Leariel Pelwan

Leariel Pelwan is 34years old and started using drugs at the age of 23. He turned to drugs because his ex-girlfriend cheated on him with his friend. This affected him badly because they were all working in the same company together.

He lost his job in 2009 because of his violent behaviour at the workplace. Thereafter he joined the wrong crowd and one of the gangsters in Westbury introduced him to Cocaine and then Cat, which then lead to Crystal Meth. He also started selling drugs in Westbury from his house.

In 2015, he met his wife Crystal and they married in 2016. In 2019, his wife became very ill with kidney problems and then they started attending church. At the end of 2019, Crystal approached the pastors for help with Leariel’s drug problem. Leariel, committed to accept help, and at the beginning of 2020 he went to a recovery center in the area where he was given the help he needed.

Once out of recovery, Crystal passed away from a kidney disease. This is when Leariel encountered God. He decided to change his life: He stopped drinking and gave his heart completely to the Lord.

Azaria recruited him to reach out to the community of Westbury with the drug abuse, and to help people that were in the same situation as him.