Aloha !

My name is Craig Willers and I currently spin under the moniker DJ Himmel. I’ve been into electronic music since ’97 and started out as a primarily Gothic/Industrial DJ but have since discovered many other forms of electronics that excite me. This is my testimony:

I was born in Oregon and raised here in Hawaii. My father was born and raised here ( Hawaii ) and met my mother in college in Oregon. We moved back to Hawaii when I was a year-and-a-half and enjoyed an idyllic youth surfing, fishing, diving and making and listening to music. This all changed when my parents divorced when I was thirteen.

I began to use drugs and alcohol and slowly lost interest in school culminating in my dropping out after my junior year in High School. They don’t call it “High” School for nothing and I fell deeply in love with marijuana, or as we call it here “Pakalolo”. “Paka” is “cigarette” and “lolo” can sometimes mean “crazy”, so there you have it “Crazy Cigarettes”. I also used LSD, Cocaine, PCP, Speed and lots of easily obtained beer and hard liquor.

I fell deeper into drug use and began hearing voices and feeling very depressed at the age of seventeen. I lost a love relationship with the girl I was ready to marry for life and that was just the beginning. I went to church for help and ended up meeting a man who said he had the answer to my problem. As it turned out, he was bisexual and wanted me as his lover. He told me a lot of lies, touched me and expected me to reciprocate. He probably still doesn’t understand why I hate that sin, but I do.

This was the ultimate betrayal and I broke hard under the weight of it, becoming a full-blown Paranoid Schizophrenic. I tried to work and continue with my life but I am still in recovery today, 24 years later.

I did end up quitting drugs and have never gone back. My parents blamed my drug use and sent me to Teen Challenge anyway, telling me they “couldn’t afford a Psychiatric Hospital.” It wasn’t until my present employer sent me to get help six years later that I really began to heal.

After quitting drugs, I was living with my mother and stepfather. I went to the pool one day and shared my tale of woe to some young people there. A young man shared Christ with me that day and that was THE major turning point in my life. I’ve struggled, but Jesus gave me hope and strength to get through. He gave me purpose and brought me through horrific times in my life when I wanted to just give up and die. Go to my website and listen to my music and you will get a feel for what I’ve gone through. It’s: www.soundclick.com/Omnos . You can download all you want, it’s free. I want to share my story with others and encourage them to cling to Jesus during the storms of life, don’t give up!

I’m 41 now and have worked at the same job for almost 19 years. It’s a miracle I can work at all. I’ve been married to my wonderful wife Mindy for just 12 years last month. I want to tell you that Jesus revolutionized my life and can do the same for anyone. The world is headed downhill but we must climb higher. There is hope!!!

DJ Himmel
(Craig)