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At the age of twelve I had a friend invite me to Coppinger Cove Baptist Church in Sequatchie, Tennessee. After becoming a
member and attending church that's when on February 28, 1996, I announced that God placed a call on my life. At the age of
fifteen I was to start something that to most teenagers would be the very last thing on their mind, that was to Preach the
Gospel of Jesus Christ to a Lost and Dying World. At this point God started to expand my ministry, Christ OutReach Ministries,
now Victor Levan Ministries, that He gave to me in 1995.
I took the call God gave me and started working for the Lord, but I had an issue bothering me of religion and homosexuality.I
Moved to Nashville to goto college and had to move back home after dropping out. The whole time that I was in Nashville and
prior to that I had gotten out of church. A few months after I moved back home I met a guy, Ian, that introduced me to Covenant
Of Hope Fellowship, a Church in McDonald, Tennessee. Now LFF.
On March 21, 2004, was a day that God would turn my life back around and put it on the path that he wanted me on by renewing
and strengthening my faith. So many things tried to prevent me from going to church that Sunday morning, but God managed to
get me to where he wanted me and that was at Covenant of Hope Fellowship. There a man of God from the Northern Virginia, Washington,
DC area would come and preach a message on Matthew 6:24-35 on how to overcome anxiety and depression, and also bring to me
a word of prophecy from God. I felt that the message was meant for me. I cried through the whole service as God opened my
heart to accept his word that was being delivered to me through his servant. At the end of the service Apostle Dale came to
me and told me that the call God placed on my life was still there that God did, was, and will use me for His glory. He told
me to not worry about the battle that I was fighting, that God made me that way and to claim what God was saying.
I was doing well there for awhile. Ever heard the statement "Sin will take you farther than you wanna go, keep you longer
than you wanna stay, and make you pay more than you want?" It's true, I had a relapse because of my relationship with Jeff.
I had went to the Doctor and he had put me on Xanax to help me with the problem. Of course I abused them in the beginning
and thought I would be okay. March 12, 2006 would be the day that I would start to pay for my rebellion. I had been taking
the pills and drinking and driving. The combination of the three did not go together at all. I hit a guard rail head on and
totaled my 2004 Honda Civic, that I got, watch this, I got this car two years to the day earlier. March 12, 2004! Okay God
is saying......, Well you get it if I can't learn a lesson from this then something is wrong! I went and paid a attorney to
try and help me get the charges dismissed. Court date came and it was postpone. I decided to go ahead and get a new car in
case I did lose my license I would already have a car. May 1, 2006 I signed the paper work to get my new car (to me it was
new), a 2004 Nissian Sentra SER Spec V. May 10, 2006 Jeff and I was out drinking, I felt sick and laid back as he drove. The
next thing I knew I was awaken by a major shake, cause I was out of it. Jeff had rear ended a car on Brainerd Road, in Chattanooga,
TN. The court date kept getting put off. Now I am facing First Offense DUI as well as first offense DUI by consent. What was
I thinking!? I let the enemy deceive me twice. Aug. 15, 2006 I would determine my fate. I plead guilty to DUI and the second
charge was dropped to a lower charge. After loss off license and a job and fines and attorney fees and Jail time and DUI school
I've come to realize that its not worth it. My advice now is don't drink at all. If you have to though, please designate a
driver! I could still be in jail for hurting or killing someone, but by God's grace HE was watching over my crazy butt. In
July of 2007, Bro. Dale returned to COHF along with Pastor Anita, a straight lady from his church. I am now attending LFF
and praising God for my church family and what He has brought me through!
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