A man named Floyd Miles Jr. lived in Harlem and became a heroin addict in the 1940s. He would meet a woman and give birth to two children. The mother would later die to addiction and the father would spend years battling addiction while the grandmother would care for the children. Floyd III was a bright kid but ended up with addiction problems as well. He would end up attending Brooklyn Teen Challenge as his father and accepting Christ. Now him and his wife are ministers of Christ.
Key Takeaways:
- Growing up in Harlem, Floyd Miles Jr. was a heroin user who spent time in jail.
- He became born again, but his son, Floyd III, started down a troubled path.
- Floyd III eventually became an ordained minister, and both men wrote books about their journeys to faith.
“Floyd Jr. was in jail for drugs when his wife died in 1963. Although his mother-in-law was a hardworking, Christian woman, she was bitter toward Floyd Jr. and blamed him for her daughter’s drug addiction and death.”
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