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5:17Now PlayingRaw Video: Woman talks robber out of committing armed theft in Pompano Beach, Florida by appealing to religion, spirituality, Christianity and Jesus.
When a man tried to rob a MetroPCS cell phone store at gunpoint in Pompano Beach, Fla., store manager Nayara Goncalves, 20, calmly talked to the man about Jesus and her faith until he left without taking any money.
A store surveillance camera captured the whole exchange between Goncalves and the would-be robber.
"I really hate to do this," the gunman told Goncalves.
She slowly walked towards the register and started to speak to the man, who told her not to be afraid.
"I'm not," she said. "I'm just going to talk to you about the Jesus I have."
"May God Bless you for that," the robber said in return. "Just know in mind that I absolutely hate doing this... I'm embarrassed I have to do this and I have no choice."
"Jesus got something way better for you," Goncalves told him. "I don't know what you are going through, but all of us are going through a hard time right now."
The man admitted that he is a Christian and told Goncalves that he goes to church at Calvary Chapel. She had been there, too. As it turned out, they both knew one of the ministers, "Pastor Bob."
The man apologized over and over to Goncalves, who stayed positive and calm throughout the ordeal. She even offered to help find him a job, but the man said he already had one.
"Then what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Cause I'm going to be evicted if I don't come up with $300," the robber said.
Though the man clearly felt guilty about robbing the store, he hadn't given up on his original goal. When Goncalves showed him the money in the register, he told her he had to take all of it. Once she told him that it would come out of her paycheck, however, he backed down.
"I don't want to do that to you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry," he said.
"Jesus helps you, he can change your life. Go back to church. Find a job. Get real friends in church. Talk to a pastor, they can pray for you. You don't need to do this, Jesus is coming soon," she told him.
The Broward County Sheriff's office is searching for the man who has been described as a white male who stands 5' 9" talll, is in his 30s or 40s, and has a mustache.
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