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For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C Sam Childers admits that he was as bad as they come. His involvement with drugs, alcohol and crime had his life spiraling in the wrong direction. Recently Sam visited the Sunshine Coast, Queensland to talk about how he has turned his life around and now is committed to assisting children in Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia and in other places Here is more from our Australian correspondent. Sam Childers is the first to admit that from an early age he was on the wrong path. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "I started doing drugs at 11 years old, started smoking marijuana; went to hard drugs at 13. By the age of 15 years old I'm putting a needle in my arm shooting up heroin, shooting up cocaine, started selling drugs. Then I went from selling drugs to being a shot gunner for drug deals." He's not proud of his mistakes. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "You know I've hurt a lot of people over the years. You know I don't believe you could have got any worse than what I was." After a bad bar fight nearly took his life, Sam decided to change his ways. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "Even though I didn't give my life to Christ that night, I made the change to walk away from the lifestyle I was living." He arrived in Sudan in 1998 to help rebuild huts damaged in the conflict, but after seeing the incredible suffering of the Sudanese people, he pledged his life to helping in whatever way he could. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "Seen a small child that stepped on a landmine. From the waist down was gone and I stood over that child, didn't realize what I was saying, but I said 'God, I will do whatever it takes to help these people.' Fifteen years later I'm still there." Sam built an orphanage in Sudan and now leads armed missions to rescue children taken by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army. He says that what makes Kony the worst terrorist in the world is: [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "He doesn't have no agenda or no reasoning for why he's killing and he's not only killing, what he does is he'll lame his people." Sam's story has been made into a book and also a movie "Machine Gun Preacher" which was released last year. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "A lot of people watch the movie and they think I'm a modern day Rambo. Not true." Sam does not see himself as a hero. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "Every child I've ever rescued, it was a God's miracle." Often Sam is asked about how a preacher can use a gun. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to save a child's life." Sam's story and passion touched many in the audience. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "You spend two weeks with me, you'll be calling on God. I'll guarantee it." [Lisa Bruton, Local Resident]: "Well it has made us really stop and pray and think, well how can we help and how can we be involved." A student in the audience believes that education is a priority. [Courtney Venaglia, University Student]: "You can give one child in an entire family over there a high school degree and they can go to a city and get a job which can support their entire families." Sam's commitment to helping children in Africa has no end in sight. [Sam Childers, Founder of Angels of East Africa]: "God called me to be in the war rescuing his children, and until he tells me specifically that I'm finished then I'm going to keep working for him." NTD News Queensland, Australia