He Left the Trans Lifestyle After Encountering Jesus | Feat. Diego Arellan - The Breakers with Mike Signorelli

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Well, hey, Diego, your storyis helping to change so many people's
lives all over the world, butit's also incredibly controversial,
and I can only imagine howmuch hate you've experienced, but
also so much love.
And I saw your story first byscrolling online, and I.
I was literally bawling myeyes out.
I felt the presence of God sostrongly, and I just feel like God

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is trying to raise you up as atestimony to the nations.
So I just want to jump right in.
I want to give you anopportunity to share, like, how.
How in your life, you know,then what happened, and then there
was just such a dramaticencounter that you had with the Father
and such a dramatic change inyour life.
So can you just kind of helpwalk us through your story?

(01:19):
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for having me.
It's.
It's just a pleasure to behere, first of all.
And.
Well, yeah, I somehow think alot of people know now that I was
a trans woman for, like, sixyears of my life, and it's been like
seven months that I gave mylife to Jesus.
Now it just feels like, yeah, it's.

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I know it's been like, just.
It feels like just happened,but for me, it's been like a whole
journey, and I've learned alot, and now I'm just so thankful
to the Lord that he has givenme a new chance.
I feel like a new creation.
And praise God for that, for sure.
Oh, you know what?
Like, we're only a few secondsin, and the story is so powerful.

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So you're seven months in.
And, you know, it's funnybecause even when you first logged
on, like, you're justradiating just the love of Christ.
You're radiating.
Like, you could just.
You could tell people's lifeafter the cross, you know, and you
have the joy of the Lord upon you.
And so, like, you know, sevenmonths in, like, so dramatic.
So okay for everybody is like,wait, what?

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A trans woman?
So, like, break.
Break it down for us.
Yeah.
So I still can't believe it.
Like, I'm just like, wow.
I couldn't.
When I look at my picturesback when I was trans, I'm like,
how did I.
Like, how did I even do that?
Like, what.
What happened with me?
It's like I was numb.
Like, all this time, like, I was.

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I felt like demons were insideof me, just doing whatever, you know?
Wow.
And it's just incredible.
But the story started when Iwas back in Peru.
I live there, I'm from there.
And I've always, always hadthis confusion of my agenda, my identity.
And I've always had thisdesire to be a woman since I was

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a little kid, since I was likefive or six.
My.
My house was.
I mean, we are.
We are Christian.
We were Christians back inPeru, and we have a relationship
with the Lord, but it was morelike a religion.
It was not a relationship.
So that's something that Irealize now.
But we always go to churchevery Sunday.

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But we still did our things,you know, like worldly stuff, my
mom and my dad.
And then my dad passed awaywhen I was 6.
And then after that, I feellike things started getting, like,
worst just because my momentered in a big depression.
And then I.
And my sister.
My sister and I, we starttaking care of each other pretty

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much.
We were just kids.
And so our house was very broken.
And, you know, when the houseis very broken, the devil is like,
he's no, he's not wasting time.
You know, he's like, ready todestroy everything.
And so since, like, my dadpassed away, I felt, like, this emptiness
in my heart.

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But I've always had thisconfusion, even before my dad passed
away.
But when my dad passed away,it got stronger.
Like, I started having this,like, ways to just get closer to
boys or, like, having thesethoughts in my imaginations to be
a girl.
And it got worse and worse.

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Like, every year, it's likethe enemy was attacking me and attacking
me and attacking me.
So, yeah, I mean, that's whathappened when I was back in Peru
for a while, for, like, untilhigh school, until 16, 17.
Wow.
Well, let me just.
Let me just ask you this briefly.
So you.
You all.
So you're saying, like, evensome of your earliest memories, were

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you thinking about wanting tobe a girl, wanting to be a woman?
That was even before yourfather passed away, correct?
Yes.
Yes.
Wow.
My father was very homophobic.
He.
He saw that since I was a kid.
He saw my mannerisms andthings like that.
And my mom kind of thoughtthat maybe it was going to go away,

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but they already knew it since.
Since I was a little kid.
And then my dad was like, no,there's no way, you know, like, I'm
going to send him to, like, military.
He's not going to be gay.
Like, I will never allow that.
And that's what my mom told me.
Like, I never heard thatbefore, but that's what my mom told
me.
And my mom was more acceptable.
She was like, I'll support himif that's what he wants to do, but

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I know that it's not the rightthing, you know, but I' be there
for them.
So.
Yeah, I mean, it was like thatsince I was a kid.
I feel like now, don't get mewrong, like, I feel like when I was
trans, I always thought that Iwas born that way, you know, that
God made me this way of, like,being gay.
But now that I'm Christian,now that I'm a follower of Jesus

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Christ, I know that it's justthe whole life, you know, like, God
didn't make it that way.
We just.
We went through stuff.
Sometimes there is, like.
How do you say, curses from,like, our last past generations that
we have.
That we haven't broken.
So those things happen, you know?
And I believe that sometimesthe devil use.

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Uses other people to hope,like, to destroy us, to, you know,
like, that we open doors to,like, sexual immorality as, like,
a very short age, you know,things like that happen.
Yeah.
And I believe that.
That I went through that whenI was a kid, when I was in school.
Actually, my first sexualencounter was when I was in elementary

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school.
So I knew that it was notright, but I still didn't do anything
when that happened, when thatmoment happened, because I was a
kid and it happened with oneof my little friends who has the
same.
I think he was too old, twoyears older than me.

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So.
We were just playing kind of thing.
But then things got kind oflike, too far and he started doing,
like, sexual movements, onlyin the bathroom.
We were by ourselves.
There was nobody in there.
And so I didn't do anything.
I wish I could do something,but I was just too afraid, I guess.

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Like, I just.
I wasn't sure what was going on.
Yeah.
But it made me realize nowthat maybe he was also struggling
in his family or where he.
In his household.
You know, I don't know whatwas going through his mind and why.
What he's.
Why, why.
Why he was doing that.
But I understand now he's theother point of view, so.

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Wow.
Yeah.
I mean, that was.
Yeah.
No, that's.
That's so powerful because Iactually have a book called Inherit
yout Freedom that talks aboutthings that we can.
That can be passed through the bloodline.
And you see that allthroughout Scripture.
And there's a lot of people inour generation saying, well, I was
born this way.
But the Bible would say, yes,you were.

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You were born in iniquity, youwere born in sin.
And it's.
It could very well be agenerational curse.
And so people will say, well,from my earliest memories, I've Always
felt this way.
And it's like, yes, that makestotal sense.
That's why the Bible says youmust be born again.
Because if you were born intosin, then to be born again is like,

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you even said you feel sobrand new.
Because the Bible declaresthat when we accept Christ, he says,
behold, I make all things new.
The old has passed away, andyou're a new creation in Christ.
And so I really, over theyears and years, have heard so many
stories about, you know, frompeople saying, like, Pastor Mike,
I feel like some of myearliest memories were same sex attractions.

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Some of my earliest memorieswere feeling like, you know, I wanted
to be the opposite gender.
But I would say, yeah, I totally.
Because they'll say, well,like, there wasn't even any trauma
there.
I hadn't even gone throughanything yet that would open a door.
And I say, yeah, but the doorwas open before you were born.
That's the point.
And so this book that I wrote,Inherit youe Freedom, it takes people

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through the process ofidentifying what you inherited in
your ancestry.
And, you know, we got goodnews as we serve the curse breaker.
And Jesus died on the cross tobreak those curses.
But I think what I love aboutyour story and the way that you're
telling it right now, and Ijust want everybody watching right
now to.
To understand, I even believethat this interview is such a good

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resource for you to share withfriends and family members right
now.
So the thing is, like, theEnemy, like, knew that.
That there was already agenerational curse in Diego's life,
and so he knew that the doorshad been open in the generations.
So then you hear some of theearliest stories, even in elementary
school, are to bring moredemonic activity, more sin, and these

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various different things.
Even though he didn'tunderstand fully what he was doing,
the Enemy was trying tobasically sabotage his life, even
a young.
At a young age.
And so Diego can, you know,can you just kind of keep telling
the story and take us on thejourney of, like, you go from elementary
school and then your fatherdies and then what happens from there?

(10:27):
Yeah, so after dad.
After having that sexualencounter, I'll say, my dad passed
away.
I grew up very confused, very confused.
I started having more sexualdesires towards men.
And my confusion, it was in myhead, it was like, okay, you know,

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this will go away.
This will go away.
But it was just gettingstronger and stronger.
Now, all this happened whilewe were going to church.
Like, every Sunday we go.
We went to church and everything.
But I never had a connection,like a deep connection with the Lord,
when I was that age.
So until I turned, like, 13,14, that was the moment where I decided

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to follow the Lord, to followJesus for the very first time.
During that period of time, I.
I pray really hard to the Lordto give me to take away this homosexuality
like this, like, you know,this sexual desire towards man and
just like, maybe a newcreation like in the Bible says.

(11:33):
Right.
And so it helped me, and hehelped me, and it did help me, but
at the same time, I wasn'ttruly giving him my world, you know,
Like, I was still doing things.
I was still in the world kindof thing.
So I wasn't, like, in the middle.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, yeah.
So when that happened, I.

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I just realized, like, okay,this is not working for me.
God is truly not listening.
I still feel this way, andit's just not going away.
And it was frustrating me so much.
Every day was like, afrustration, and I just wanted to.
To get rid of it, but I couldn't.
And in the school, everybodybullied me, like, just calling me,
like, you know, this horriblewords that they say to people, like,

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with homosexuality.
And so I felt so, so depressedabout it.
And one of the worstexperience I had when I was back
in school, it was when I was amayor, because I turned to be the
mayor of my other high school,and we had.
I had to do, like, had to talkin front of all.

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Everybody in there.
And so.
And I start, like, doing myreading my script, and everybody
started, like, yelling like,that I was gay, that I was.
It was just sort.
It broke my heart because Iwas just, like, trying to hide it,
but at the same time,everybody bullying me.
And I just hear those voicesin my head.
You see, nobody loves you.
You see, everybody just hates you.

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You should have.
You should have just killed yourself.
And so I.
On that day, I remember, justwent running to the bathroom and
crying.
Just feeling like I just hated myself.
You know, I never felt thatway, but that moment, I just hated
myself.
My head was like, you shouldhave were born a woman.
You see, God made a mistake onyou, and I felt so bad, and I just

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feel like God is not going tohelp me.
And I am in this world where Iwas born this way now, and I have
to accept it, but I don't wantto accept it now.
In that time, I was, like, 15,but I never hear about transgender.
Nothing of transitioning yourbody from.

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In my head, it was like that.
Never.
Like, there was no possibilityof transitioning.
In Peru, we.
Well, back in that.
Back in those days, theydidn't talk about it.
Like it was very, like we werevery, we were very close minded.
Yeah.
Now it's a little bitdifferent, but yeah, so that happened
and I just, I just felt soempty, so sad.

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And I graduated from highschool and I had this desire to live
by myself, to just like getout of my house.
Like I don't wanna.
I stop going to church.
I was very close to the guyand just you know, like having a
relationship with myfriendship with my friends and like

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including like going to housesand preach.
It was beautiful.
Like I just love to be thereand I had this peace and love.
But these thoughts, the.
These thoughts were not stopping.
They were getting stronger and stronger.
You know, like a spiritual warfare.
Yeah.
And I wasn't ready.
I was in my head.
It was like I am just a kid,you know, Like I just want, I want

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to live my life.
I want to live like I justwant to drink.
I just want to do all thesethings that are.
That I can do if I'm in the.
And with God.
I can do all those things ifI'm with God.
So it was constantly fightingwith my flesh and with those demonic
attacks and my.
As I said, my house was notthe best place to.

(15:15):
That I received the help fromit, you know.
Yeah.
And so my mom and my mom, shewanted us to move us here into USA
and so she started working allthe paperwork to move to, to move
here to usa.
And when we had everythingdone, we travel all the way here

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and we, my sister, my sisterand I, we started living by ourselves.
My mom went back to Peru andthat was the first time I just lived.
I was like 17.
So it was like just me and mysister and they're like, I can do
whatever now, you know.
So I start working, making myown money and little by little, you

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know, like I have.
I.
Well before I even go that farfrom, you know, transitioning.
I remember that when I movedhere I was like, I'm going to, I'm
going to start all over here.
I don't want nobody to noticelike that I'm gay or about my past
life.
I don't want to do.
I don't want to be bullied again.

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So I'm going to try to be asmasculine as possible.
Of course it didn't last thatlong because that's not the way I
am.
I'm not rough.
I'm not like, you know, likeMelly, you know.
And so everybody noticed it.
I seriously like, they bullyme a lot at work, so.
Wow.
I would do.
I was tired of it.

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It was exhausted, and thethoughts were still there.
So it was constantly struggle.
But this time I wasn't with God.
And so there was nothing thatwas stopping me now, like, so during
that time, I remember justhaving my job.
There was these people whoalso live that homosexual life, and

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they introduced me to it.
They introduced me to that world.
I was always very shy.
But when they start talkingabout all those things that they
do and places that they go,like gay clubs and things like that,
I just hear all about it andnow just give me this excitement.
But at the same time, I waslike, I'm not ready for it.
Like, I'm just like, no, mymom will kill me, you know, kind

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of thing.
So little by little, theystart like.
Like, just wanted me to go tojoin them, and, you know, like.
And so during that time, Irealized, okay, you know what?
I'm gonna try it.
I'm gonna go with them.
I'm gonna go party with them.
So I did.
And.
And that moment, I just feltlike, okay, you know what?

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This is what I want to do.
This is who I.
This is who I am.
Yeah, because they gave me theidea of, like, you know, you're in
America.
You can be whoever you want to be.
Nobody cares about it.
You're not in Peru anymore.
So when I hear that, I wasjust like, okay, you know what?
Let's do it.
And so little by little, Istart going parties and, like, drinking,

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smoking, and I have never donethat in Peru.
My mom wasn't here then.
She.
When.
When she kind of notice itthat I was, you know, like, more
separated.
She came here to see us, andshe moved here.
And so things were differentnow because when she moved here,

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I was dressing already as a woman.
Now, since I was a kid, I always.
As I told you, I've alwayswanted to be a woman.
So when I was.
When I turned gay, I was like,this is not for me.
I want to be a woman.
Like, this is.
That's who I want to be.
Like, no, that's what I want to.
Like, that's my goal.
So when my mom moved with us, she's.

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She.
She stayed in my room, and she.
She looked like she found allmy stuff.
She found my heels, my wig, mydresses that I hide.
And her heart broke, you know,like, it was just, like, heartbroken,
you know?
And I.
I feel so bad that I did thatto my mom.
But when I went back when I.

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When I was.
That happened when I was at work.
So when I Went back to my house.
She was very upset, and Icould see that she was crying a lot.
So she talked to me.
She was like, what happened?
Why are you doing.
What are you doing with your life?
I didn't bring you here to doall those things.
And so we start arguing witheach other.

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And at the end, I was just,you know, like, telling her, like,
no, I'm sorry, but this is mylife, and I'm gonna do whatever I
want to do.
And if you agree with it, great.
If you don't, then I'm not.
I'm not gonna change my perspective.
This is what I want to do.
So, yeah, it was very.
It was really sad.
She cried a lot, like, for,like, months, because she felt like

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her song, like, because themoment that I told her that, I was
already thinking about it,transitioning, you know, like, it
was still a thought, but itwas kind of far, but it's still in
there.
And then.
So she was heartbroken from it.
And after that, I realizedthat you can transition.

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And it started, like, inInstagram and TikTok start coming.
All those, like, things about,like, transitioning.
You should transition beforeyou are 18 so you can look as.
As feminine as possible beforeyou finish your puberty.
So, like, wow.
So real quick.
So that.
So okay.
Because I want to.
There's.

(20:44):
There's so much to this, andyou're helping so many people right
now.
So let me go back real quick.
So there was a time when youwere in Peru where you were attending
church every week, and youwere crying out to God saying, God,
please change my desires.
Change me.
But it wasn't happening, andyou were getting more and more frustrated.
Then you go to the UnitedStates and you don't.

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You know, your.
Your dad has passed away, yourmom's not living with you.
You're like, I'm in the United States.
I can be whoever I want to be.
And you start to basically goget deeper and deeper into.
Into that community.
And one of the parts of yourstory I wanted to highlight is it's
almost like this demonicevangelism, because the people that
you worked with were, like,recruiting you to it.

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Like, hey, we're going to showyou the clubs.
We're going to show you our lifestyle.
And I find it interestingbecause there's so many Christians
who go to work who will notshare their faith, but then there
are people who are demonicallydiscipling people or demonically
evangelizing them.
And it's like, it's crazy tome because, like, while you were
Telling your story.
I wanted to scream because I'mlike, what if there were Christians

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on the job who saw you andwere like, diego, I want to tell
you about Jesus.
I want, like, diego, come tochurch with me.
Meet my friends.
We read the Bible together.
And it's like there's so manyChristians that don't understand
that while they're beingsilent, the world is being active,
the world's being loud.
And I was like, that's why Ido this YouTube channel.

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That's why I broadcast.
We are a global voice of thegospel to all people.
And I'm like, man.
So then all of a sudden, yougo deeper, deeper into the lifestyle.
You're drinking, you'resmoking, which side note.
And everybody watching rightnow, that is also pharmakia, which
is demonic.
So, like, when you startdrinking, there's a reason why they

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call hard alcohol spirits.
And I'm.
Because it's connected todemonic spirits.
People get out of their right mind.
They shut down their frontal lobe.
Biologically, they startmaking decisions they would never
make sober.
And then as you mentioned,smoking as well, which is connected
to the demonic realm.
So it's like you kept goingdeeper and deeper into that.

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And then all of a sudden, yourmom finally moves to the States.

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She finds your heels, shestarts fighting all of the remnants
of your life.
It's breaking her heart.
And then that brings you nowto this point.
So, because there's.
Your story is so compelling.
And this is where I wanted to,like, make sure we pause on this.
So you're now discoveringthrough Instagram, through TikTok.

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So social media is contributto this decision.
And I think the thing that's,like, interesting is like, you had
desires from your earliest memories.
The devil brings people andorchestrates situations.
Like in elementary school, youkeep going on this journey and then
you go to the job.
The enemy's bringing morepeople, connecting you in.

(24:43):
But then you said that.
And I just want to stop onthis because this might be one of
the biggest moments of thisbroadcast that through social media.
You were hearing messages thatyou should transition before you're
18 to be as feminine aspossible because you don't want to
fully go through puberty.
And these are messages thatkids would not hear if they were

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not on social media.
And so there's a majorcomponent of this to.
Of the Internet, what kids are watching.
I think for every parent rightnow, you have to deal with generational
curses because there's.
You could be the best parentwhere no phones, no iPads, no TV,
lock your kid away.
But they could be born intoiniquity, born into sin, and have

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generational curses.
So you have to deal with that.
And then the other side of itis you also have to deal with the
fact that your kids arehearing messages on the Internet
that they would not conceiveon their own, and the enemy's lying
to them.
And so, Diego, could you kindof like, educate everybody watching
right now on what were thetypes of things you were seeing through

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social media?
What were you learning?
Because that.
That in and of itself blew mymind to know that the enemy is using
social media.
There's even.
People are like, oh, you're a pastor.
Why are you on YouTube?
Why do you have a million subscribers?
And it's like this.
This is why.
Because we need this information.
Just like, if the devil'sgoing to use it, then Diego's going
to use it for the kingdom.

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Mike Signorelli is going touse it for the kingdom.
So could you help usunderstand, like, what are the kinds
of messages that parents.
Kids are experiencing online?
Yes.
Well, back in those days, I.
There is well for you page right.
Like, where you.
They show you things that are.

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That you are attracted to,like whatever you are.
Yeah.
That you put lights on it.
So it will come a lot of us.
So when it's about, like,changing your gender, things like
that are so popular right now.
Like, it's just like, it's a trend.
It looks like it now.
And the way they're pushing ittoo much into kids into, like everywhere

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now.
But yes, it was like thisconstant, like famous people who
transition in.
Like, they look like women,like, completely like women.
Like, and they were sayinglike all the time.
Like, you got to start earlier.
Like, they just giving advice,you know, like, and in all their
content, they put.
And so here listening, like,you know, like when you scroll over,

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you just listening to all thatconstantly every day.
It's not like something thatjust happened for, like, days or.
No, it just.
It's.
They put it there all thetime, like monthly, you know, like,
you as.
As you keep scrolling, themore you see, the more convince you
to do it.
Yeah.
So I started watching allthose things and the way that.

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That the LGBTQ community waslike, I don't know.
I guess the country wasalready supporting a lot of it now.
So it's.
It was.
It start to look like, okay,you know, they're accepting us.
They're like, people areaccepting and it's okay.
Now they're putting it likeit's normal and so I think that's

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one of the problems, that it's.
They're pushing it too much,that now even if someone is struggling
a little bit, they're going tothink that that's the way to go and
they will go for it becausethe country is supporting it so much
thinking that that's the right way.
But at the end of the day,it's not.
It will just bring you like somuch destruction in your life.

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I wish someone could have toldme like, or seen like, like a testimony
like me before I transition,saying, like, don't do this, you
know, like, you're going toregret it because this is, this will.
This what will happen.
Like your gender, you willstart having gender dysphoria.
You will start having somemuch depression and anxiety or you.
And you're never going to feelcomplete because you're not born

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that way.
And the only thing you'regoing to have is just worldly happiness.
But it, it lasts so little.
It lasts so little.
It's just like, it's not worth it.
And it's so much pain that youhave to go through to get to where
you want to be.

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And that's something that Iwish I could have hear earlier.
But all I hear was thepositive, positive things like, oh,
you're going to be, you know,you're truly going to be who you
are now.
And you, you know, like allthese things of as you always desire
since you were a kid and youcan be and like, there's these surgeries
that will help you, there'sthis hormones that will help your

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body make, make it turning youto a beautiful woman.
And so it convinced me so muchthat, okay, you know what?
I think I can do it.
Because one of the things thatscared me the most when I was a man
wanting to transition waslike, I don't want to look like a
man.
You know, I just want to looklike completely woman.

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So with hormones, withsurgeries, with all those things,
you will finally be able to bea woman.
Like a completely woman.
And so, and so I was like,okay, you know what?
I stopped thinking about it.
But, but the moment that Ichoose that the decision was when
I hear that, that I told youthat you have to do it as earlier

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as possible before you, beforeyou even turn 20, because your body
hasn't even finished, like allthe puberty hasn't finished yet,
so you have to go earlier,like early at ARM 16.
So of course I was like, I waswhat, 18 by then?
And I was like, my head waslike, you need to do it now.
You need to go.
You need to do it now, now,now, now, now.

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You're wasting time.
You're wasting time.
And so those thoughts werelike, constantly, constantly, constantly,
like saying like, you, you'rewasting your time.
You're going to look more manly.
You're not going to be able tolook as woman as possible.
So.
Wow.
I remember sharing that to my,to my mom.
And when I told her, like, I'mthinking of transitioning again,

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it brought her heart again,even more, because this time she
felt like her song was aboutto die.
You know, like, like the sonthat he, that she raised, it's.
It's pretty much gone.
Wow.
And so I didn't care at thattime, and I felt so bad about it,
but of course, I was so, soexcited for all what the world was

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saying into my ear and saying,like, you're gonna be like, beautiful
and all this.
You're gonna be so happy.
So all that I care was that.
And I didn't care about myfamily at that moment.
So I took the decision.
Yes, I took the decision.
And you know what?
I, like, bothers me a littlebit, Mike.
It's just like when I went tothat clinic to get everything, you

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know, like, because you haveto pass through, through like first
a psychologist, and there's a.
Steps to go to get your hormones.
And so I thought it was goingto be harder, but it was so easy
to take hormones.
So easy to have to have tohave them on your hand.
Wow.
And now they put it in a bit.

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They put it.
When I went to the website andI realized you have to have these
and then two letters from twodifferent psychologists and then
more sort of things for us tobe able to give you hormones.
And when I went through thatclinic, I don't, I don't know, it's

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just like, I believe thatthat's not truly a psychologist because,
well, she was a trans womantoo, as well.
Yes.
So the person that wassupposed to help you make an objective
decision, a biological,scientific decision, was also a trans
woman.
Yeah.
So that's total bias.

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Okay, so, but.
And then you said it was justmuch easier than you thought.
Exactly.
It was.
So it's easy.
So she was very like, well, I,of course I start sharing my.
How I felt and everything.
And she was like, yep.
After I finished telling hermy story, she was like, yep, you
are a trans woman.
We will start giving you theprescription as soon as possible.

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And I was very.
A little surprised because Iwas, I thought that I was, I was,
I thought that I was going togo through another psychologist and
make sure, you know, that Iwas doing the right decision.
But no, she.
She just did it.
And, and I had my, myprescription in like two days.
Wow.
And yes.

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And I record my first video ofme taking my hormones.
And I was just so excitedbecause my friends, by.
My friends, by the time weretelling me that you're taking the
best decision.
You're going to be like, trulywho you're who you want to be now.
And only social media waslike, yes, do it.
Like, you're like all thosebeautiful girls that look that are

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trans woman, you know, And Iwas like, wow, I want to be like
them.
You know, I want to be like them.
And then my psychologistconfirming that I.
That I was a trans womanhelped me so much too.
So it was like, like in everysingle part they contribute, you
know, like, the devil is justso wise and then he will use, like,
everybody around you, aroundyour circle to make it take a bad

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decision, to make it look likeit's the best decision of your life.
Wow.
And so there wasn't one personthat said, diego, you shouldn't do
this.
No, no, just my mom.
But when you're in the world, you.
The listing, the less.
Yeah, I don't know.
When you're in that world, youdon't listen to your parents.

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This is the least thing you dowhen you're at least around that
age.
When I was like just turning 18.
Yeah.
And plus I was just listeningto my friends and to the world and
to the social media.
And then of course, apsychologist, you know, like, you
will trust the psychologistbecause she, she studied for.
Right.
Yeah.
So I was like, okay, wild.
So you started takinghormones, you started the transitioning

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process.
And the video that I saw, Imean, you, you fully went into this
and, you know, like, I thinkeven if I were, were to see you in
public, I.
I would just assume that youwere a biological female because,
you know, you had went all theway to that extent.
And so you went deeper anddeeper into that lifestyle and, and

(35:08):
what happened?
Yes, well, I mean, I wentthrough that point.
Yes, I posted videos and a lotof people think that, oh, that is
not even you.
Like, you're just like puttingon a random girl.
And it just makes me laughbecause I'm just like, what?
This is like, so funny.
But when I was looking likethat, believe it or not, I was struggling

(35:33):
so much with my appearancebecause even though I look attractive,
that I was that I look at the mirror.
And I was like, oh, I'm verypretty, you know, Like, I finally
achieved what I want to achieve.
And I did surgeries.
Like, I got my breast augmentation.
I did, like.
Well, I.
Well, I did all consummates.

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I forgot even the word.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, I'd be my face,too, but.
Wow.
So.
Well, you brought it up,because I want to make sure that
I'm being respectful.
But, like, so you.
What's that?
His Botox.
I did.
Oh, yeah, yeah, Botox.
So, But.
But what I'm saying is, like, you.
So you.
But you did breastaugmentation surgery.

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Because I thought I saw thatin the video as well.
Yes, I did.
I did.
I got it.
I got a lot of surgeries.
Well, I got a skinny BBL aswell, to make my shape as a woman.
And the more I did surgeries,it's just like the.
The.

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I needed more.
Like, I just.
I just wanted more.
It was like another addictionin my life.
Wow.
So.
Because in my head, it waslike, oh, well, now you're done.
You know, like, yes, you havea body now, but, like, what about
your.
Your Adam's apple?
What about your voice?
Or what about, you know, like,your nose?
And so every single time,those thoughts were, like, attacking

(37:00):
something different.
Something different constantly.
And I hated myself.
Even though I looked beautifulon the outside, I just hated myself
in the inside because I waslike, I will never be a woman.
The more far I go, I can lookas woman as possible, but I'm still
a man.
And I just felt so depressedabout it, and I cried every.

(37:23):
Like, every night.
I'm not even lying to you.
Like, every night, it wasconstantly crying in my bed because
I just felt so empty, you know?
So.
So you.
You had so, like.
So I just want to make sureI'm, like, understanding, because,
by the way.
And guys, in the commentssection, I want to hear your thoughts.
Like, Diego, yourvulnerability is so special, and

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it's helping so many people.
Your willingness to be so open.
It's like there's so manypeople that don't get to hear these
conversations.
That's why I think thischannel is so important.
Important.
But so.
So you, like, what washappening was one surgery, then another
surgery, then another surgery,and it was getting worse, not better,
because you were being almost,like, increasingly aware that, hey,

(38:09):
no matter how many of thesesurgeries I do, at the end of the
day, I'm still going to be a man.
And it just probably made youfeel like it's never going to be
enough.
And I think that that's theway sin operates.
It's like people who strugglewith alcohol addiction.
It's like what happens is theyhave to keep drinking more and more
and more, and they do.
Same thing with opiate addiction.

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It's like they still have tokeep doing more and more and more,
and they go lower and lower.
And it just felt like what youwere explaining to me was so dark
because you don't see theviral post on social media of someone
being like, hey, I just got my15th surgery and I cry myself to
sleep every night.
And I hate myself and things,because what they're presenting to

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the world is like.
Is almost the opposite ofwhat's happening in reality.
And that's why I think thatthe Bible says that Satan comes as
an angel of light.
So it's like, what's happeningis social media influencers, you
know, they've got the rightcamera angles.
Look at my life.
I'm partying.
But then what you're saying,and I got chills all over me, is
like, behind the scenes,there's no joy, there's no peace.

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There's.
You know, and what's crazy isthe one thing about this, this conversation
we're having, because it's.
It's not an interview.
Probably people in the comcomments, they're always like, you
know, it's a conversation, notan interview.
Like, we're talking is.
Is the thing about this thingthat is so important to me is, like,
when you accept Christ, you gothrough a process called sanctification.

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And what that means is, like,he worked.
The Holy Spirit works onthings one at a time, and he convicts
you of sin.
And.
But then what happens is theBible says, therefore, there is no
condemnation to those who arein Christ Jesus.
So you feel conviction, butyou don't feel condemnation.
And you're.
And then you get incrementally better.
And the Holy Spirit isaffirming you, and the Holy Spirit

(40:00):
is saying, I'm proud of you,and you feel the love of God.
And, you know, sometimesthere's even a godly sorrow that
works itself unto repentance,but that's sanctification.
And it was almost like whenyou were talking.
It's like in the transcommunity, there's this, like, demonic
sanctification as well, whereit's like, hey, I'm gonna take you

(40:20):
on a journey of change as well.
But you're gonna.
You're not gonna be convicted.
You're gonna be condemned.
And every single time you doanother surgery, the more you transform,
the more Condemned, you'regonna feel.
And it's so crazy because it'slike the Bible says, whom the son
sets free is free indeed.
And then we get saved and thenwe get sanctified.

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But then the devil's like, no, you're.
I'm going to transform you,but you're going to actually get
more condemned each time.
You're going to feel worseevery single time.
And I think, like, this isprobably one of the most important
videos that I've ever donebecause I feel like no one is ever
as vulnerable as you're being.
And it was so crazy.
Like, I don't know if we evensaid this yet, but when I saw your

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post, I didn't.
I DM you.

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I think it was like I DM'd youon TikTok or something.
Yeah.
Yes, you did.
Yeah.
And what I think is so coolabout that is like, your for you
page.
The.
The devil used your for youpage to show you his agenda for you,
his plans for you.
And then what's crazy is like,God used the for you page to show

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me your video and to connectme and you.
So it's like, I think this tome has, like, is.
Is actually getting me soexcited because I'm like, man, we
are going to set the captivesfree this broadcast, Diego.
I'm telling you, we're goingto read the comments and we're going
to see hundreds of peoplegetting free.
I believe that people aregoing to come up to you and be like,
diego, when I saw your storyon YouTube, you know, I decided to,

(43:11):
like, de transition.
I decided to accept Christ.
So.
So, okay, so you're goingdeeper and deeper in this journey.
I want to kick it back to you.
And.
And then what.
What happened?
Like, how did you encounter Christ?
Like, how do you go from thatto then.
From darkness to light.
Yes.
Oh, that's the most important part.
Like, the way I met Jesus.

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Wow.
He.
It's.
I just like, even thinkingabout it right now, just give me
chills, you know, because whenI met him, well, I'm.
As I told you, I grew up in aChristian home, but my relationship
with him wasn't that strong.
Yeah.
But all the.
When I was in Miami, I startedliving in Miami.

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That was the moment where Istarted having deeper depression
because I started having money.
Like, I make so much moneybecause I met.
Well, sometimes it's hard to,like, share those things.
But at the end of the day, I'mnot like, hey, I'm no longer that
person.
Come on.
But I had a Sugar daddy in Miami.
Yeah.
And so when I met him, he gaveme everything I wanted, you know,

(44:22):
and so he gave me a goodsalary every week.
And he gave me his creditcards, debit cards, to spend money
as much as I can.
And so I had a lot of moneywhen I was in.
Back in Miami.
And even though I.
I accomplished many thingslike that, I wanted it since I was
a kid.

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I felt empty as I was telling you.
I felt like just thisemptiness in my heart.
And I hated it so much becauseI was like, I just don't know what
to fill it anymore.
Fill it up anymore.
I was in two relationshipsfor, like, a long period of time,
and not even them could fillme up.

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So when I broke up of my.
Of my last relationship, Imoved to Miami.
I met this old man who paidfor everything, who, you know, like,
I was living a verycomfortable life.
Then my sister, actually, shecalled me because she lives in Jacksonville
and I was living in Miami.
So she starts sharing me herstory about how she gave her life

(45:27):
to Jesus.
And I.
When I, when, when she calledme, it's just, you know, it's funny
because God works inmysterious ways.
I know that for sure.
And I'm starting to realizethat every day.
I was.
When she started, when shestarted telling me her story, I was
actually in Virginia with myfriends, my best friends, and we

(45:49):
were actually doing a drug.
Well, mushrooms.
So if you like hallinization.
Yep, yep.
All day.
Yeah.
And so that night I had an incredible.
Like, it was really bad.
I had a really horribleencounter with the devil.

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I see demons around me, and Ihad this horrible anxiety and depression.
It was really bad, really badexperience I had with that drug.
And the next day, my sistercalling me, telling me all her story
about Jesus.
When I hear her, the firstthing that came to my mind was, you
know, like, the peace I hadwith the Lord when I was in Peru.

(46:33):
Yeah.
I might not have the biggestrelationship with him by the time,
but it was that the onlymoment I felt peace in my heart,
you know?
Yeah.
And so I finished.
I listened to all her story,and after that, right away I was
like, okay, good for you.
But I wanted to hang up on her.
Like, I just didn't want tohear more about it because I knew

(46:55):
deep down that what I wasdoing was wrong.
And I knew that wasn't okaywith the life I chose.
And so I hang out on her.
And my best friend was thereby the time, so she was like.
We started looking at eachother and I started laughing.
And I was like, imagine if Igave my life to Jesus and I go back

(47:16):
to be a man.
And we started laughing sohard because of course, you know,
like, not even my.
Yeah, it was just a thought.
It was just like.
Like something, you know, liketo say it's fine or funny, you know,
but then I had to go back to Miami.
So that same day, and I pack everything.
And when I was in the.
In the plane, I couldn't evenlisten to my music, to my regular

(47:39):
music, because I was listeningto reggaeton and everything like
that.
So I couldn't even put thatsong, those songs, because I felt
so dirty already.
Wow.
Like, the horrible experienceand encounter I had, like, last night
with that, with.
With the devil, it was horrible.
So I was like.
I had one song, a Christiansong in my playlist.

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So I played it, and it wasback when I was in high school, and
I just.
I felt so much in peace.
And I even cry a little bit.
I was just like, wow, like, Ihaven't feel this in so long.
And after that, I, of course,arrived to Miami and.

(48:21):
And I was back in mylifestyle, but my thoughts were,
like, still there, you know,like, what about if you give your
life to Jesus?
What about if you accept Jesusin your heart?
That's why I feel like it'sreally important to share your testimony.
You know, my sister shared itto me, and she planted a seed on
me, you know, So I feel likethat's the reason why I just love

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sharing my testimony, becauseI know that maybe like 10 of the
night in the room are notlistening, but one of them are, and
that's already a soul inthere, and that's really important
for the Lord.
So.
Wow.
When I.
Well, they pass, they pass.
And I call my mom and I.

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I told her about it, and whatabout if I would, you know, like,
give my life to Jesus?
And she's.
She was so happy.
She was like, wow.
Yes, please.
Like, God will, you know,like, heal you.
He will protect you and allthe stars.
But she was not pushing me,you know, to the idea.
And that's something that Ilove to say to the parents, like,
if they have sons or daughterswho are transitioning and things

(49:29):
like that, that when you have.
Like when you have theopportunity, you don't push the idea
of, you know, like, give yourlife to Jesus.
It's important for.
For parents to pray for theirsons and daughters.
That's really important.
My mom never stopped praying.
She prayed day to the Lord,but she knew deep down that her son

(49:51):
was Going to come back so shenever lose hope on it.
And I feel like that's really important.
And second of all, it's just love.
Love is really important.
Listen to them.
Even though you don'tunderstand what they're struggling
with, listen to them and don'tjudge, because a lot of that messages
I received is like, I just.
I just can.

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I just can do it with him.
And I.
He hates me every time I tellhim about it.
Like, that what he's doing is wrong.
I mean, I'm sure that healready knows that what he's doing
is wrong.
We know.
We.
I knew that what I was doingwas wrong, but I just wanted to hear,
like, the love of my parents.
You know, I wanted to feel thelove of my parents.
So that helped me a lot tostay connected with my mom during

(50:32):
those times.
But that's why it's really important.
And trust the Lord, becauseit's not in.
In your time, not my time,it's in God's timing.
And when God calls you, nobodycan stop that.
Come on.
Yeah.
After telling my mom that yes,she didn't push me much of the idea.

(50:53):
She was like, well, it's.
If.
If you think God is callingyou, I think you have to listen.
And so after that, I.
I went to visit her.
So I went to.
She lived in Wisconsin, so Iwent to visit her.
I spent time with her, and she.
She was there helping me.
And then I went back to my friends.
So, like, I was listening, butat the same time, I was in my world,

(51:14):
drinking, smoking.
But she never still.
She didn't lose hope.
So she was like, okay, thiswill happen.
You know, this will happen.
I know that for sure.
And so when I went back toMiami again, I couldn't stay there
anymore.
I knew that if I was going togive my life to Jesus, I couldn't

(51:35):
be with, you know, with this man.
And I had to go to be.
And I have to be with my family.
Yeah.
So I went all the way to Jacksonville.
Well, before I even went to myJacksonville, I had these two big
deals.
One was from the devil and onewas from God.

(51:57):
Why I say that?
Because during my whole timethat I was living in Miami, I was
applying to be a model.
And no agencies call me, like,it was like, takes forever.
It took forever.
But the moment that my sisterstarted telling me, like, about her
testimony and like, maybe youshould come live with that.
Maybe you should leave thatlife for NSAI and you can, you know,

(52:18):
be with us.
It's okay.
And I started Thinking aboutit, and suddenly I received this
call telling me, like, yeah,we would like you to be with us,
like, work with our agency andhire you.
And I was so excited becauseif I.
If I.
If I accepted that I had tolive in.

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In Miami, I couldn't leave it.
So I had this option ofstaying there and be the model I
always wanted to be, or go toJacksonville with my sister and give
my life to Jesus.
Because I knew that if I wasgoing there, it was because I want
to go back to church and Iwant to give my life to Jesus.
That was the reason.

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So I had these big thingsdoing these two big things in my
life, and that I had to choose.
And I choose God.
I choose him.
I choose the Lord.
I was so tired already.
Of what?
I was struggling so much.
I knew that even if I becomethe biggest model, I still was going

(53:22):
to feel empty.
I mean, that was not going to change.
So then I went to Jacksonville.
I met my.
Well, I arrived with mysister, and we spent time with her
family.
And then she invited me to goto the church.
To her church.

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And so the first day I went toher church, I was still trans.
I still, you know, like, very feminine.
And I remember my.
My mindset was like, I willgo, and I want to feel the.
The Holy Spirit.
I want to feel him, and that'sit, you know, like, and if I.

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If I see somebody that is,like, misgendering me or, like, looking
me weird or things like that,I'll just not go anymore because
I don't want to feel judged.
Wow.
So I went with that mindset.
That's why I think it's alsoimportant when you see someone of
the transgender community orthe LGBTQ community, treat them like
home, Treat them like family.
Treat them like, if it's yourson or daughter, come on, you know,

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you want them to feel, like,welcome, not judged.
Yeah.
So good.
I arrived at that church, andI felt so welcomed.
It felt like a family.
They even gave me a complimentof my outfit, and so they were so
friendly.
So after.
After hearing the preach, Isuddenly couldn't felt anything.

(54:49):
It was, like, very empty.
Like, I just felt like I wastalking to the wall, to be honest.
But I.
I tried again.
I went by the next Wednesday,the next Sunday, and I.
I still didn't feel him.
But during the week was when Ihad this encounter.
My sister, actually, she waspraying in her room in tongues.

(55:11):
She has this beautifulconnection with the Holy Spirit,
like, very strong.
And she called me, and I wasin the Living room.
So I went to see her, and Isee her just crying so bad and like,
very like, like shaking andwith her eyes closed.
And she's like, God has amessage for you.
And I'm.
And I was like, are you okay?

(55:31):
Do you want me to call the.
The ambulance or something?
Because I've never seen herlike that.
So she's like, just come here.
And so she started prayingwith me.
We start praying.
And she said to me, God has amessage for you.
And she started telling methat he never abandoned you, even

(55:55):
though when you were in yourlowest, he never abandoned you, Even
though when you were a kid andyou went through all that and you
felt so lonely and you wantedattention from your parents, but
they couldn't give you.
He was there for you.
And I started crying so badbecause when she said that, it instantly,

(56:17):
immediately had this memorieswhen I was a kid that I deleted.
I couldn't remember those, butI remember and I see me there, Like,
I saw me there crying, justlike, wanting to have my mom.
Like, I wanted to be with her,but she was so much in her world,
like, so depressed.
And so I cried.

(56:38):
I was crying so bad in thatmoment, and it felt.
It made me feel so, so sad tosee me like that as a kid again.
And then she was like, God hasa big purpose for you.
He wants to use your testimonyto share to nations.
You're going to be sharingthese two nations.
You're gonna have a wife one day.

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You're gonna have kids.
Come on.
A beautiful house.
All what the devil offered you.
He is going to give you morethan that.
And you're gonna love it.
And when I hear that now, thisis like, this was the first time
I, like, I ever thought about,like, kids, a wife, like, what?

(57:19):
But I just, like, it just mademe happy, you know?
Even though, like, just like,even just thinking about it was already
making me.
Wow.
Like, that would be crazy.
Wow.

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It's like you got anothervision, you know, And I think that
that's so important becauseit's like the devil was giving you
vision your whole life, eventhrough social media.
Like, see yourself like a woman.
See yourself like this.
And then it was like prophecywas God's way of giving you the true
vision.
And he used your sister to prophesy.

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And it was like it wasbreaking down strongholds in your
mind.
And all of those lies of theenemy, it was probably breaking those
down to be like, no, this isthe picture of who you can be.
That's so powerful.
Yeah, it's way.
It was way better, you know?
But yeah, like, definitely.
And after that, I mean, yes, Ihear it, I.

(59:17):
I felt it.
But at the same time, it waslike I still didn't have that connection.
My sister was the one who hada connection with the Holy Spirit.
And I wanted to have that, butI just didn't.
And after that, we went tothis game with my nephew, was playing

(59:38):
soccer, so we went to see themand I went to the park with my dog.
And while I was walking mydog, I just look at the skies, you
know, I was wearing this shortdress still with my makeup on.
And I look at the sky and I'mjust like, if you truly want.
Like, if you truly exist, ifyou are.

(01:00:01):
If you're here, if you.
If you truly can heal anybody,please help me be.
Like, give me any life.
Like, I want to feel you.
Make me feel you.
Please.
Like, I don't know.
I try to he.
I try to feel my heart with somany things, but none of those things
work.
And I'm so tired.
I'm very tired.

(01:00:21):
And there at that moment, Ijust had this.
I don't know, like.
I don't know how to explain it.
Like, I had these goosebumpsall over.
I had this electricity allover my body.
And I knew it was God.
Like, oh, I knew it was God, definitely.
And it.
If my.
My eyes were closed during all the.

(01:00:42):
All the time.
And I had this bright light,it was brighter than the.
The sun.
And I just felt peace in myheart and so much like.
I don't know, like calm.
And when I opened my eyes, Itook my sunglasses off and I saw
all, like.
It was like he like, opened myeyes, you know, wow.

(01:01:04):
Like the tails fell from my eyes.
So I started analyzingeverything and I felt.
And I've never felt this way,but I felt so ridiculous.
Like, I felt like I waswearing a costume, seeing my friends
augmentation, seeing mywearing a girl, a woman's dress.
And I just felt so embarrassed.

(01:01:24):
Like, it was like Adams andEve, you know, like when they leave
the eating and now they'relike when they eat the apple and
they feel like, you know, likethey're naked.
So.
So it was like.
It was like an instant feelingof like, I'm in a costume.
What have.
What have I done?
Exactly.
I felt so embarrassed.
I wanted to be at home already.

(01:01:45):
Like, I just didn't want to beoutside anymore.
Can I run to my sister?
Well, and I don't want to.
I don't want to cut you Off.
But, like, so you.
Because you said something sopowerful, it was like Adam and Eve,
and you suddenly became awareof, like, I'm naked, you know, like,
I.
I need a covering.
Well, okay, keep going.
Keep going.
This is so powerful.

(01:02:06):
Exactly.
So I run with my sister to mysister, and I told her everything.
And she's like, you felt God?
That's.
That's God.
Yeah.
I cried so much.
I cried so much.
I was like.
I don't know.
What was that?
Like, I truly didn't know.
It was that.
That was the first time I feltthat way.
And in that same moment, Ijust hear this voice well inside

(01:02:28):
of me telling me like, you'reno longer, you know, living that
life anymore.
You are a new connection.
You are my song now.
Things are gonna get better now.
And I just.
I felt, like, so touched.
So I went.
We went back home.
I didn't go out of the housefor, like, three days.

(01:02:50):
Like, I stayed here.
If you would know me by then,I was always wearing my makeup every
day, you know, getting readyfor my day every single day.
But those three days, it waslike I could not.
I could not even see thoseclothes, like, those clothes anymore
because it was like, I can do that.
You know, I just felt God.
Like, I don't want to go backto that world.

(01:03:10):
Yeah.
So, like, oh, my sister and I.
Well, she started teaching me,you know, how to read my Bible, how
to do a journal, how to getcloser to God.
We start worshiping God and.
And things like that to getcloser to God.
You.
And that's really, really important.
When you give your life toJesus, you need people to help you

(01:03:32):
grow.
Because, yes, the first fewdays are the strongest ones, because
that's when the devil wants toattack the most.
He knows now that you areaware of what he was doing, and now
he's going to try to, like,take you back.
And so during those threedays, I wanted to just, like, get

(01:03:55):
rid of everything.
I wanted to get my breast.
I wanted to come in here.
I wanted to dress up as a man.
So, of course, it still was.
The thoughts were attacking mewere like, no, you can't do that.
No, you can't.
You can't.
Like, no man will see you now.
Like, you will not.
Like, nobody will complimentyou anymore.
That you will not have theattention of men or anybody.

(01:04:16):
Attention.
Like, nobody's going to notice you.
And I.
And it was, like, constantly fighting.
Like, I know I don't want todo it.
Yes, I want to do it.
No, I want to do it.
Yes, I want to do it.
And so after the third day, I.
I told my sister, let's go buysome clothes.
And she was like, what?
Because she thought that itwas going to take me time.
She thought that it was goingto be, you know, like, step by step.

(01:04:38):
But when I just felt God,like, it was just like, I need to,
like, do it now.
It's.
It's now.
So we went to the.
Like, to shopping, and I gotall these men's clothes, and when
I wore it, I was like, wow.
Like, I haven't seen you foralmost six years.
Wow.

(01:04:58):
And I cried again because Iwas like, I haven't dressed as a
man for six years.
I was like, wow, who am I?
And after that, I cut my hair.
Cutting my hair was one of theprobably strongest things for me
because my hair was my.
My.
My symbol, you know, like myall my journey, pretty much, because
it takes forever to grow, andI always wanted long hair.

(01:05:18):
So when she cut it, it was avery strong thing for me to do.
But I knew that when she.
When, after she cut it, I waslike, I'm not going back.
There's no.
There's no going back now.
And after that.
That night.
That night was the.
The first night I had this encounter.

(01:05:42):
A demonic encounter, Demonic attack.
And it was not only like, mythoughts now, but I could see them.
So what I'm saying, what I'mtrying to say here is like, when
after reading our Bibles, Icome in here, we celebrate, we pray
to the Lord, and we went.
I went back, I went to my bed,to my room, and I started praying.

(01:06:02):
I sat like, I've been on myknees, I prayed.
I was very new on it, but Istill wanted to try.
So I started praying.
And while I pray, I just liketo turn off lights.
Like, I just want it to bedark because I don't want to be distracted
by anything.
So I would bend my knees and Istarted praying.

(01:06:23):
And I had this vision of me,like, literally me sitting down there,
and I seen all my whole room,like, clearly.
And I see this huge demon infront of me.
Like, he was laying down in my bed.
And with this red.
There's two of them, and thisother one was behind me, grabbing

(01:06:45):
my hands while I was praying.
And they were huge.
There were.
They were dark.
They were so, like, it justfelt so heavy.
The environment.
Yeah.
And when I.
When I started seeing that, Ijust got so scared.
So I finished my prayerbecause I was very new and.
And I finished my prayer and Iwent to my Bed.

(01:07:08):
And my dog, who was with me,she start, like, barking.
And like, you know, like, whenthey see something.
Yeah.
I don't know.
And so I.
It was like a confirmationthat there was something in there.
Yeah.
And the environment startedgetting super heavy.
Super heavy.
So I was like, well, I need toget out.
Like, I couldn't even sleep.
I was so scared because thatwas the first time I felt this way.

(01:07:32):
Well, I felt that back in Perubefore, when I was Christian, too.
So this was my second time,pretty much.
Yeah.
And I was so scared, and I ranto my sisters because I couldn't
sleep.
And I told her if I couldsleep with her.
She was like, yeah, sure.
Yeah.
And so I told by.
Well, the Holy Spirit wastelling me, like, to share it, what
I just saw.

(01:07:54):
So I did it.
And I told her, like, hey, isit normal for you when you pray?
You see all those things?
And she's like, no, and that'snot normal.
And so we both start prayingin the bed.
And after praying, we werelaying down our beds, just, like,
praying like that.
And then after that, wefinished and I went back to bed.

(01:08:14):
And when I close my eyes, Isee again this demon.
But this time was not that far away.
This time was, like, breathingin my face.
And it was mad.
It was so mad.
Like, I don't know.
It was just like he wanted tokill me, you know?
Yeah.
And I opened my eyes, andbefore I say something, my sister
said, I don't think thisprayer worked.

(01:08:35):
We need to go to the room,because I feel heaviness now.
And as I told you, she hasthis big, very strong relationship
with the Holy Spirit.
So she knew that there wassomething strong in there.
And so we went back to myroom, and I brought the Bible.
She brings the anointing oil,and we turn off the light.

(01:08:56):
So we start praying, prayingin that room.
I was just scared.
I was, like, very scared.
But I was like, no, you know what?
I'm just.
I trust the Lord.
Lord is the Almighty one.
So we work with praying.
And during that moment, I.
I had this vision again ofthat demon just walking around us,

(01:09:17):
like, in circles, like.
Just like muffin, you know,like, it was like.
And so we.
My spray.
And I start praying reallyloud, and I.
And suddenly this light that I was.
That I told you that thesegoosebumps start coming all over
my body.
And I knew that it was Godagain, because I already had this

(01:09:41):
feeling.
And the brightness was again,like, there.
Like, it was so bright.
The room starts, like, forsome reason, it was dark as I was
telling you, the lights wereoff, but the brightness of that room
was incredible.
I knew God was there, and sohe gave me the authority to cast
those demons in that moment.

(01:10:01):
Come on.
So I wasn't here anymore.
And so I pray loud and I startscreaming and saying, like, I can't.
Yeah, casuism out.
And like, in the name of Jesus.
So come on, give me the authority.
I felt strong with the Lord.
I knew God was.
God was with us.
And when I finished theprayer, I just again had this vision

(01:10:23):
of them running away.
Like, and it was not only oneor two, was many of them, y like
just running out of the house.
And after that, I.
I couldn't believe what happened.
I shared that to my sister andshe's like, yes, I had the same experience.
Like I said, I had thesegoosebumps all over.
And the room was very brighttoo, but I didn't see any demons.

(01:10:47):
And she's like, wow, maybeit's a gift.
And so I was like, I don'tthink so.
I don't think that's going tobe a gift.
But then she started using theoil, putting anointing on the house.
And I see the Bible in frontof me and I said myself, it will
be crazy if he talks to meright now.
So I literally just grab itand I see this red part that Jesus

(01:11:12):
says in Luke where he says,blessed are the eyes that see what
you see, because many kingsand prophets wish to see what you
see, but they haven't seen it.
And when I just did, I waslike, no.
Oh no, no, you did not give methis gift because I am very.
Like, I get scared so easily.

(01:11:34):
I told my sister and she'slike, no.
When she started laughing, shewas like, this is not a coincidence.
You have a gift.
And I'm like, no, no, I don't.
No, I don't.
And after that, of course, I prayed.
Oh yeah.
And it was like a confirmation.
Yeah, big time.
Yes.
And that's how I gave my lifeto Jesus pretty much.

(01:11:56):
And since then, it's been amazing.
God has been working with mein an incredible ways.
He's bringing like, through mysocial media, he's been bringing
me like trans women, transmen, who wants to the transition,
who wants to know who isJesus, who wants to get closer to
him.
So I start giving them classeswith them, like, like one to one

(01:12:18):
and, and just having thisconnection with them.
And it's just like seeing,seeing me in the past.
And I just feel like, so connected.
And it's like, wow, guys,you've seen me in an amazing way.
Wow.
And yes.
Oh, I'm like, want to cry over here.
Yeah.
Because the Lord's alreadyusing you.
And I just like the fact thatyou said, I'm looking at them and

(01:12:40):
I'm seeing me in the past.
You know, that's.
That's what discipleship is.
It's taken somebody on a journey.
And I am just so thankful for you.
I'm just going to tell youstraight up, this is a manual, a
warfare manual for parents,for people who are in the trans community,
people who are in the LGBTQ+ community.

(01:13:02):
And I just each, like, elementof your story.
I felt like you were teachingthrough, like, a warfare manual,
like you were giving wisdomand strategies, and I just cannot
wait for all the testimoniesto come out of this.
The other thing I feel led todo is I want everybody watching to
continue to pray for Diego andcover him through intercession and

(01:13:23):
pray prayer.
Let me know in the commentsection if you're going to, like,
get his back in prayer as he'son this mission.
Diego, I want to just end bygiving you an opportunity to, like,
look in the camera and speak,because I.
I just had a vision while youwere talking of so many people watching
and just hanging on every wordyou said.
And they got all the waythrough this video, and it's like

(01:13:45):
you have an opportunity tospeak right into their life right
now.
And I.
I had a vision of them ontheir phone.
They're in the room, they'recrying, they're feeling goosebumps.
They're feeling the Holy Spirit.
And, like, what would you sayto them?
So I just want to get out ofthe way and just let you speak directly
to them.
Yes, of course.

(01:14:05):
That's beautiful.
I love when God, you know,give us gifts, different gifts.
Yeah.
It's just like.
I mean, it's not importantthing, of course.
That's, you know, like, secondary.
I believe that.
Well, if you're listening tothis right now, it's not by coincidence.
I believe that God always useddifferent ways to reach to us.

(01:14:27):
And when God called me, Ianswered the call.
I knew I had another option,but I just wanted to get closer to
him.
And when God will call you,there will be times in your life
that God will be calling you.
And it's not like maybe yousay no to one, but then he will be

(01:14:48):
calling you again.
And that's the moment whereyou have to realize, do I want to
keep living this sinful lifewhere there Is so much suffering,
so much stress, so muchdarkness, or do I want to like, find
light?
Do I want to find Jesus, wantto find true, truly love?
And that's the way to go, youknow, and it's just because you can

(01:15:13):
try anything, anything.
Maybe you're not transgender,maybe you're not like gay, but you're
struggling with pornography oryou're struggling with drinking or
other stuff.
But all of those things are connected.
There's things, sin, they'restill make you feel empty, they still
make you feel lonely.
And so the only thing that canfeel that in your heart is of course,

(01:15:37):
Jesus Christ.
And, and, and that's just theway to go.
I, I, I'll be like praying andI, I love praying for all these people
who text me and started givingme their testimonies because I feel
like it's really important.
I believe that God is, there'sgoing to be a revival in the young
generation.

(01:15:58):
And I believe that God is, youknow, like using these, my platforms
and your platforms to, toreach as many people as possible
because the devil is so wise,as I said, and is trying to devour
us.
He came to destroy us.
He came to just separate us.
But we need to be wiser thanhim and, and, and help others and,

(01:16:19):
and don't be scared if youhave the same testimony as I, as
I share it, share it as manypeople as possible, because that's
important thing.
You have to spread the gospel.
There's people that need tohear, you know, like, there is hope,
there is salvation, and that'sonly with Jesus Christ.
Come on.
Well, if you're watching thisright Now, Romans chapter 10, verse

(01:16:42):
9 says, Confess with your mouth.
Believe in your heart thatJesus is the Savior and you will
be saved.
And just like Diego said, thatprayer in the park, it was a simple
prayer, but it was like,Jesus, I want you.
I, I believe that you're real.
I believe that you're theSavior and then instantly was changed.
I want you to pray that rightnow I'm gonna actually pray with

(01:17:02):
you.
And then I want you to go tothe comment section and say, I prayed
that prayer.
I want to take my next step.
So let's pray this together.
Just say, heavenly Father,forgive me of all my sins.
I thank you for the cross.
I give my entire life to you.
Right now.
I believe that you are the Savior.
In Jesus name, name, Amen.
I'm just believing that you'rein the comment section and we're

(01:17:25):
celebrating with you.
I, I just cannot wait to seethose comments.
Diego, I'm just going to tellyou, you're amazing.
I just felt the joy of theLord the whole time.
But I wanted to say somethingto you.
I waited this entire time tosay this.
I know that your father passed away.
You know, my father passedaway many years ago as well.
And I, and I've beenfatherless and I know that wound

(01:17:45):
and I just felt like I neededto see say this to you.
And I want to say this infront of everybody.
I'm proud of you.
The Lord is proud of you.
I, as, as a man now I'm afather, I have children.
And I just want to just say toyou, I am so proud of the man that
you are.
I'm so proud of the man thatyou've become.

(01:18:06):
And even on behalf of theHeavenly Father, I am so proud of
you.
You know, there's been manyyears where I've long to hear a dad
like look at me and put hishand on my shoulders and say, son,
I'm proud of you.
And because my dad passedaway, I, I, I never had a physical
man say those words.
So I just want to say to you,like, I am proud of you.

(01:18:28):
I am.
I know it's not easy.
I know that when you'rewalking this, this narrow road, there's
many people that won't walkthis road.
And it can be lonely at timesand there's ups and downs.
You know, we go from themountaintop to the valley and then
back to the mountain in the valley.
But just like God, he said,I'll never leave you nor forsake
you.

(01:18:48):
And I just want to tell you,you're a warrior and you're honestly
like, it's so funny becausebeing a man is not about, like we
talk about, you know, themasculine thing.
Like it's being a man is aboutserving Christ and saying yes to
Jesus and surrendering yourwhole life.
And the whole time you weretalking, I was like, diego is more

(01:19:09):
of a man than most men thatI've ever met because there's a lot
of guys growing beards, baldheaded guys like me, you know, and,
and that doesn't make you a man.
Like, having muscles doesn'tmake you a man.
I believe being a man is aboutfully surrendering to Jesus and saying,
I'm going to walk this narrowpath no matter what that looks like.
And you have so much courageand you're so brave.

(01:19:32):
So I just want to thank you.
I, I'm somebody who hasreceived so many death threats for
being a biblical Christian,for standing on truth.
And my family has sufferedgreatly because of.
Of these types of broadcasts.
But I won't stop.
Stop telling the truth.
Because I know that there'smore for me than against me.

(01:19:52):
And that there's even angelicarmies that are fighting on my behalf.
They're fighting on your behalf.
And so I know that we're not alone.
But I just wanted to say thankyou on behalf of all of the lives.
Like, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We're gonna have to do a part two.
Like, after all thetestimonies, everything, you'll have
to come back on my channel andwe'll do part two.
Is that a deal?

(01:20:13):
Yes, for sure.
Like, I haven't even finished.
I have so much going on.
Saying with the spiritualwarfare and the gift that he has
given me has been growing alot too.
Yes.
Yes.
I'm curious.
Okay.
I felt like there was more.
This is already one of myfavorite videos I've ever done.
But let's do this.
Let's do part two.
If you guys are in the chatright now, drop in the chat.

(01:20:34):
If you want part two, let usknow, and maybe.
Maybe we'll even get you outto New York City.
We'll do it in person or something.
That'd be cool.
Yes.
Thank you so much, Mike.
I appreciate it.
God bless you so much.
And God bless you all who arewatching this video now.
Oh, that's awesome.

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