- I never felt like my dad loved me

just the way he treatedme, the way he talked to me

made me feel worthless.

- [Narrator] BrandonChism grew up in a home,

filled with turmoil, his parents partied

and his dad beat him.

He turned to the streetsto find acceptance.

- I was looking for love anda place to fit in somewhere,

you know, with the gang life

and then, you know, ofcourse that brought the weed.

You know we started smokingweed and by 12 I was doing,

you know, I was already snorting powder

and drop a microdot acid

and then it's just asnowball from there for real.

- [Narrator] Brandonsays he found fulfillment

in the gang life, butcontinue to pursue love

when he met Terra

- He was crazy about me

and he was the sweetest guyI'd ever met in my life.

- She was my saving grace and my lights.

You know, I fell head overheels in love with her.

- He was good until I gotpregnant, my life stopped

and his didn't and that's wherethe real conflict started.

- I kept partying, we had a child.

I was 15 when we had our first daughter

and I didn't slow down a lick.

- [Narrator] Brandon'sgang life, turned him

into a violent drug dealer witha delusional sense of pride.

- I felt like I was Scarface, you know,

I towed at for pistolson my person at a time

then would have guns in thevehicle that I was driving.

I wanted to be a Hitman or a kingpin

and here I was selling all this dope

and pockets full of money

and guns and vehicles and motorcycles

and you name it, electronics.

I really thought this iswhat I, this is what I want

this is who I wanna be forever.

- [Narrator] Meanwhile, Terrawas at home with her daughters

hoping he would change.

- Over the years, I did hope

that everything would changeand he would get better

because he would, he get better

just long enough to kindof reel us all back in

and then he would just go rightback off the deep end again

- [Narrator] Brandon was inand out of jail numerous times

but now he was facing aserious prison sentence

for a gun charge and he says,that's when he heard from God.

- Just feeling sorry for myself

and wondering what amI doing with my life?

And I hear this whisper thatis by no shadow of a doubt

it's it's the Lord

and I'm feeling Him like, just surround me

with this love in thiscomfort in this moment

and He's like are yougonna go left to right?

You know, this is timeif you don't serve me,

I'm gonna let you go,

I'm gonna let you do what you wanna do

and I'm already knowing the end to this

so, you know, of course I cried

I said Lord, I'm here, I will serve you.

- He told me that he hadheard the voice of God

and honestly, at the pointthat he was at in his life

I wasn't even trying to hear

whether he had heardthe voice of God or not.

I'm like, God can deal with you.

- [Narrator] Miraculously has gun charge

was thrown out of court

and Brandon was given sixmonths unsupervised probation.

He says he caught fire for the Lord

and this led him to church.

I was down close to the alter

and I just raise myhands and invited him in

and everybody, you know, mywife has her hand on my head

people are praying over me.

I was on a different path

and have been from there on out,

the grace and mercy of Godhas just blown me away.

- [Narrator] God deliveredhim from drugs and alcohol

and restored his marriage and family.

Today, Brandon and Terra follow Jesus

and desire to teachothers about their faith.

The hope that you can findin Jesus Christ almighty

you know, you just haveto dig into the Bible.

You have to get to know him,

that is the only way to get to know him

is to study the word of Godit's living, it's breathing,

it's been proven, it's beentested, it's been tried.

God is hope, God islove, God is redeeming,

God is faithful, aboveeverything He is faithful.

When you study the word of God

and see what all we have been given

what we are heirs to, howmuch he truly loves us.

You know, He manifestsHimself in the flesh

to come die for us so that we may live.

Yes, there is hope for anyone

there is nobody that's been too nasty

and then too wrong andhurt too many people

God will take every bit ofthat away in an instant.

- Now we're doing ministry side by side

and we're praying for people

and we're going out in the community

and we're serving meals forhomeless people at a shelter

or you know, just the different things

that we're involved intogether as a couple

instead of beating each other up.

Like if you would'vetold me that 23 years ago

I probably would have toldyou that you were crazy.

But seeing that God can do anything

that you can't put them in a box.

There's nothing that Hecan't do, that He can't fix,

that He can't restore haswrecked me, has changed me,

has changed our whole family.

The kids are seeing iteverything's different.

- This lifestyle of being inthe streets and the dope game

and running with yourhomeboys and your dudes

thinking that they're greater than

when there's only one person

that we should be running after like that

and that is Jesus Christ.

I'm grateful that I have the opportunity

to even speak the name, Jesusthat's what I'm grateful for.