Larry D. Bluford, Jr., President and Founder of Operation T.H.U.G.S. (The
Harvest Unit Gathering Souls) and General of HOG MOB’s BAy Area unit, is a speaker, evangelist and a Christian that uses
rap as a creative way to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the youth. I was
born in New Orleans, Louisiana but have been residing in the Northern Bay of
California for over 30 years.
Mission: To reach outside of the church and go into the dark places and allow my light to
shine. To deliberately compromise the traditional methods of evangelism to reach
the lost but never ever compromising the message which is and always will be
Jesus. To be His hands and His feet in a world that is coming to an end and to
unite in the Body of Christ. To uplift and motivate the un-churched to live for
Christ and to be unashamed of the Gospel. (Romans 1:16)
Testimony: I grew up with a loving warm family unlike most of the people who have walked
my path. I was the oldest of five kids. At the age of 12 my mother and father
separated and this triggered a change in my behavior. I became unruly in school
and started to get into trouble on a regular basis. At age 14 I went to juvenile hall
for the first time. I was in and out of the juvenile system from age 14-18. At age
16 I began selling rock cocaine, smoking marijuana and drinking. At age 19 I
fully into the thug lifestyle. I packed guns, sold several different drugs and was constantly running from the police. At age 22 I got married and had my first and
only child. I thought getting married and having a child would slow me down but
it didn’t at all. At age 23 was in the newspaper and on the news for attempted
murder and robbery, a crime at which I was innocent. I fought this case for three
and wound up having to serve over five years in the California State Prison
System.
I entered prison at age 26 and exited at age 31. During that time God dramatically
changed my life and it was here that God gave me the vision for the outreach
ministry called Operation T.H.U.G.S. I was paroled from prison June 9th of 2004
and five days later God blessed me with a career job as a Union Ironworker. In
In October of 2009 God blessed me to buy my family a home. August 26th of
2011 God blessed my wife and I to celebrate 16 years of marriage. October 16th
of 2011 I baptized the man that sent me to prison for over five years for a crime
he accused me of. Today I go all over from the streets, to churches, juvenile halls,
California Youth Authorities and conferences sharing my testimony and the
Gospel of Christ Jesus through Word and song.
Booking: 707-688-9700 // operationthugs@live.com // operationthugs.org
P.O. Box 1009 – Suisun City, Ca 94585