“Now I have a purpose in life. I’ve been restored.” When Mike’s mother passed away, the loss was especially devastating since he lost his dad just a few years before. Breana grew up longing to be loved. “My parents’ addiction left me feeling abandoned and heartbroken...
“I’m amazed that God chose me to be His child.” When Mike’s mother passed away, the loss was especially devastating since he lost his dad just a few years before. “My dad was my best friend, so it really hurt,” he says. “And then my mom passed,...
Dwight felt loved as a little boy. “My parents did an amazing job raising me,” he says. “They divorced, but each parent did what they knew best.” But when he reached high school, Dwight started getting bullied – and it dramatically changed him. “I’d do anything...
“God brought me out of the wilderness, and I don’t want to go back there,” Steve shares. “So, I’m just trusting in the Lord.” “I’ve come from a very destructive lifestyle, lost in what I was doing,” Steve says. Steve grew up in the church, but he...
“God’s love was just overflowing.” Kyla’s parents both battled addiction, so she grew up surrounded by drama and disgrace. Then one day, she witnessed a heartbreaking scene that left her devastated. “My school was on the same street as my house. I looked out the window and...
"My heart used to ache every day, but now I feel like I can handle things." Adrienne was living with her mother and some other family members. She was shocked and devastated to learn they were behind on bills and lost their home. When her mother left...
“I’ve seen miracles and I am a miracle… a surviving miracle.” Barbara remembers the first time she reached for a bottle of alcohol. She got married at 16, but the marriage was volatile. “I used to drink so I wouldn’t feel the pain...
Bridget never thought she would wind up living on the streets, pregnant and alone. But when she left an abusive relationship and had nowhere else to go, she became homeless in an instant – and she’s not alone. A Coalition for Homelessness Intervention (CHIP) 2018...
Growing up with an alcoholic father, Shawn followed his familiar path. “Drinking was like second nature to me,” he says, “and it consumed 10 years of my life.” When Shawn’s father passed away, his own addictions only escalated. His mother came to him in tears. “She...
Looking at her life, you’d never have guessed that Kasey had been battling depression and anxiety since she was a little girl. “I was 40 years old. I had a good job, a house, a car, a great kid,” she says. “But, inside me, it...