Sy, Dr. Emerick and Sister Claudia. Nov. 25th, 2022.
Good afternoon to everyone. My name is Sy and I was an inmate at the Lancaster prison. I attended the Sunday teaching and worship services with Dr. Timothy Emerick and his wife Claudia this has been a tremendous time of teaching for me and I’m going in the Lord.
I grew up in a very violent home, and I committed many criminal acts from a young age. I was either drinking alcohol, or using drugs. At one time, my life became so uncontrollable that my father and I were involved in a very intense and heated argument, and he ended up shooting me in the leg. The picture that you see me on crutches is because they had to amputate my leg. I hated my father for this. My life became worse and I got involved in more criminal acts.
In 2018, I was sentenced to 50 years to life. When I found this out, I just wanted to die. This was my darkest hour of my life. I just wanted to die. However, God in His mercy and love reached down into the pit where I was living and I gave my life to the Lord Jesus Christ who helped me turn my life around.
The Lord performed a miracle and I was released on November 11th of 2022. I was taken to court in Fresno California, with the clothes on my back and my wheelchair. They released me from court with time served and put me for a period of probation, I had no money and nowhere to go. I was out on the streets, not knowing what to do. But before I went to court, I asked Dr. Emerick for his business card. I called him that very moment when I got out of court, but he didn’t answer. I called again the following day and he answered and he took time to calm me down and prayed with me. He and sister Claudia sent that very moment through Western Union $300. I am so grateful for the ministry of Dr. Emerick and his wife Claudia the picture you see is myself and Dr. Emerick and Claudia standing in front of the temporary housing that the Lord helped me to find.
On the date of this picture taken Dr. Emerick picked up my possessions from Lancaster State Prison and he and his wife took them to me in Fresno California, which is about three hours from him. I am eternally grateful to them and many others who have helped me.
Please pray for me and others who reach out to God despite being lost and discarded. When we need help Father God will send few a angels 😇 to you to help, support, and encouragement. God showed me His love and mercy through “Dr Emerick and his wife Claudia, Mr. & Mrs. Timothy and Andrea Powell for the crutches they donated, Paws for Life K-9 Rescue Family, Jon, Chris, Tommy just to name a few.
God will never forget us. We are the apple of his eye!