Tony Loeffler shares one prisoners amazing story

Tony Loeffler

To Rev. Tony Loeffler,

This comes from a man that never thought possible to even fathom I would ever write this kind of letter. I'll start from today, then about my past.

On Mar. 4, 07, everybody was talking about your concert, how good it was going to be, uplifting and praising the Lord. I was asked by at least three people if I was going to attend and my answer was no. Well about 5PM after chow time I started on a tattoo for a guy in the dorm. The announcement for chapel standby was made. OK, I felt a twinge to go but fought it till they said line up for chapel. For a reason, and I have no idea why, I felt I to go. For me this was strange. I've never been in a church and I've always hated God. But,the biggest reason of all, I've been a Devil worshiper all my life, under the guidance of Anton Levay. Why would a thing like a Godly concert be bothering me to attend? So, putting my tattoo gun down with much madness from my customer, I went. I was surprised to hear from somebody almost in my own shoes, yet praising God. I felt I had to talk to you. The first night I just couldn't find the strength. On Mar. 5, 07 at 1:30PM again I went to your concert. I couldn't believe my strong need to talk to you and my desire to accept God into my life. A God I hated and despised all my life reached me through your testimony. That night at your next concert at 6PM, I finally asked to speak to you and since you were busy and I couldn't wait no more during your last song, I got your bassist attention and he got Rev. Tom to come and talk with me. After what was a very tense few seconds as I told him about my beliefs, I asked him if God could forgive me, a murderer, killer, gang member and worst of all a worshiper of the Devil himself. He said yes, God can and that second he told me to pray and confess all my ways. He showed me verses from 1 John and told me to read 1 John, Luke and Proverbs. (I will) I read him the only thing I've ever believed in the bible, Psalm 88, which I have tattooed on my leg. Then again, he prayed for me again. That is when I finally got to speak to you. Thank you for your time and wherever you head after this prison, I hope there is another person like me, hopeless, no agenda, that maybe you and your band of broken people can find and change another life. Sincerely, WEH

This is only part of a 10 page letter this man sent. At age 2 his father almost killed him with a severe beating and hid him in a washing machine. He was one of seven children. His mother rushed him to a hospital and he was taken from them and sent to foster care in Miami, FL. His mom eventually divorced his dad and fought to get custody back and after the death of her mom, which she took pretty hard, started to beat the children. Several times she tried to do a mass suicide and started to sexually abuse the children with incest and devil worship.

Previously, when the grandmother was alive, she tried to feed all the children poison to kill them. A young child he eventually ran away from home but was found and returned to his mom. He would argue that he would rather be homeless than live with his mom. Later that night, after he was returned to his mom, he took a knife and stabbed her. At eleven years old he was put in a detention center and charged with aggravated assault and attempted murder. Eventually he was returned to foster care but found more identity becoming a gang member. At twelve, he joined the gang, Folks Nation. He sold guns for money, beat people up, shot people at the age of thirteen and killed an opposing gang member. He eventually was bounced from foster home to foster home as his behavior got worse each day. He started to use more and more drugs to try to remove the pain, but nothing helped. He was in and out of mental clinics and determined to be Bi-Polar and having a social disorder. He started to just cut himself to see if he was still alive to see if he felt anything as he was told he had no feelings and only did the things he did for entertainment. Eventually, he was hospitalized from ages 14 to 17. He started shooting heroine at age 17 and by 18 had tried to kill himself 4 times.

One day his father made contact with him and said he was sorry, that he loved him and so he believed him only to find out two weeks later that his dad was molesting his 12, 14, and 17 year old half sisters. So, he poisoned him with mercury. This was published on "Inside Edition" on every news channel and every newspaper.

As time went on, things only continued to get worse........but praise God who raises the dead. This man has now entered into life through the shed blood of the lamb. He now worships the living Savior and is not ashamed of the Gospel.