“THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT GOD CAN DO AND WILL DO IN THIS LIFE IF WE REMAIN FAITHFUL TO HIM WHILE CONTINUING TO WALK IN TRUTH AND LIGHT.”

“IN JAIL WAS FOR SURE MY MOMENT. YOU ALWAYS HEAR GOD’S NOT GOING TO PUT YOU THROUGH ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN’T HANDLE. BULL CRAP. HE PUT ME THROUGH EVERYTHING I COULDN’T HANDLE. BUT IT WAS SO I WOULD TURN TO HIM.”

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I was in and out of jail with my last arrest landing me behind bars for a year. During my jail sentence, I began to spend time in the Bible and pray with other people, and I realized that I needed something different, a better way. I also began to see how God was working around me and in other people’s lives. I started having conversations with Him and He started changing my heart. The want and desire to use was gone and I was walking a truth that I would never have accepted unless in and through Christ Jesus.

I was in trouble on a regular basis and when I wasn’t I was just looking for trouble. I was hooked on drugs so no matter when I would escape for periods of time, the drugs still had a hold on me. This lifestyle led me to jail and a constant struggle with my family and loved ones where I didn’t trust them and they didn’t trust me. All I was looking for was my next high to escape. The hole of sin was so deep that I couldn’t see my way out. My relationship with my wife and children had deteriorated beyond what I could imagine.

I didn’t like people so I didn’t trust anyone. I became broken, miserable, and just flat out not talking to God. I started using cocaine with the pills. I was In and out of jail with a lot of felonies and charges. I lost my grandma then my mother and basically lost it. Found myself looking for a place to go, came to the mission, and stayed in overnight for over a year filled with hate.

I understood everything but I still wasn’t seeing

God’s work in my life.

Continuing to learn about myself and about God. I am learning to follow him and not to worry about tomorrow.

A Journey of Transformation

from darkness to light

FROM TRIALS TO TRIUMPH

Embracing Grace

From Prison to Redemption

GIVING THANKS AMIDST HOMELESSNESS

FROM DEPRESSION TO REDEMPTION
MY JOURNEY FROM ADDICTION TO MINISTRY

Storys of change with Cassandra,

Dead faith is worse than no faith at all!

TRANSFORMED LIFE A TESTIMONY OF HOPE

FROM ADDICTION AND LOSS TO FAITH AND HOPE MIRANDA’S JOURNEY

Gradually, I found myself using and selling drugs, fighting, clubbing, and in and out of jail. The people that I looked up to and considered role models were dying and going to prison. I realized that I was heading the same way.