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Dear Mike,
I know you don't know me but I'm Teresa
Boyds sister Susie.
I do have a piece of my life to share with
other people. It would make me proud if you
would use my testimony to help people to
understand.
I was hit by a drunk driver on Jan. 11, 2005.
Everyone said I should have died. It took
out my right side and my left ankle. I was in
bad shape but the Good Lord was with me. I
know he was because I could feel him while
I was laying in my car that was smashed to
nothing.
Anyway the wreck has changed me and my
sons life, he is a police officer and has seen
a lot of stuff.
I know God was watching over me that day
and he showed my boys he will always be
there for them.
Thanks for listening your friend Susie Wood
I know you don't know me but I'm Teresa
Boyds sister Susie.
I do have a piece of my life to share with
other people. It would make me proud if you
would use my testimony to help people to
understand.
I was hit by a drunk driver on Jan. 11, 2005.
Everyone said I should have died. It took
out my right side and my left ankle. I was in
bad shape but the Good Lord was with me. I
know he was because I could feel him while
I was laying in my car that was smashed to
nothing.
Anyway the wreck has changed me and my
sons life, he is a police officer and has seen
a lot of stuff.
I know God was watching over me that day
and he showed my boys he will always be
there for them.
Thanks for listening your friend Susie Wood
MIKE THOMPSON TESTIMONY
Hello my name is Mike Thompson I would like to tell you about my road to HELL and my highway to HEAVEN
I'm not proud of my road to HELL but I'm very proud and grateful of my highway to HEAVEN.
I was brought up in a pretty good church environment but we still had our family problems.
I'll start at the age of 13. I started smoking cigarettes, that led to pot, alcohol and numerous other drugs. I'm
talking about the hard core party life.
I got my first bike at the age of 16, got my first real job at age 18 and got married at 19.
After getting married at 19 I noticed a knot in the bottom part of my stomach. It didn't hurt or anything but I went
to the doctor after work one day to get it checked out. He examined me and told me to go straight home and get
me some more clothes and get right back to the hospital. He would have to do surgery the next morning. He
had found a tumor and removed it and told me I had cancer and had maybe 6 months to live. I went to Houston
a weak or so later and they did major surgery on me, taking out most of my lymph nodes and other parts of my
body.
After getting out of the hospital I had always wanted a HARLEY and said if I only had 6 months to live I was
going to get one and went and bought a brand new 1976 Electra Glide.
It was beautiful. I was going home from work one day and a car pulled out in front of a log truck loaded down
with logs. It jumped into my lane and I hit it head on.
People that saw it said I flew over the log truck Barely missing the high lines flipping like a nickel.
All I remember is one loud boom and a slow motion flip. I caught my self with my hands when I hit the asphalt. I
didn't have a scratch on me. I stood up took one step and fell down my right foot was pointing the opposite
direction.
The ambulance took me to the Ruston hospital. The doctor told me he would have to amputate my leg from my
knee down because it was totally crushed. I told him no call the ambulance back up and carry me to Monroe
about 30 miles east of Ruston. The doctor said he could possibly save my foot. I told him to do what ever he
had to do. When I woke up my foot looked like a tennis racket wires pinned everywhere .They would come in
pretty often and take x-rays of my foot. One day I told them to take an x-ray of my wrist. It was broke so they
had to fix it. I guess I broke it when I caught my self when I hit the pavement.
Now all of this happened before I had made the first payment on my bike. I had never thought to thank GOD or
ask for his help. You could say I was a total idiot. I don't know if you know what a idiot means look it up in the
dictionary and the definition would be MIKE.
After I got to where I could get around I had to start my Kemo. I took one week of it and it was terrible. It would
increase my temperature to around 105 and keep it there. I went back home after that treatment. Now I have
never slowed down my party life.
A few more weeks went by and I had to go back and take another kemo treatment. I couldn't handle it. I told the
doctor to take me off the machines and call the airport, I was going home.
I went home and never went back. I still hadn't thanked GOD and I continued my parting.
In 1981 me and my wife had a son. The doctors had told me I wouldn't be able to have children, now here I
have out smarted them doctors again. I still continued my party life. I am now 49 years old. About 7 years ago I
found out I have Liver failure, I'm on a liver transplant list.
I accepted God into my life about 7 years ago and have turned my problem over to him and I know he will take
care of it. I can never repay him for what he has done for me but I'm trying.
In the last three years with the help of the Lord I have built a Christian Campground called the Kudzu patch
Campground in North Louisiana. I have been blessed with becoming the South central Coordinator for
Highways and Hedges Motorcycle Ministry and have also started a Prison Ministry called Kudzu Patch Prison
Ministry.
I would like to thank some people that have been a tremendous help to me. HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES
MEMBERS, Bill Kidd family, Billy Barahm family, Carl Norris family and the list goes on and on but most of all
GOD ALMIGHTY for delivering me from all of my addictions.
If He can deliver me from mine he can deliver you from yours. God Is a kind and loving God, believe in him trust
him and honor him. He can do wonderful things for you.
Keep me in yall's prayers. If I can Help you or any of your family members you can contact me at
mtcomeonin@yahoo.com or visit my website Kudzupatchministry.com
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
MIKE THOMPSON
Hello my name is Mike Thompson I would like to tell you about my road to HELL and my highway to HEAVEN
I'm not proud of my road to HELL but I'm very proud and grateful of my highway to HEAVEN.
I was brought up in a pretty good church environment but we still had our family problems.
I'll start at the age of 13. I started smoking cigarettes, that led to pot, alcohol and numerous other drugs. I'm
talking about the hard core party life.
I got my first bike at the age of 16, got my first real job at age 18 and got married at 19.
After getting married at 19 I noticed a knot in the bottom part of my stomach. It didn't hurt or anything but I went
to the doctor after work one day to get it checked out. He examined me and told me to go straight home and get
me some more clothes and get right back to the hospital. He would have to do surgery the next morning. He
had found a tumor and removed it and told me I had cancer and had maybe 6 months to live. I went to Houston
a weak or so later and they did major surgery on me, taking out most of my lymph nodes and other parts of my
body.
After getting out of the hospital I had always wanted a HARLEY and said if I only had 6 months to live I was
going to get one and went and bought a brand new 1976 Electra Glide.
It was beautiful. I was going home from work one day and a car pulled out in front of a log truck loaded down
with logs. It jumped into my lane and I hit it head on.
People that saw it said I flew over the log truck Barely missing the high lines flipping like a nickel.
All I remember is one loud boom and a slow motion flip. I caught my self with my hands when I hit the asphalt. I
didn't have a scratch on me. I stood up took one step and fell down my right foot was pointing the opposite
direction.
The ambulance took me to the Ruston hospital. The doctor told me he would have to amputate my leg from my
knee down because it was totally crushed. I told him no call the ambulance back up and carry me to Monroe
about 30 miles east of Ruston. The doctor said he could possibly save my foot. I told him to do what ever he
had to do. When I woke up my foot looked like a tennis racket wires pinned everywhere .They would come in
pretty often and take x-rays of my foot. One day I told them to take an x-ray of my wrist. It was broke so they
had to fix it. I guess I broke it when I caught my self when I hit the pavement.
Now all of this happened before I had made the first payment on my bike. I had never thought to thank GOD or
ask for his help. You could say I was a total idiot. I don't know if you know what a idiot means look it up in the
dictionary and the definition would be MIKE.
After I got to where I could get around I had to start my Kemo. I took one week of it and it was terrible. It would
increase my temperature to around 105 and keep it there. I went back home after that treatment. Now I have
never slowed down my party life.
A few more weeks went by and I had to go back and take another kemo treatment. I couldn't handle it. I told the
doctor to take me off the machines and call the airport, I was going home.
I went home and never went back. I still hadn't thanked GOD and I continued my parting.
In 1981 me and my wife had a son. The doctors had told me I wouldn't be able to have children, now here I
have out smarted them doctors again. I still continued my party life. I am now 49 years old. About 7 years ago I
found out I have Liver failure, I'm on a liver transplant list.
I accepted God into my life about 7 years ago and have turned my problem over to him and I know he will take
care of it. I can never repay him for what he has done for me but I'm trying.
In the last three years with the help of the Lord I have built a Christian Campground called the Kudzu patch
Campground in North Louisiana. I have been blessed with becoming the South central Coordinator for
Highways and Hedges Motorcycle Ministry and have also started a Prison Ministry called Kudzu Patch Prison
Ministry.
I would like to thank some people that have been a tremendous help to me. HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES
MEMBERS, Bill Kidd family, Billy Barahm family, Carl Norris family and the list goes on and on but most of all
GOD ALMIGHTY for delivering me from all of my addictions.
If He can deliver me from mine he can deliver you from yours. God Is a kind and loving God, believe in him trust
him and honor him. He can do wonderful things for you.
Keep me in yall's prayers. If I can Help you or any of your family members you can contact me at
mtcomeonin@yahoo.com or visit my website Kudzupatchministry.com
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
MIKE THOMPSON
Richard Surguine
My Road To Damascus Experience
I was blind but now I see!
The Bible, in the book of Acts, Chapter 9, gives the account of a man named Saul who became a believer of
Jesus Christ while traveling on the road to Damascus. I believe every believer of Jesus has a road to Damascus
type of testimony that they can share with others. This is my story about how I found the Grace of God through
faith in Jesus Christ.
My name is Richard but many call me Rick. I was born Aug. 24, 1962 in Little Rock Arkansas. My Dad and Mother
were good parents who both believed in Jesus Christ as being the Son of God who died and rose from the dead.
They believe the way to saving grace of God is through faith in Jesus and that is what I was raised to believe. My
parents had two children. My brother is two years older than I.
I have spent most of my adult life doing mechanical type of work. The mechanical ability is something that has
been in me my whole life. As a child, I would take many of my toys apart to see what made them work. It seemed
like a natural thing for me, when I saw something, to wonder what made it do what it does.
One day, as a young boy, I was by myself on the playground of my elementary grade school that I went to. The
school was closed so nobody was there but me.
Before I continue this story you should know that at this time in my life I was known by most of my peers in school
as being a bully. The reason I was a bully is because I was overweight as a boy and some of the other kids made
fun of me. Kids are often hard on other kids, some are too skinny, some are too fat, some are four eyes and you
get the picture. Anyway, my answer to the kids who poked fun at me was that I hated them for it and I bullied them.
They could call me names but they had to be on the run when they did it.
Back to the story, I was by myself on the playground and I started thinking about myself and it was that same ole
natural thought I always had about what makes things work? Thank God that I couldn’t take myself apart because
no doubt I would have! So, I did the next best thing. I started taking myself apart in an imaginary way. I thought
about my heart pumping blood while my lungs pull in oxygen. I thought about my brain sending electrical signals to
tell my heart when to beat again. I thought about the ability I have to love or hate. I thought about the ability I had
to think up new ideas and I realized that I was a miracle! Then I thought about where we live, on this big ball of
earth, located in the middle of space, with just the right amount of everything we need to exist. I wondered how all
of this came about? I asked myself, what are the chances of this happening all by its self? I knew right then and
there that GOD IS REAL! And, I knew that He was Awesome! I also figured that since there is a God and He is
Awesome enough to create all of this, then it would make sense to me that He would have made a way for us to
find Him. I knew that the Bible spoke about God and Jesus being His Son. I knew that the Bible said that Jesus is
the way to eternal life. I spoke to God on that special day. I told God that I knew He is real and I believed Jesus is
His Son. I received the Lord in my heart that day and I knew that He was pure Love. I was happy! I had Joy! I was
a new creature and the difference was the Love of God was now living inside of me.
It was right then that I heard voices and I turned around to discover that two of the boys I had always bullied were
right there next to the school building. They were leaning on their bikes and talking to each other. I walked up to
them and I was right next to them before they knew I was even there. When they turned and saw me, I saw fear
come on their expressions. I could tell that they wanted to run but it was too late. I had them cornered and what I
told them was not the old me. I told them that I didn’t want to fight anymore. I said that I wanted to be friends!
It was not long after that day when my older brother gave his life to God as he made the trip down the isle to the
Pastor of our Church on a Sunday morning. I wanted to make that walk too so I did it on the next service we went
to. I did the same thing I saw my brother do. I told the Pastor that I wanted to be saved and they baptized me in
the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
It was not long after that when our family quit attending Church for some reason. I was a young boy, growing up in
the world without any Biblical instructions.
As I became a teenager, my role model was Evil Knievel and I thought the outlaw bikers were cool. As I look back
on them days, I believe I was covered by the Grace of God but I had some major problems. My problem was that I
did not behave in the way that God saw me as being in Christ. My walk was not even close to being up to par for
the young man God saw me as. I became addicted to hard drugs and a lifestyle that could only lead to
destruction. I began to reap what I sowed in the flesh.
I came to prison with a life sentence in July of 1988 for a crime that I could never pay for. The good news is that
Jesus Christ paid the price for me when He wore that crown of thorns to Calvary’s Cross. He gave His Life so that
all who believe in Him may be forgiven for their sin and the Bible says that we have all sinned.
While in prison, I learned to study Gods instructions for living “The Holy Bible” and to apply what I learn to my daily
walk. I have been delivered from the addictions of drugs and I have learned to behave in a way that is more inline
with the way God sees me to be in Jesus Christ. My better behavior has caused me to reap good things in life. I
do not get into trouble like I used to and I have even been able to help others avoid some of the mistakes that I
made.
I have a lot of remorse over my earlier years of living. The mistakes I made in the past were very destructive at
times. The Bible instructs me to put my hands to the plow and move forward. That is what I am doing.
The Bible is true! There were even believers in the early Church who were willing to die for what they witnessed of
Jesus Christ. It must have been true because otherwise I do not believe they would have been willing to die for it.
I believe that the part of us that makes choices consists of more than flesh and blood. I believe that part of us is
called “the soul” and can exist forever in the same wonderful place that the Creator of all life lives. I believe the
only way we can get there is through faith in Jesus Christ. My life has changed, not from the outside-in, but from
the inside-out. I don’t do what I do so I can be saved. I am already saved because of what Jesus already did for
me. I do what I do because I learned that my blessings come from behaving like the man God already sees me as.
God sees me washed clean of all unrighteousness because His Son paid the sin price for me. He did it for you too!
Brotherly Love,
Richard Surguine
My Road To Damascus Experience
I was blind but now I see!
The Bible, in the book of Acts, Chapter 9, gives the account of a man named Saul who became a believer of
Jesus Christ while traveling on the road to Damascus. I believe every believer of Jesus has a road to Damascus
type of testimony that they can share with others. This is my story about how I found the Grace of God through
faith in Jesus Christ.
My name is Richard but many call me Rick. I was born Aug. 24, 1962 in Little Rock Arkansas. My Dad and Mother
were good parents who both believed in Jesus Christ as being the Son of God who died and rose from the dead.
They believe the way to saving grace of God is through faith in Jesus and that is what I was raised to believe. My
parents had two children. My brother is two years older than I.
I have spent most of my adult life doing mechanical type of work. The mechanical ability is something that has
been in me my whole life. As a child, I would take many of my toys apart to see what made them work. It seemed
like a natural thing for me, when I saw something, to wonder what made it do what it does.
One day, as a young boy, I was by myself on the playground of my elementary grade school that I went to. The
school was closed so nobody was there but me.
Before I continue this story you should know that at this time in my life I was known by most of my peers in school
as being a bully. The reason I was a bully is because I was overweight as a boy and some of the other kids made
fun of me. Kids are often hard on other kids, some are too skinny, some are too fat, some are four eyes and you
get the picture. Anyway, my answer to the kids who poked fun at me was that I hated them for it and I bullied them.
They could call me names but they had to be on the run when they did it.
Back to the story, I was by myself on the playground and I started thinking about myself and it was that same ole
natural thought I always had about what makes things work? Thank God that I couldn’t take myself apart because
no doubt I would have! So, I did the next best thing. I started taking myself apart in an imaginary way. I thought
about my heart pumping blood while my lungs pull in oxygen. I thought about my brain sending electrical signals to
tell my heart when to beat again. I thought about the ability I have to love or hate. I thought about the ability I had
to think up new ideas and I realized that I was a miracle! Then I thought about where we live, on this big ball of
earth, located in the middle of space, with just the right amount of everything we need to exist. I wondered how all
of this came about? I asked myself, what are the chances of this happening all by its self? I knew right then and
there that GOD IS REAL! And, I knew that He was Awesome! I also figured that since there is a God and He is
Awesome enough to create all of this, then it would make sense to me that He would have made a way for us to
find Him. I knew that the Bible spoke about God and Jesus being His Son. I knew that the Bible said that Jesus is
the way to eternal life. I spoke to God on that special day. I told God that I knew He is real and I believed Jesus is
His Son. I received the Lord in my heart that day and I knew that He was pure Love. I was happy! I had Joy! I was
a new creature and the difference was the Love of God was now living inside of me.
It was right then that I heard voices and I turned around to discover that two of the boys I had always bullied were
right there next to the school building. They were leaning on their bikes and talking to each other. I walked up to
them and I was right next to them before they knew I was even there. When they turned and saw me, I saw fear
come on their expressions. I could tell that they wanted to run but it was too late. I had them cornered and what I
told them was not the old me. I told them that I didn’t want to fight anymore. I said that I wanted to be friends!
It was not long after that day when my older brother gave his life to God as he made the trip down the isle to the
Pastor of our Church on a Sunday morning. I wanted to make that walk too so I did it on the next service we went
to. I did the same thing I saw my brother do. I told the Pastor that I wanted to be saved and they baptized me in
the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
It was not long after that when our family quit attending Church for some reason. I was a young boy, growing up in
the world without any Biblical instructions.
As I became a teenager, my role model was Evil Knievel and I thought the outlaw bikers were cool. As I look back
on them days, I believe I was covered by the Grace of God but I had some major problems. My problem was that I
did not behave in the way that God saw me as being in Christ. My walk was not even close to being up to par for
the young man God saw me as. I became addicted to hard drugs and a lifestyle that could only lead to
destruction. I began to reap what I sowed in the flesh.
I came to prison with a life sentence in July of 1988 for a crime that I could never pay for. The good news is that
Jesus Christ paid the price for me when He wore that crown of thorns to Calvary’s Cross. He gave His Life so that
all who believe in Him may be forgiven for their sin and the Bible says that we have all sinned.
While in prison, I learned to study Gods instructions for living “The Holy Bible” and to apply what I learn to my daily
walk. I have been delivered from the addictions of drugs and I have learned to behave in a way that is more inline
with the way God sees me to be in Jesus Christ. My better behavior has caused me to reap good things in life. I
do not get into trouble like I used to and I have even been able to help others avoid some of the mistakes that I
made.
I have a lot of remorse over my earlier years of living. The mistakes I made in the past were very destructive at
times. The Bible instructs me to put my hands to the plow and move forward. That is what I am doing.
The Bible is true! There were even believers in the early Church who were willing to die for what they witnessed of
Jesus Christ. It must have been true because otherwise I do not believe they would have been willing to die for it.
I believe that the part of us that makes choices consists of more than flesh and blood. I believe that part of us is
called “the soul” and can exist forever in the same wonderful place that the Creator of all life lives. I believe the
only way we can get there is through faith in Jesus Christ. My life has changed, not from the outside-in, but from
the inside-out. I don’t do what I do so I can be saved. I am already saved because of what Jesus already did for
me. I do what I do because I learned that my blessings come from behaving like the man God already sees me as.
God sees me washed clean of all unrighteousness because His Son paid the sin price for me. He did it for you too!
Brotherly Love,
Richard Surguine
Jerry Hartley
I had everything I thought I needed in life, money, dope, we men, and
friends. I never was a believer in any Religion. I figured it was all B.S. After
a 29 year battle with drugs something happened and this is how it
happened. I was found face down in my camper over dosed on drugs by my
mother. She took me to my sister’s house and they put me in a room with
nothing but a bed and a Bible. I was cramping and throwing up for 3 days
when I picked up the Bible and opened it up to the book of John. I thought I
was reading it alone but I wasn't. After one day and a night of reading I
noticed wasn't sick any more I kept reading and I new there was something
happening to me. I realized that it wasn't just a book but there was
something to this book and that I wasn't reading it alone but God was there
reading it with me It took me 3 days to finish reading the book of John and
as soon as I finished reading I had no desire to do drugs any more. I wasn't
sick any more and I had found a new high It was God. I have been drug free
now for over a year. I have received many blessings from the Lord this year
alone I can't even start counting them I'm still far from being more Christ
like, but it's all about growing with god. Now I get high every day on Jesus
Christ not heroin, cocaine, or the other drugs that had control of me. May
God Bless You the way he has blessed me nothing is to hard for him to
handle.
Jerry
Hartley
I had everything I thought I needed in life, money, dope, we men, and
friends. I never was a believer in any Religion. I figured it was all B.S. After
a 29 year battle with drugs something happened and this is how it
happened. I was found face down in my camper over dosed on drugs by my
mother. She took me to my sister’s house and they put me in a room with
nothing but a bed and a Bible. I was cramping and throwing up for 3 days
when I picked up the Bible and opened it up to the book of John. I thought I
was reading it alone but I wasn't. After one day and a night of reading I
noticed wasn't sick any more I kept reading and I new there was something
happening to me. I realized that it wasn't just a book but there was
something to this book and that I wasn't reading it alone but God was there
reading it with me It took me 3 days to finish reading the book of John and
as soon as I finished reading I had no desire to do drugs any more. I wasn't
sick any more and I had found a new high It was God. I have been drug free
now for over a year. I have received many blessings from the Lord this year
alone I can't even start counting them I'm still far from being more Christ
like, but it's all about growing with god. Now I get high every day on Jesus
Christ not heroin, cocaine, or the other drugs that had control of me. May
God Bless You the way he has blessed me nothing is to hard for him to
handle.
Jerry
Hartley