Hello, Bishop!

I have never seen something as sublime and strong as the Holy Spirit in the life of a person.

I have been a member of the Universal Church since the very beginning and I thought that crying meant being baptized with the Holy Spirit. I was 14 years old and participated in the youth group. I evangelized nonstop, I was very firm. My faith was immense, to the point where even my shadow cast out demons. But I was spiritually deceived, because I met an assistant, and we fell into temptation.

Then bishop, the worst happened: I abandoned God. I became addicted to drugs, I became a thief, I joined a group of criminals in Rio de Janeiro –Brazil, and I was in charge of the slums in that area. My life became hell, all because of an emotion in my rotten and deceitful heart.

I fought hard to come back, until I was finally able to understand. The devil put the idea in my head that since I no longer felt an emotion, I no longer cried, and all that nonsense – which was purely an emotion –, GOD no longer wanted me, and this caused me to suffer a lot. It made me always go back to the filth of this world. Until I realized, during this Fast of Daniel, how much God loves me. I have been seeing my life change – I have not felt it change –, and today I want to be involved with the things of God.

I want to give my life in favor of those who are in need, suffering, in hospitals; I even want to go out at dawn to talk about Jesus, and more: I want to be used, in any way, by the Lord Jesus. I have not felt anything, but I am sure and very disgusted by this world.

I am facing struggles with my health, but I don’t really care! If I die, I will die happy, because I know that my life belongs to the Lord, to my Jesus.

Bishop, thank you for giving us this great wonder, which is the fire of God.

God bless you.
Raul de Sousa