Ivor myers sda

Born in Jamaica in 1972 to Ronnie and Erica Myers, I was the third of four sons. In 1977 we immigrated to New York. At ages 5 and 4, my younger brother Sean and I were introduced to the Hip Hop culture. Break-dancing, rap music, and the style of dress fascinated us and we quickly adapted to this young but rapidly growing cultural phenomena.

Having very few religious experiences in my childhood, my first took place on Halloween night, 1985. Sean and I were preparing for the routine Halloween festivities, when out of the blue, our father told us that Halloween was the devil’s holiday and he was going to be dropping us off at church. We had never heard our father mention the devil before and we hardly ever went to church! Dumbfounded, we complied. That night the church showed a movie called The Cross and the Switchblade, which impacted me. I thought, “I wouldn’t mind getting to know this Jesus person.” The conviction however, was short lived.

Shortly af Ivor myers!