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"It's Hard To Walk Away When You're A Gang Leader" - interview w/ Rocky Vasquez
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On this podcast episode I interview Pastor Rocky Vasquez. Rocky grew up on the lower west side of Chicago in a historic community named Pilsen. Around the age of nine he begins to ask his mom about his dad, "Who is he? Where is he?" He sees his friends spending time with their fathers and internally he desired to connect with his dad. He begins looking for love, looking to be accepted, looking for his identity and eventually this leads him towards the gangs in the early 80's.
His group of friends eventually become a core group which helped this particular gang expand not only in this community but also around the city of Chicago, suburbs and even other states. A life of crime, violence and imprisonment soon follow. His way of handling himself and others eventually lead him up into gang leadership.
But yet there is still a void internally inside of this man that he is unable to fill. He begins to call out to God and eventually decides he wants to turn his life around. While incarcerated he begins to draw close to God and begins to lead others to God as well. Unfortunately, upon his release he finds himself living back inside of the same neighborhood he grew up in and his friends come calling upon him for his help. He tries to hold out for about three months. But eventually he gets drawn back into the gang life. He comes to find out that "It's hard to walk away when you're a gang leader."
Tune in to hear to how eventually he couldn't outrun the calling God had upon his life. He is now leading people to the only gang that is gonna be standing at the end of the day. The biggest gang that there ever will be is "God's gang."
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1. [Ad] All of Life for God (00:13:15)
2. (Cont.) "It's Hard To Walk Away When You're A Gang Leader" - interview w/ Rocky Vasquez (00:13:16)
3. [Ad] Shifting Culture (00:38:16)
4. (Cont.) "It's Hard To Walk Away When You're A Gang Leader" - interview w/ Rocky Vasquez (00:38:17)
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