User:MrTHoang

A reformed gangster turned preacher and inspirational speaker from Cabramatta, Sydney Australia. Featured on teleivison SBS documentary Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (2012) and Channel Seven program Gangs of Oz (2009).

History
Born in Sydney, Australia in 1982. His catholic parents escaped the Vietnam War and found their place in Cabramatta. He became a gang member and drug dealer at 13 years old and was jailed by the time he was 14. After 4 months imprisonment he was released only to continue the high life of drug dealing and crime. He had lost 12 family and friend with 6 of them murdered. At 22 years old he calls out to God for a sign, the next day he gets it in a form of a flyer distributed by the Potters house Christian Church Fairfleid in Freedom Plaza, Cabramatta.

Since his conversion to Christianity in 2004, he has travelled Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands sharing his story of hope and redemption to thousands of people in jails, schools, councils, churches and youth centres.

He now is married with 4 children.

Links

 * Official Tony hoang Testimony Website
 * The Potters House Christian Church Liverpool