I AM A LIBERIAN BY NATIONALITY, AND I AM A FORMER CHILD SOLDIER OF THE FORMER REBEL LEADER CHARLES TAYLOR WHO BROUGHT REVOLUTION TO LIBERIA IN THE YEAR 1990 WHICH DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF LIFE AND PROPERTIES.  HOW I BECAME A CHILD SOLDIER DURING THE TIME THE WAR STARTED IN 1990 BY THEN I WAS STILL A CHILD UNTIL 1999 I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.  DUE TO SHORTAGE OF MEN, POWER IN THE CAMP OF MR. CHARLES TAYLOR WHO FORCIBLY BECAME PRESIDENT IN LIBERIA THROUGH OUT THE GUN. CHARLES TAYLOR GAVE A COMMAND TO EVERY GENERAL, THAT ANY CHILD AT THE AGE OF 10 MUST BE TRAIN AS A CHILD SOLDIER IN ORDER TO COMPLETE HIS MAN POWER THAT WERE SHORTENED.  HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF LIBERIAN CHILDREN BECAME VICTIMS AS I WAS.  THIS IS HOW I BECAME ARRESTED TO BECOME A CHILD SOLDIER.  ONE DAY I WAS COMING FROM SCHOOL AND I WAS SURROUNDED BY MILITARY MEN FROM THE CHARLES TAYLOR TROOP AND I WAS THROWN INTO THE PICK-UP WITH MY UNIFORM STRAIGHT ON THE BASE TO BE TRAIN AS A CHILD SOLDIER AND DRUGS WERE GIVEN TO US AND WE BEGAN TO DO MANY THINGS BY KILLING PEOPLE.  BUT NOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT NOW IS THE TURNING POINT OF MY LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOR AND I CONFESS ALL MY SINS AND I KNOW THAT ALL MY SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN.  IN THIS LIGHT IT IS MY PRAYER THAT I WISH TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION WHILE SERVING IN THE CHURCH.  MY NAME IS WILSON FINEE KATIAH.  MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU ALL THAT WILL READ ABOUT ME AND THAT HE WILL TOUCH  YOUR HEART AS I CAN NOT SEE MY PARENT SINCE THE WAR BEGUN.  THIS PHOTO, I TOOK IT IN THE PHOTO STUDIO IN LIBERIA.

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