Rio: Peter

One of the people we interviewed in Rio was a man named Peter. Though he had been raised in a Christian home, he got involved with drugs when he was young.

He found himself spending nights on the streets, unable to change course. His life began to spiral more and more out of control until, one day, he found himself running from the police. They fired on him, hit him in the shoulder, and arrested him. He showed us his scar from the bullet hole.

Peter began to rethink his life at that point. Not long after, Jesus saved him, and his life began to change.

Today, Peter is married with kids and grandkids, and he works as both a pastor and an administrator for an English school.

The great thing about Peter is that he is always smiling. Even in the midst of talking about drug addiction and bullet wounds, he had a grin on his face. God has made a huge change in his life, and he is clearly filled with God's joy.