Excell Network 2020 Winter Magazine

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Excell Network Magazine | Winter 2020

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obby Jones-Hanley was sitting in Placer County jail when he made a bargain with God.

Facing multiple charges -- the most serious being counterfeiting -- from both local and federal prosecutors, things didn’t look good for the 35-year-old. With two stretches in prison already behind him, he faced the very real possibility of not being a free man again for at least 13 to 15 years. “I hadn’t prayed for over 21 years, but decided to try,” says Jones-Hanley, “With all of the things I had been through throughout my life, I felt that if God ever wanted a chance to show me He existed that was the time to do it.” Even though it looked fairly hopeless, he prayed for a single-digit sentence. He asked his ex to pray, too. If his prayer was answered, he vowed to spend the remainder of his life seeking God and helping others. When he entered the lawyers consulting room before court to learn his fate, he was astounded at what his lawyer told him. The Placer County District Attorney’s Office had decided to drop its case against him. He would only have to answer to the one federal charge. His lawyer was as surprised as he was.

By Dana Perrigan Writer | Journalist | Book Author

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obby Jones-Hanley se encontraba sentado en una cárcel del condado de Placer cuando hizo un trato con Dios. Fue acusado de múltiples cargos - siendo el más serio de estos la falsificación de documentos-, por autoridades locales y federales, las cosas no se veían bien para el hombre de 35 años. Habiendo estado ya dos veces en prisión, se enfrentaba a la muy real posibilidad de no poder volver a ser un hombre libre por al menos de 13 años a 15 años. “No había orado en más de 21 años, pero decidí intentarlo” dijo Jones-Hanley, “Con todas las cosas por las que he pasado en mi vida, sentí que, si Dios quería una oportunidad para mostrarme que Él existe, ese era el momento para hacerlo” Aunque las cosas se miraban sin esperanza, el rezaba por una sentencia de corta. También le pidió a su ex-esposa que orara por él. Si sus oraciones eran escuchadas, juro dedicar el resto de su vida a buscar a Dios y a ayudar a otros.

“From that point forward,” says Jones-Hanley, “I started seeking God.”

Al entrar a la oficina de los abogados antes del juicio, se quedó sin palabras al escuchar lo que le dijo su abogado. La oficina del fiscal del distrito del condado de Placer había decidido abandonar el caso. Solo tendría que afrontar el cargo federal. Su abogado estaba tan sorprendido como él.

As the mixed-race son of a black father and a white mother growing up in a dysfunctional family in the

“Desde ese momento,” dijo Jones-Hanley, “empecé a buscar a Dios”

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