Collegiate Times

JOHN:

I knew that day our lives would change forever. Prior to 9/11, I was trying to go up the ladder and conquer America, but that day was a wake up call. A lot of media covered our story, from TV stations to newspapers. So people started calling us, especially in the beginning, churches started calling us to share our story about how God spared our lives. That began this journey that has lasted the last eight and a half years. God has taken me to over 450 cities in different parts of the world. And what I get to do is challenge people to start their journey with Jesus of Nazareth. And what I spread is not a message for religion, but it’s an offer of friendship that God has for
mankind.
Here in America I speak for Campus Crusaders, which takes me to different universities across this country. I speak at churches and do other events. It takes me to different parts of the world. Right after your event, I’m headed to India. There we have different projects we work with: children that are caught up in sex trafficking. That’s in my heart how you rescue children that are trapped in that. Thousands of children are sold into the sex trade, so we’re starting a non-profit there to rescue those children. We build schools in the slums of India. It’s just an expression of God’s love.
I never thought I would be on this planet. I never thought I would do public speaking. But what I enjoy most about what I do is that I meet people. I love people. It’s fun to meet all kinds of people from all walks of life knowing that no matter where we come from, our background, how we look, we are all created in the image and the likeness of God. Every human being has a beautiful destiny. Some of us may not be awakened to that reality, and my whole plan is to awaken that reality.
Life is just beautiful. Sometimes we make choices, but the beautiful part of life is that we can start fresh again. The person who helps us start fresh is God, who allows us to pick up those broken pieces and create a beautiful mosaic of our lives.

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A version of this article appeared in the Mar 3 issue of the Collegiate Times.