It wasn’t long ago that Kevin ‘Mad Dog’ Mudford was spotted walking the highways around Wagga and now he had made his way to Griffith. He was spied carrying his cross down Banna Avenue in Griffith on Thursday.
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In 1981, at 26 years of age, he was converted in Hastings, New Zealand. He had spent years in boys’ homes, prisons, hospitals, and was locked up in a psychiatric hospital after suffering from a major alcohol problem.
Ever since he found God, Mr Mudford has been speaking in jails, schools, and churches. And, after spending the last 10 days walking through Wagga Wagga, talking at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Mr Mudford and his wife of 31 years, Dee, are now visiting Griffith to share his story.
Mr Mudford came to religion after his brother, who had spent 10 years behind bars, became a minister. This act of altruism got Mr Mudford’s attention and he knew he had to “get rid of the grog.” Soon after, Mr Mudford became a minister and gave his life to Christ, pouring his life into working with teenagers.
“I systematically went back to all the places I was once in to share my story,” Mr Mudford said.
Mr Mudford has amassed a great support system, including members of his church, the Leeton Assemblies of God (L.A.G). Occasionally passers-by give Mr Mudford money, receiving $65 on Thursday, which he donates to his church.
“But I don’t do it for money,” he said. “People like what I do. It’s good for the church.”
Mr Mudford believes carrying his cross around is the best way to get his message out there. His story has been covered by Seven News and in newspapers.
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Unless stopped by passers-by, Mr Mudford can travel up to five kilometres per hour.
When asked how many kilograms he was carrying around, Mr Mudford laughed.
“Good question. It’s fairly heavy after a while. Maybe 10 pounds.”
“Definitely kills the calories.”
Mr Mudford sports a t-shirt conveying the message, ‘Ask me about Jesus’.
“A lot of people make theology a whole movement, but when I look at Jesus, he was quite simply out there where the people were with the message of love.”
“I can’t change anybody, but it keeps me visible and out where the people are.”
“I do have a bona fide message. It’s a true story, and I’ll spend my life telling it.”
“If I go yelling my head off in the streets, the police will come down. If I carry this, Australians love it.”
While Mr Mudford spends his days carrying his cross and sharing his story, Mrs Mudford follows her husband’s journeys in her car.