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by Melanie Hemry
Some days Rick felt like pinching himself.
How had a Hispanic kid who had trouble
learning to read and write ever end up here?
The truth was one word: faith.
Rick's grandparents had been immigrants
from Mexico. His father had started a
construction company pouring cement.
His parents raised their fi ve sons in church,
teaching them to give their lives to Jesus,
to love and fear God, and to always return
the tithe to Him. He had been 14 when the
pastor at their church laid his hand on Rick's
shoulder. "Ricky, someday God's going to use
you," he said. Rick cherished that word. As a
teenager, Rick discovered a radio station that
broadcast the teachings of Kenneth Copeland,
Kenneth E. Hagin and Fred Price. He didn't
know who those men were, but the more he
The
Journey
of a
Lifetime
WHITE CLOUDS SCUDDED ACROSS BLUE SKIES IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
RICK REYNA HAD JUST FINISHED PLAYING THE PART AS A DOUBLE FOR ACTOR
AL PACINO. DRIVING HOME, HE ENJOYED THE OCEAN BREEZE AS THE PALM TREES
WAVED IN THE WIND. LIFE WAS GOOD.
