyone had a chance to leave. My King get the Glory and the Victory. I reaped the joy and reward of seeing these girls released from their bondage.
