Friday, Apr 03, 2009

Meet John Ramirez of Bogotá's RED7 Band --All Aboard!

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THE JOURNEY HERE:
I became a Christian around ten years ago. I was born in Bogotá, Colombia and at the age of six I was taken to Pereira, to my grand-parents' home because I had run away from home with my sister to leave the difficult life with my step-mother. In Pereira, I sometimes had to stop going to school and go to collect junk or cartoon (or whatever was recyclable) in order to sell and with this money buy something to eat at home. My grandfather was a bricklayer and sometimes went to sing for money with his old guitar at night. He was very poor and my grandmother was sick in bed and could not stand due to a bad surgery in her head she could not move half of her body.

Later on, again in Bogotá, at the age of 14 I was very bored living with my father and my step-mother, she didn't love me and treated me as her servant, not as her "son". That made me feel very sad and caused me a great pain in my heart and in my soul.

I left home at 17 and due to my age and lack of job experience I had to try many things in order to get money and food. I worked in many jobs where they didn't pay me, I had to beg for something to take home and prepare for meal since I was now living with my girlfriend and she was pregnant and there were no groceries. Then I started to sell down the streets cigarettes and canned beer at some disco zones and when the party was over at 1:00am I had to sleep on a sidewalk covered with a cartoon box since at that time my transportation my did not pass by and because of the hunger I several times ate what I found on the floor.

I wished to die seeing myself in this situation. My life didn't have sense or purpose, I lived very angry and cursing, stealing from people when possible, drinking a lot and doing whatever I wanted to.
Finally I surrendered my life to Jesus when one friend of mine asked me to. I did it even not wanting to, but from that moment on my life was totally changed.

Now I am a very happy person, happily married, wishing to do many things for my Lord.
It is a pleasure for me to share this music and lyrics with you, which God has given to me and have been fortress for many in different moments of their lives.


Welcome aboard our first ride to Bogota, Colombia. Here Are the Songs in the Order they Were Played:
Y Vino La Luz
En Espirtu y en Verdad (El Gozo)
El Gozo
Gloria
Poder Eterno

Please visit: www.johnramirez.tk for more information about the wonderful praise songs heard on this journey. For more information about "Global Love Day" May 1st visit: www.thelovefoundation.com & BE Blessed!

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