My conversion from a big band singer to a Bible believing Christian is primarily down to the change that I witnessed in my father's life. One day I heard him listening to an American preacher on the radio. I remember saying to him, "Why are you listening to this? We're Catholic and you're a good person." He responded by saying to me, "It isn't enough for me now. I need something else. And I am not a good person."

Now I must say that for my father, who went to mass every day, was on most church committees and had even penned a book about our church, this amazed me. This was to be a major turning point for my father and little did I know, for me too. 

All my energy and spare time went into making music my future. I recorded 3 CDs (on my first album, I worked with a trombonist, who had once played with Frank Sinatra) and we even performed a few live shows. However, with the drastic change in my father's life, I just couldn't ignore it and we would spend hours talking about Bible prophecy, secret societies, cults and of course the Catholic church. 

It took me three years to fully realize that not only were we living in the last days, but that I too needed to be born again.

I should also say that once sin was clearly presented to me in God's word, I wasted no time in seeking the Lord will all my heart and mind. I read the Bible every day for hours, and therefore in January 2002, I got down on my knees and prayed to God for quite some time and started confessing many sins and sins I probably hadn't even committed.

From that day forth, I gradually lost interest in my music and other secular interests that I once cherished. Eventually I disbanded the band and other vain ambitions.

My friends left me, because I would witnesses to them along with my workmates. Family relations would also be strained and continue to this day, this is even spoken of by the Apostle Peter: