Edik Saghatelyan

I have been living in Armenia till I was at my 16ese. I was naughty. When I was in a quarrel somehow I shoot someone from my dad’s hunters gun. Though he wasn’t been harmed, I ran away to Russia not to be imprisoned. I was in different towns. In 1993 I left for Novosibirsk and lived there till 2014. I was an authority by criminal living. I have been responsible for 9 years to a space where businessmen worked. I have been appointed responsible from criminal world. From 1993 to2010 I used hard narcotics. I reached to desomorphin. All my body was harmed, all my organs, including liver, head, heart and kidneys were out of order. In short, I was in a terrible situation. I was almost dying. In 2009 I have been testified about Jesus and went to a Rehabilitation Center. Even I haven’t passed the whole program there, but I have been fully recovered, that is healed. I was baptized and when I went out 7months later I failed and again kept in touch with criminal world. Once I was a guest with a criminal group, where they murdered. Though I wasn’t guilty, I had fell far from the Lord. After all that group has been prisoned. I was outside for 6 months and again I was living in sins. They imprisoned me for that crime as if I had done it.

I was convicted by the two Russian 210 (18-25 years) and 114/4 (5-15 years) articles. When I was in prison the first thing I asked was the Holy Bible. I repented and lived there like I’m living in Rehabilitation Center using the principles of Center for me. During the 6 months I was in liberty, I was free by Gods great miracle. Up to 2014 I served “New Town,, and “New Generation,, Rehabilitation Centers near by the Churches. I was a responsible there. In 2014 I came back to Armenia by God’s will with my wife and two children. And the members of my family Dad who was the chief of Novosibirsk and my three brothers who are successful businessmen, and my mother who is a poetess stayed in Novosibirsk. In short, I want to testify about them that they did their best to save me, but they failed. I want to tell about one of that attempts. In Novosibirsk there was ‘Academic Town, (The town of academics) where that scientists were thinking how to help addicted people. There was a cure method by which they made a human temperature above 40 C and put that man into the cold water and during 10 days that man doesn’t understand anything and doesn’t remember anything. So he or she doesn’t remember that he/she was an addicted. Shortly, I want to say, that it didn’t help me also. Only Christ did help me with His great mercy. Coming to Armenia I tried to serve here in Rehab. Center. I met Gagik who is the chief of Rehab. Centre. I heard about Teen Challenge and now I serve in Merdzavan Rehab. Centre. There has been a lot of miracles in my life and miracles are going on.