“Tell Your Story”
October is “Pastor Appreciation Month”, the Beacon has a special story of Pastor Louis Molina in this edition.
We encourage you to support you’re pastor this month. Send him/her a thank you note, buy them a special gift and/or give
them a holy hug! Our pastors pour themselves out for us. Be creative and love on your Pastor this month (and always)!
I left home at about the age of
14 years old. During this time in
my life, I got involved in gang
violence, drugs and alcohol.
I was in and out of jail. During my time
in the streets, I met my wife, Debbie.
She was also involved in drugs, alcohol
and had lost her children to CPS. We
both were hooked on heroine and
headed in a downward spiral. Life
seemed hopeless.
In 1985, my wife, Debbie and I walked
into Victory Outreach in San Jose,
California. Little did we realize that our
lives would never be the same again.
There, we both gave our lives to the Lord,
and Debbie was miraculously delivered
from drugs and alcohol at the altar.
Before meeting Christ, I never had
any goals for my life. After surrendering
to the Lord, I started writing things down
that I wanted to accomplish. One of
those goals was being in full time ministry
before reaching the age of thirty.
Shortly after setting this goal, I
received a call from my Pastor, Ed
Morales, about running the Victory
Outreach Men’s Home in St. Martin,
California. I did not know how to preach
or lead Bible studies. It was through the
home that the Lord taught me how to
minister to addicts, gang members and
broken people. In 1997, we got the call
to start a Victory Outreach in San
Antonio, Texas with Founding Pastor
Sonny Arguinzoni’s blessing.
A few short years after starting our
church and outreach center successfully,
I discovered I had Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin’s
B-Cell Lymphoma. The Lord was really
moving in the Church and I could not
understand why He would allow me to
get cancer. In 2010, because of the
chemo and treatments, I ended up on
dialysis and needed a new kidney. I
was only on the list for a little over four
months. This was the miracle.
Pastor Luis Molina
However, in receiving the transplant,
there were complications and the
doctors did not know if I would make
it through the night.
At this same time, in California, the
Victory Outreach Men’s Conference was
going on. My wife made a phone call to
one of the pastors. As a result of this
call, during the conference, all five-thousand
men lifted me up in prayer for
healing as I was fighting for my life and
the doctors were unsure if I would make
it through the night. The next morning,
I woke up from that night of terror and
recovered fully. The doctors were
amazed. They knew it was God.
These trials changed my life. The way
I ministered and preached also changed.
People would come to our church that
have been sick and they would receive
healing through our testimony and
prayer. Initially, I could not understand
what good thing could come out of
cancer. Now I understand. God was
preparing me and now He is using me.
Our church is moving forward
with its evangelism and street
outreaches such as Code Red
(reaching prostitutes on the
streets). We recently opened the
Women’s Victory Home. We have
been having street meetings for over
twenty years now. God is blessing our
efforts. We know our anointing is in the
Inner-City of San Antonio. We continue
to watch and stand in awe as the Lord
does amazing things in our ministry!
Everyone has a story. You don’t have to be
an evangelist to share Christ. Just share
your story! Want your story to be considered
for a future issue of the Beacon?
Please share your story with us by emailing
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