From Crack to Christ: A Witness
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By then he’s crying and there’s something in his hand. He raised it over his head and I could see that it was an axe. I started screaming. “My name is not Keisha! My name is April! April Cofield!” “Your name is Keisha! And I’m going to kill you for what you did to me” I started running, but because I was in the woods and the ground was soft I lost my shoe and then I fell. He was right behind me. He had both his hands on the axe and was holding it high over his head. I looked back at him and moved my shoulders up to try and shield my neck to prepare for the blow. I was crying. I knew I was gonna die that night. I just knew it. I was crying about my sister Karen. She was pregnant and I wouldn’t live to see the baby. I couldn’t move nothing but my head. I knew I was gonna die, so I moved my head up toward the sky and to the side “Please Jesus! HELP ME! There was silence all but my voice praying and begging God to help me. Then…
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“He should’ve killed me when he had the chance!”
When April Cofield Essix delivers those words in her motivational speeches, people sit up and take notice. Within the last year alone, well over two thousand people have heard that statement and it has changed their lives. A former crack addict, prostitute and prison inmate, Essix is an authority on the life of someone with a drug addiction. She speaks candidly about the destructive behavior that almost took her life and the one power on earth strong enough to help her live through it. From Crack to Christ: A Witness is the written testimony of her life, and, for readers, a straightforward voice that speaks from experience of a pandemic that has spread across the nation.
About the Author
Cofield~Essix is an authority on the life of prostitution and drug addiction. After having spent the better part of seventeen years in and out of jail, Essix now goes back in every Monday as a Faith Group Leader and Workshop Facilitator at Nassau County Correctional Facility in Long Island, NY. She uses her life’s story in motivational speeches to give others hope. Essix has been awarded and recognized for her selfless acts and dedication to the community, the prison population and the Prison Ministry of her church. On February 16, 2008, Essix celebrated thirteen years drug free. In her spare time, Essix enjoys reading, playing video games and handball. She resides on Long Island, NY. Marshall is a freelance writer who resides on Long Island, NY with her husband and their children. From Crack to Christ: A Witness is her first book.