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Troy's Testimony
What We Believe
Troy's Testimony
Sean's Testimony
Our Ministry
Troy and his twin brother Sean, were born premature at five
months, in Grand Bahama, Bahamas. At that time, there was no hope for
premature babies that young, so a priest was brought to the hospital to
perform the last rites. But God had greater plans and miraculously, they
survived. However, due to excessive amounts of oxygen given in Troy’s
cubicle he became legally blind. His vision became like that of an out of
focus camera lens. Despite this impairment, he had a normal upbringing
and happy childhood. His mother was determined not to allow his
disability to prevent him from functioning as normally as possible.
Troy learned to read by holding books close to his face, and he
developed a great memory of what he read. He also developed an acute ear for
musical tones and cords. His life was easy-going and quite comfortable,
until 1990.
Life radically changed for him when his older brother, Garfield,
to whom he was very close, died of a "mysterious" illness. His brother's
death affected him emotionally and spiritually. He didn't want Garfield’s
death to be in vain, so he took his God given gifts and put them to work. Determined to serve the Lord whole-heartedly and to preach the gospel,
he submerged himself in the Word of God and committed most of it to memory.
Once Troy put his "hand to the plow", he never looked back.
But
there was still something missing.
Troy was genuinely concerned
about his twin brother Sean and his lifestyle at that time. He prayed
earnestly that Sean would be miserable in his sin and that he would
"Repent". He even went as far as saying, "Lord if you do not save Sean,
your going to have to send me to Hell." Six months later after a night of
unfulfilling worldly fun, Sean found that he was miserable. It was through
much prayer and supplication that the Lord opened up Sean's heart and he was
converted. 
In
1994, Troy left the Bahamas for NY, to spend some time with Sean.
He attended Time Square church and sat under the ministry of David
Wilkerson. Pastor Wilkerson's ministry had a profound impact on Troy’s early
Christian walk. God used the ministry of Pastor Wilkerson to break up the
fallow ground in Troy’s life and provoke him to covet an even closer and
more serious walk with God .
Another preacher that influenced Troy was Pastor A. N.
Martin, of Trinity Baptist Church in NJ. The Lord used Pastor Martin, to give Troy a
better understanding of His character by making the Word more practical, and
easy to understand. Pastor Martin preached biblically on issues like the
family, the church, the government, single life and many other subjects.
Lastly, the preacher who had the greatest impact on Troy's
spiritual walk was Leonard Ravenhill. Even though Troy never actually sat
under his ministry, he read most of his books and still listens to his
sermons on a regular basis. Mr. Ravenhill's desire for revival and prayer
as well as his consciousness of eternity, influence Troy to covet a more
fulfilling daily walk with Christ. These men inspired and shaped much of
Troy’s present theology and passion for prayer
The
Lord then led Troy to move to
Abaco for three years, where he preached at local
churches and led three gospel choirs. God used him to touch many lives both
young and old. He spent
many of his days in prayer, fasting, and studying God’s word. The word
became in him like
a "fire shut up in his bones." While he spent many days alone with God, he
felt the Lord
was leading him back to Freeport.
Along with his brother Sean he made
the move to Freeport where they became known as the "street preaching twins"
because of their itinerant street preaching. Troy & Sean eventually laid the
foundation for a local church in Freeport (Open Door Ministries
International), along with Pastor Kenneth Romer, until the Lord gave them
the vision for DoubleEdge. Their vision is to reach an International audience.
God has given Troy a desire to seek a "Spiritual Awakening" in
the Bahamas and throughout the nations. He strongly believes that our
Christian generation has lost the vision to seek and save the lost and make
disciples for Christ. He hopes that through DoubleEdge he can reach many
souls
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