Then I go to a place like New Zealand. While I was in New Zealand, I was doin' concerts down there. And a man called me; and he said, 'Will you come to New Zealand, and do fifteen concerts around the country?' I said, 'Yes, I will.' He said, 'We can't pay you very much.' I said, 'Don't worry about it. I'll come.' He said, 'We can only pay you this amount.' I said, 'That's OK. Don't worry about it. I'll come.' When I got to New Zealand, I found out that these men, that were Christians that were in charge of a big Christian outreach throughout New Zealand; had advertised me from Black Sabbath, and from Jesus Christ Superstar. They didn't mention that I was a born-again Christian. They charged ten dollars a ticket. They booked me in 3,000 seat halls all over New Zealand. So they were bringin' in about $30,000 a night. Tryin' to make money. But they didn't tell anyone in the church. They advertised it secular! To try to bring in a lot of money! And they did fifteen of those dates, so they had brought in half a million dollars, or whatever it was out of those dates. I didn't like the fact that they didn't say I was a Christian.

But, I'll tell you what the outcome was. They set me up. I thought it was like Daniel to the lion's den. I didn't have a heavy metal band; I didn't bring hardly any leathers with me; I brought suits. I thought I'm gonna walk out, I guess it's up to the Lord. One place I was in, the first night I walked out, I stood there and I looked. When I walked out on the stage I saw three thousand people in leathers. I saw women out there all dolled up, with their hair stickin' up, and wearin' next to nothin'. And people givin' devil signs, and all this. And I thought, 'Well, All things work for good for those that love God, and are called accordin' to His purposes. We do not have a religious meetin' goin' down here tonight! What we have is a conflict, a conflagration if you well, between hell and heaven. And I'll tell you, heaven wins everytime. So, I stood up and I started singin' Hosanna. 'Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might.' And I looked out; and the people were goin' [staring strongly]. Hundreds and hundreds of them came to the Lord.

Now wait a minute. After the concert was over, I was backstage and a young prostitute came backstage. And some people came over to me; and said, 'This young girl wants to see you.' She was dressed as a prostitute. I'm not gonna tell you what she had on, or what she didn't have on, but she was dressed like a prostitute. Turned out she was seventeen years old, and her name was Leanne. I had people I was signin' things for, people I was prayin' for, things that were goin' on backstage. And finally she was smokin'. She was wearin' a neck brace. One of the men that she had turned a trick for, beat her up, so she was wearin' a neck brace. All of a sudden I got over near her, she walked over to me with a cigarette. She cussed me out. She said, 'You ___, ___,___,___. You gonna talk to me or what?' I said, 'Yeah, I'll talk to you. Put the cigarette out, and stop blowin' smoke in my face. I'll talk to you.' She said, 'I want to see you privately.' I said, 'Alright.' Now, maybe I was born yesterday, but I was born early and stayed up late. So, I took two women with me. I figured, I'm not goin' into the back room with this girl alone. You know? Not the same kind of spirit I used to have, believe me. So I took a grandma with me, white haired lady that was there. And I took a young rostiferian women, that had been in the rostiferian movement; who had opened for me, singin' songs, reggea type songs, reggea christian music. So I asked this rostiferian young girl to go with me into the back.

When we got in the back, Leanne was standin' there. She said, 'I'm a prostitute, and I make a $1,000 a night. I'm the prettiest girl out here. Can you show me, you ___,___,___, [cussin' me], can you show me how I can make a $1,000 a night any other way?' I don't know. But Scripture says, Seek you first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. I don't like to argue with people. I like to quote the Word. She said to me, 'I didn't receive Jesus tonight.' Real hostile. 'And I'll tell you why, because I'm not a hypocrite. I'm a hooker. And tomorrow night I'm still gonna be a hooker. If I received Jesus, I'd still be back there tomorrow turnin' tricks for the men. And I ain't no hypocrite. So I ain't gonna receive Jesus.' Praise God she's not a hypocrite. We've got enough hypocrites in the church. We need people who are gonna serve the Lord Jesus Christ. I looked at Leanne, and I said, 'Leanne, you need to receive Jesus as your Savior.' 'I aint no hypocrite. I'll be back there tomorrow night turnin' tricks.' 'Fine,' I said, 'You come to Jesus, and receive Him as your Savior, right now. And if tomorrow night you want to go back to that massage parlor, you're tellin' me about go ahead.' When I said that the grandma went, 'Ah, ah, ah, ah. God.' She just, she almost had the big one right there. You know what I mean? And the rostiferian chick said, 'Chill out, baby. Be cool.' And I saw Leanne start to break. She said, 'I can receive Jesus, now? As I am?' I said, 'Yeah.' 'And if I want to go to the massage parlor tomorrow, I can go to the massage parlor?' I said, 'You just receive Jesus as your Savior, right now. And welcome Him into your heart.' She said, 'OK.' We prayed the sinner's prayer for Leanne. She started cryin'. I hooked her up with some people there in town.

Three days later, I was in another part of New Zealand. I was backstage. Somebody said, 'There is a young lady named Leanne that wants to see you.' I said, 'Bring her back.' Backstage came a young girl wearin' a pair of bluejeans, a sweatshirt, and a pair of tennis shoes. Leanne looked like a beautiful young seventeen girl. She had the joy of the Lord on her. She came runnin' up to me. Now, you have to remember that she had just come out of turnin' tricks on the street. So, I'm just gonna share what happened. She came up to me. I looked at her; and I said, 'Praise God.' And I thought she was gonna hug me; but instead, she kissed me right square on lips. Then she started cryin'; she said, 'Praise God, Jesus has set me free. I never went back to that massage parlor. Praise God, I'm free!' I said, 'I knew you would be set free.'

My Deepest Love,
Jeff
Prison, Novermber, 1991