Billy West:  

CLASS OF 1999
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Glen burnie, MD

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Billy is from Baltimore, Maryland. Billy's schools include Glen Burnie High School. Billy later attended Agape institute of biblical studies, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Youth Ministry, Biblical and Theological Studies, Pastoral Studies) . Billy works(ed) at Divine Communications Network. Music Billy likes includes Fully Covered, Clockbreaker, Krayzie Bone | Get A Record Deal & Conquer The Industry. Books Billy likes include The Holy Bible. More about Billy:"BORN AT JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL ON JULY 6 1981.AT 2:33 AM.I WAS BORN A PREMATURE BABY WHICH MOST PEOPLE CALL A MARICLE BABY,BECUZ I WAS TWO POUNDS 2 0UNCES ,THEN FELL DOWN TO 1 POUND 10 OZ . THEY DIDNT KNOW IF I WAS GONNA MAKE IT ,I STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MONTHS ,I WAS SO SMALL MY MOTHER TOLD ME I BIG AS A TEN OZ COKE BOTTLE,AND THAT MY POP WOULD ROCK ME BACK IN FORTH IN HIS HAND . I HAD SOME PROBLEM FROM WHEN I WAS BORN WITH MY LEFT LEG, THE DOCTORS TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS ,SO NOW ABOUT AGE FOUR THEY FINALLY FIXED IT OVER 300 STITCHES IN AND OUT. I JUST GOT WORSE BY THE MINUTE .MY MOM WAS OVER WHELMED HAVING ALL FOUR OF HER KIDS AND SHE NEEDED HELP SO SHE ALLOWED A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY WHO OFFERED TO HELP HER TO TAKE ME HERE AND THERE SOMETIMES IT WAS DAYS AT A TIME AN WEEKS AT TIME. AS TIMES MOVING SLOW WHEN WE ARE YOUNG .I STARTED DOING THINGS LIKE SMOKIN CIGARETTES, DRINKUNG , SOME TIMES SMOKING WEED,I WAS ABOUT 8 WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I STRARTED GETTIN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW IT FELT LIKE EVERYDAY A COP WAS AT MY DOOR . FROM CERTAINS WAYS THINGS HAPPENED GROWING UP CAUSED ME TO BE REBELLIOS. I MAJORITY OF MY TEEN YEARS I WAS ON PROBATION ,WHICH IS ALOT BETTER THAN GETTING LOCKED UP .WELL ANYWAYS I WAS KICKED OUT OF BALTO.CITY SCHOOLS AND GLENBURNIE HIGH SO MY P,O TOOK ME TO THIS PLACE CALLED THE CHESAPEAKE CENTER FOR APPLIED YOUTH 'WHICH WAS A LEARNING FACILITY WHERE CERTAIN TEENS WERE SENT BECAUSE THEY WHERE BAD . AND THIS SCHOOL EVEN HAD SCHHOOL ON SAT. AND SUMMER. I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO. WHY I WAS THERE, THE STAFF TREATED ME WELL ,AND ENDED UP SENDING ME DOWN TO THEYRE YOUTH TRAINING FACILITY WHICH WAS AN OLD DINER FROM A MOVIE THAT WAS DONATED FOR THE YOUTH TO TRAINAND LEARN RESPONSABILITY AND MANY OTHER THINGS,THAT WOULD PREPARE THEM FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD.AND THE MAJOR OBSTICLES ALOMG LIFES JOURNEY. THAT LIES AHEAD OF THEM ,I STAYED THERE WORKING EVERYDAY AND STARTED TRAINING OTHER STUDENTS.WELL HERE IT DEC3MBER 1998 I TOOK THE DIPLOMA TEST IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY I RECIEVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY BOSS AT DINER THAT I PASSED AND WAS NOW A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.I TRIED TO BE IN THE SERVICE .THEY WOULDNT LET CUZ OF MY LEG.I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A RECRUITER OF B.C.P.D THEY TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE REFFERED ME TO THEM AND ASK ME IF I COULD TAKE THE TEST AND GO THROUGH SOME INTERVIEWS SO I DID AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES FINISH AND A COUPLE DAYS LATER HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME I PASSED THE WAS ONE OF BEST IN A CLASS OF 50 ,BUT YOUR INTERVIEWS DIDNT GO AS PLANNED THE FIRST TWO LOVED YOU ,BUT THE LAST INTERVIEW WHICH WAS THE F.B.I. INTERVIEW AND ONE QUESTION AND A FEW NUMBERS.SO THAT SHOT ME DOWN .WELL ANYWAYS I HAD ALOT TENSION BUILT UP IN TMY BODY I STARTED WORKING THREE JOBS JUST TO KEEPS SANE RITE-AID,POPEYES.CITY LIGHTS. I WAS ALWAYS BUSY.THEN I WAS SLAPPED ON THE FACE(NOT REALLY JUST A METAPHOR) SOMEONE SNITCHED .AND I THOUGHT WE WERE MY GOOD FRIEND.SO I LOST MY JOB AT RITE AID .BECAUSE I WAS TAKING ALOT NARCOTICS ETC, AND HONESTLY IT WAS GOOD MONEY $2,000 FOR A BOTTLE OF 100 EACH TIME AND CASH IN MY POCKET.ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK GOD . THEY JUST LAID ME OFF AND DIDNT PROSECUTE ME CUZ I PROBABLY STILL BE IN PRISON.I GOT A JOB AT A STRIP JOINT DOWTOWN AS A DOORMAN / WHATEVER THEY NEEDED.I STARTED STAYING AT THE CLUB AND BECAME A MANAGER BUT THE THING IS I STARTED TO DO EXPIERMENTS AND STARTED WITH EX.K.GHB.SPEED AND SNORTIN COKE. THEN ONE DAY I ACTUALLY WENT HOME TO MY APARTMENT AND MY ROOMMATE WAS THERE I HAD A FRIEND FROM THE CLUB THEY CALLED HER RAVEN.WELL ANYWAY I WENT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM HE WAS STANDING THERE HITTING A CRACK PIPE I SAW THAT AND WAS FURIOUS SO I ASK ED WATS HIS PROMBLEMWAS AND HE COME AT ME PUSHED ME REAL HARD INTO A DRESSER. SO I WENT BACK AT HIMAND THEN THE GIRL COME AND TOLD US TO STOP BECAUSE WE WERE FRIENDS AND WE SHOULD BE MAN ENOUGHTO FIX OUR PROBLEMS WITH NO DOUBT.WELL I APOLAGIZESD TO HIM GAVE HIM A HUG AND THEN ASKED EVERYONE IF THEY WANTED A DRINK EVERYONE SAID YES SO I WENT TO MAKE THE DRINKS ,NEXT THING I KNOW THIS BIG OPHY MFER IS COMING AT ME WITH A 12 INCH BUTCHER KNIFE ,I WAS BACKED INTO A CORNER NOW HERE TO GO EXCEPT TOWARD THE DUDE WITH THE KNIFE. IM STANDING THERE THINKG AND GOD WHAT DO I DO IN THIS SITUATIO...Expand for more
N BUT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TRY TO WRESTLE TH KNIFE OUT OF HIS HAND AFTER FIIVE MINUTES OF STRUGGLING I WAS ABLE BRING THE HAND WITHE KNIFE DOWN AND TRYIN TO GET IT FROM HIM AND ALLOF A SUDDEN I LOOKED DON MY HANDS ON THE KNIFE WHY THE HANDLE PART WAS THE ONLY THING U COULD SEE .ALL I COULD DO IS RUN AWAY I RAN OUTSIDE AND FELL TO MY KNEES CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET "GOD WHAT DID I JUST DO .AND I KEPT ASKING HIM FOR FRGIVNESS I ENDED UP GOING TO PRISON. FROM DAY1 UP UNTIL THE DAY I WAS RELEASED I WAS GLORIFYING GOD AND PRAISEING HIM .THANKING FOR ALL THE BLESSING AND PEOPLE U GOD HAVE SENT MY WAY EVEN I WAS OFFERED A PLEA DEAL FOR 20 YEARS .I BOWD MY HEAD AND ASKED GOD FOR SOMETHING ELSE SO GOD GAVE IT TO ME TEN YEARS ALL SUSPENDED BUT TWO YEARS TWO YEARS PROBATION. SEE WUT PEOPLE FAILL TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE SIGN THAT GOD THROWS YOU OR THE ANSWERS HE TELLS U . COME ON PEOPLE ITS TIME TO WAKE UP,AND HEED TO WHAT GOD ISNT TRYIN TO TELLUS . THE WEIRD THING WAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE ALL THIS I PRAYED AND ASKED GOD FOR HELP TOLD HIM I NEEDED TO GET AWAY FOR A WHILE . SO NOW I GOING AWAY FOR AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO.SEE I REALIZED THAT GOD ASWERS PRAYERS IN ANY WAY HE WANTS BUT IT UP TO DECIFOR THE ANSWER AND TO BE PERSISTANT IN TRYING FIND YOUR ANSWER.WHILE I WAS IN PRISON I RAN DIFFERENT CHURCH SERVIVES IN THE PRISON.I CAME HOME AFTER SERVING THE FULL 2 YEARS BECAUSE A GUARD TRY BE TOUGH TONY AND I DIDNT EXPECT TO LIFT HIM OFF THE GROUND AND SLAM HIM CUZ HES A BIG BOY BUT SOME HOW I DID AND NEXT THINK I KNOW I BACK IN CUFFS AND THE C.O.GUARDS 6 OF THEM BANKED ME WITHTHE CUFFS ON .THEY PICKED ME UP AND SLAMD ME ONTO TH CONKRETE FLOOR.NEXT THING I KNOW IS MY B.F.F. AND MY MOM &DAD AND MY LIL SIS ALL I CAN HEAR IS MY DAD YELLING GET OFF MY SON LIKE THAT, SO NOW MY FAMILY GETTIN INVOLVED CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS FOR ME BUT THATS OK BE CAUSE SO THEY TOOK ALL MY GOOD TIME SO INSTEAD OF COMING HOME IN AUGUST IT WILL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.SO HERE I WAS SITTING THERE WITH NOTHING TO DO ALL I COULD DO IS THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING GOIN ON INSIDE MY LIFE .AND I THOUGHT ABOUT ME,MYSELF FOR ONCE .SO I TALKED TO GOD AN STUDIED HIS WORD AS MUCH AS I COULD I PRAYED WHEN I COULD. ON APRIL 4TH 2002 I WAS ORDAINED IN PRISON FROM A OUT SIDE MINISTRY.THAT WHY I WAS IN PRISON .AND I WAS SITTIN BACK ONE DAY SAID I NEVER WANTED TO BE A MINISTER AT ALL THEN ONE DAY I GUESS GOD CALLED AND SAID I CAN PLAN FOR YOU .AND I EXCEPTED WHAT I WAS SHOWN .AND I WAS DOING GREAT WHEN I GOT HOME FROM PRISON I KEPT DOING GODS WILL HAD A JOB THE SECOND DAY I WAS OUT AND KEPT DOIN ME AND I WANTED TOWORK INTHE MINISTRY BUT IT WAS A HARD THING TO DO BECAUSE OF MY VIOLENT CHARGE.I THOUGHT WE WERENT SPOSE TO JUDGE OTHERS THATS GOD PLACE WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT,ENCOURAGE.UPLIFT EACH OTHER. SO I WAS WORKING A A GRILL COOK AND THAT WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL SPANISH GIRL IN THE BAKERY AND WE BECAME FRIENDS ,REAL GOOD FRIENDS.THEN NEXT YOU KNOW THE WE DID THE DEED AND SHE ENDED UP WITH MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER IN HER WOUMB . EVERYTHING WAS GOIN GOOD WE HAD OUR OWN PLACE AND ALL. THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ,ONE DAY SHE JUST UP AND TOLD ME LEAVE WOW SHE TORE MY HEART OUT LILBIT I JUST COULDT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED I KINDA STILL DONT .I LOVE MY BABIES AND I MISS THEM SO MUCH AFTER WE SPLIT I CAME BACK TO BALTIMORE .NEXT THING I KNOW MYBE A MONTH LATER .SHE INTRODUCES HER MAN SISTER TO ME .SO NOW ICHECKIN HER OUT SHE A LIL TALLER THAN ME & PRETTY, TATTOOS,PIERCEN WE HOOKED UP ,AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAAT AT FIRST AND THEN THINGS JUST CHANGED AND WE SPLIT ALMOST TWO YEARS AN I STILL LOVE HER.AND I MISS MY LIL ANGEL SO MUCH ,BUT I HAVE FAITH IN MY GOD THAT HE WILL KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE AND MKE A WAY FOR THINGS .I CAN MAKE U SMILE AND LAAUGH. BUT I CAN ALSO BE A BUTT .I PREFFERED NOT TO .SEE HERE IS MY THINGI TOOK A BREAK FROM DOIN THE MINISTRY STUFF ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO CUZ I JUST FEEL LIKE IM DOING SOMTHING ABOUT SEE WHEN I SAY I TAKEN BREAK THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT I LEFT GOD I STILL TALK TO HIM WORSHIP HIM AND STLL DOO SOMETHING ,.I JUST FEEL LIKE WITH EVERY THING GOIN ON IN MY LIFE .IM REALLY WORTHY ENUFF TO DO IT.BUT I DO FEEL LIKE GODS TRY ING TO CALL ME .OR ANSWER ME WELL.SEE.BUT TO BE HONEST WHEN ALL THE STUFF HAS HAPPENED IN THIS HELLAMESS WE CALL LIFE.FOUR YEARS AGO MY I HAD AN INJURY ON THE JOB WHICH ACTUALLY I WENT BACK TO AFTER I CLEANED UPFOR SIXX MONTHS STRAIGHTI LIVED WITH A SLITTING MIGRAINE ,WITH MY JAWS LIKE I HAD TOOTH ACHES EAR ACHES,NECK AND SHOULDER PROBLEMS ,WELL WE ENDED UPIN THE HOSPITAL UP HERE AND THEY FOUND A WHOLE IN THE BRAIN ,WHICH HAS ALOT FACTORS OF ME HAVIN MY SEIZURE.BUT I LOVE GOD!!!! I ALWAYS WILL.I AM A CHILD OF CHILD . IM SINGLE ,I HAVE TWO DAUGHTER ONE 3 ONE 7..".
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