Richard A. Lambert, Jr.
73 Greentree Drive, #167
Dover, Delaware 19904
(302) 423-3667 (302) 674-0602 captnrichie@hotmail.com

Dear Pastor:

Hello, my name is Rich Lambert, Jr. and I wanted to let your ministry know about some great things God has done in my life. I feel it may be important to give some background on myself. My father was a Pastor and I was raised in a Christian home.

At the age of 20 years old I was hit by two tractor-trailers at the same time. I was killed instantly. When the paramedics arrived they estimate I was dead for 20-25 minutes. They were able to start my heart, but only for seconds at a time. Once I arrived at the hospital they were able to keep my heart beating; however, they did not expect me to live through the night. In the morning they said I would not live a week. Once I made it through the week they said if I ever come out of the coma I would be severely brain damaged. After spending some time in a coma I awoke. I did have brain damage. I had almost complete lost of memory, hearing lost, I had double vision, and I had lost control of my limbs. The next two years I went through all kinds of therapy and physically I was almost completely restored. However, there were emotional and mental scars they had not healed yet.

Not too long after being released from all hospital care I feel in love and married a lady with three children. Things were fine for about a year, maybe two; then, the enemy used another form of attack on me. He attacked those emotional and mental weaknesses I had. Soon my wife and I would fight about everything, money, kids, sex, you name it we fought. I was not raised that way. I never saw my parents fight or raise their voice to each other. Seeing married people fighting was something new to me, but I learned very quickly how to fight.

We opened two retail stores, on top of already owning a vending route. We began to work too much and we began doing our own things apart from each other. When we did see each other it would always end in a fight. It wasn’t long before my wife had a few affairs. That really hurt me. I turned to drinking. At the end of this road I was drinking a fifth of whiskey a day. After years of my wife telling me to get a girlfriend and leave her alone, I took her advice. I had an affair. My wife soon divorced me.

The pain of the divorce was hard on me. I am not sure just how much it showed. However, all through this pain God was putting things together for my deliverance. Within a month or so after my separation from my wife, God instantly delivered me from alcohol. Also, God opened up a new door for me at a law firm, which I knew nothing about. This was a God thing. However, the pain of rejection and being alone I put above God and I soon found myself drinking more then ever and I begin to sleep around. After a few heartbreaks I decided that women were no longer going to hurt me, but I was going to use and hurt them. I must admit that felt good for a while, but I couldn’t keep living that way. The Spirit of God would not let me go; neither did I want Him to let me go. For you see God was still apart of my life. Even though it seemed I was living the biggest lie, and to most, it did look like a lie. In my drunken state every night before I either passed out or fell asleep I would ask God to forgive me and I would cry out to Him to change me and to change the world that fell apart on me. There were still ambers of hot coals in my heart that still wanted to serve God with all I had.

Picking up women was not fun any more. Either I would end up getting hurt or I would feel guilty for hurting them. I was feeling the end of the rope. Let me tell you; this is where God seems to do his biggest work. This is the time I ran into Lisa.

God knows when to step in. If I met Lisa just a week or two before we did our relationship may have ended up different. I was still dating a few different women including a long-distance relationship. Lisa told me that if we were to have a relationship I would have to be committed just to her. That is what I truly wanted, a committed relationship. However, I was just so hurt from my final divorce and all the other heartbreaks that came with the sin I was living. After I committed myself to Lisa she was with me every night holding and caressing me as I cried drunk until I fell asleep. She would tell me over and over how much she loved me. I called her my angel.

I have to admit I was scared and I didn’t want to be hurt again. However, God came through for me at the right time. God can do the same for anyone who calls upon His name. God will save you too!

I have many stories on the goodness of God and I would love to share some with you.

Yours in the King’s Service,

Richard A. Lambert, Jr.

Capt’n Richie
Rich Lambert, Jr.