Bosco Poon's choice to pursue gang involvement landed him in prison, right where God was waiting for him.
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Reporter: BOSCO POON
GREW UP A SHY, INSECURE
IMMIGRANT FROM HONG KONG.
HE LONGED TO FIT IN
SOMEWHERE, AND A CHINESE
GANG LURED HIM IN.
THEY INTRODUCED ME TO A
WORLD THAT WAS SO FOREIGN TO
ME.
Reporter: BUT BOSCO HAD
A DREAM.
HE WANTED TO BE A MUSICIAN.
I CAME OUT BECAUSE I WAS
SO DETERMINED I WANTED TO
ENTER INTO THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY.
Reporter: TWO YEARS
LATER, HIS OLD FRIENDS
CALLED HIM WITH AN OFFER TO
MAKE SOME QUICK CASH.
RENT THEM A VACANT HOUSE HIS
PARENTS OWNED, NO QUESTIONS
ASKED.
HE DID.
HE SOON FOUND OUT THEY HAD
KIDNAPPED A MAN AND HIDDEN
HIM IN THE BASEMENT UNTIL
THE RANSOM WAS PAID.
THEY WERE VERY
DESPERATE.
IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE A
BUNCH OF ANIMALS.
A THOUGHT IN MY HEAD WAS
SHOULD I RUN DOWN THERE AND
UNTIE HIM AND GET HIM TO THE
POLICE STATION.
OR SHOULD I JUST CALL
9-1-1.
AND IN THE BACK OF MY MIND,
ALL OF THIS FEAR, WHAT IF
THEY FIND OUT I LET THE GUY
GO AND THEY TURN THEIR RAGES
ON ME.
IT WAS THEN I
REALIZED, LIKE, WHAT HAVE I
DONE?
Reporter: WITHIN A
WEEK, THE POLICE HAD TRACKED
DOWN AND ARRESTED THE
KIDNAPPERS, INCLUDING
BOSCO.
I WAS PUT INTO THE POLICE
CAR AND THEN INTO THE
WAGON.
LOOKING AT MY PARENTS
SOBBING.
LOOKING AT ALL OF THE
NEIGHBORS, LIKE, POKING
THEIR FINGERS AT ME.
Reporter: BOSCO WAS
CONVICTED TO HIS PART IN THE
KIDNAPPING AND SENTENCED TO
12 YEARS.
HE ENTERED PRISON SCARED AND
ALONE.
I WAS LIKE, HOW CAN I
SURVIVE IN HERE?
IT WAS FULL OF VIOLENCE,
DRUGS, DEPRESSIVE, BROKEN
HEARTS, PAIN, SCREAMING AND
CRYING.
SO I HAD A LOT OF TIME TO
REFLECT ON STUFF, WHICH I
NEVER DID BEFORE.
Reporter: THE REALITY
OF HIS SITUATION HIT HIM
HARD.
I WAS SOBBING, CRYING OUT
TO GOD.
I WAS LIKE, LORD, ARE YOU
REAL?
WELL, IF YOU ARE REAL, CAN
YOU TALK TO ME.
BECAUSE I HAVE NOBODY ELSE.
AND THEN THIS SCRIPTURE CAME
TO ME.
JESUS SAID, I'M ALWAYS WITH
YOU UNTIL THE END OF THE
AGE.
I CLAIMED THAT SCRIPTURE.
I WAS LIKE, LORD, TALK TO ME
IF YOU ARE REAL BECAUSE I
REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK
TO RIGHT NOW.
MY HEART WAS FULLY READY TO
RECEIVE GOD AND TO HAVE A
REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
Reporter: BOSCO
SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO
JESUS.
A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHILE IN
PRAYER, HE HAD AN INCREDIBLE
VISION.
I SAW A CLOUD OF GREAT
WHITE LIGHT COMING DOWN FROM
HEAVEN.
AND THEN THIS LIGHT WAS
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER
UNTIL IT REACHES INTO MY
HEART.
IT LIFTED UP MY HEART.
I WAS, LIKE, ELECTROFIED.
ALL I COULD ACTUALLY HEAR
WAS A VOICE, "DON'T BE
AFRAID.
I AM YOUR LORD AND I WILL
RESCUE YOU."
EVER SINCE THAT EXPERIENCE,
I TALK TO HIM LIKE I TALK TO
YOU RIGHT NOW, WHILE I WAS
IN PRISON.
AND HE JUST OPENED UP MY
SPIRITUAL EARS.
HE HAS EXPERIENCED THE
POWER OF GOD IN HIS LIFE.
SOMETHING CHANGED IN HIM
THAT CAUGHT HIM ON FIRE.
HE WAS ALWAYS TALKING TO
SOMEBODY ABOUT THE LORD, OR
COMING INTO MY OFFICE AND
SAYING, CAN WE PRAY FOR SO
AND SO.
THE LORD CHALLENGED ME
ONE DAY TO PRAY FOR MY
ENEMIES.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I
DON'T THINK I WANTED TO DO
THAT.
I WAS LIKE, LORD, NO, IT IS
TOO HARD.
AND HE WAS LIKE, NO, TAKE MY
LOVE AND DO IT.
MY LOVE IS SO MUCH BIGGER
THAN YOURS.
WHEN I WAS PRAYING FOR ALL
OF MY EYES WITH TEARS COMING
DOWN, I FOUND FREEDOM.
GOD RESCUED ME FROM HATRED.
Reporter: BOSCO SERVED
FOUR YEARS BEHIND BARS.
TODAY HE
IS OUT ON PAROLE.
AND NOW HE IS SURRENDERED BY
SINGERS.
HE SHARES HIS TESTIMONY WITH
OTHERS, HOPING THEY WILL
MEET JESUS, AS HE DID.
THE SAME JESUS WHO
REVEALED HIMSELF TO ME, THE
SAME JESUS THAT HAS RESCUED
ME, IS THE SAME JESUS THAT
CAN COMFORT ANY ONE OF US
OUT THERE.
I ONLY LIVE FOR JESUS.
BECAUSE HE SAVED ME.
HE GAVE ME LIFE.
HE SHOWED ME SO MANY
THINGS.
HE IS THE SOURCE OF MY LIFE,
AND HE IS MY LORD AND MY
SAVIOR.