We all make decisions from time to time. Some are big, some small. But Rick Osborne, who was in Charlottetown for a speaking engagement this summer made a huge decision that changed his life. Osborne, once one of Canada’s most wanted criminals was in prison and on the verge of suicide. But the Gideons, a Christian organization that distributes God’s Word, had placed a Bible in the prison cell where he was serving time. Mr. Osborne read it, and made the decision to ask Christ to take over his life. The result was dramatic. He was transformed by the power of the gospel. He earned a university degree while in prison. He now travels, speaking to youth about the dangers of gangs, drugs and criminal activity. He is a living testimony to Paul’s words to the Corinthian believers when he wrote, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature, he is a new creation; old t hings have passed away; behold all things have become new.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell