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Faces of Faith
Uncover the experiences of individuals in our community who have faced challenges related to homelessness. Gain insights into the positive transformations we’ve facilitated together. Take a moment to explore these impactful accounts and join us in building a more compassionate and supportive community.
I knew this was a better place to be!
Curt got started down the wrong path early in life. His mother was an alcoholic and drug addict who shared her addictions with her son. “In high school, I was smoking pot...
I’m just grateful to be alive another day
Vonzette grew up in Texas and was in a 15-year abusive relationship with a man who had introduced her to drugs. “I was going downhill in Texas. I was drinking, I was doing...
I didn’t have anything left…
Gerry grew up in Nappanee, was happily married, and always had steady employment. But three strokes not only left him partially paralyzed and suffering from vascular...
I just wanted to make sure I was on the right path
When he was laid off because of Covid cutbacks, Terry not only lost his job, but the apartment he was living in. “I was living in South Bend, and I went to work one day, and...
I didn’t want to lose my kids…
Stacey’s father was an addict who introduced his daughter to meth when she was just 15. Stacey paid for that mistake for the next 10 years! “My mom begged me to get clean,”...
A life turned upside down…and inside out
Candace will be the first one to admit that the choices she made in her life were not always the best ones. But she will also be the first to tell you how she came to know...
I once was lost, but now I’m found…
Within a five-year period, Danielle lost three of the people most important to her: her mother, her grandmother and the father of her child. In despair, she turned to drugs...
There’s no magic wand to make things better
To ease the pain of losing his only son to suicide eight years ago, Robert began drinking, and was literally drinking himself to death. It took a good friend, and memory...
It wasn’t my time to go yet!
Like so many men and women who come to Faith Mission of Michiana hoping to begin new lives, Ritchie had a pretty normal childhood. “I started drinking at 16. We’d go...
Taking life one day at a time…
Though alcohol took over her father’s life when she was growing up, all in all Teresa says she had “a pretty normal childhood.”
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