by Shanda Bulquerin | May 2, 2025 | Client Stories, Faces of Faith
Having lived with and cared for an aunt who was diagnosed with leukemia, Nachelle and her children were left homeless after the aunt passed away. At that point, the family moved from one shelter to another until your support provided them with safe, stable housing at...
by The Faith Mission | Feb 25, 2025 | Client Stories, Faces of Faith
Adam grew up in a blue-collar family. “We weren’t wealthy by any means,” he says. “I grew up in the trailer park, graduated high school and joined the Army.” Adam did a deployment in Bosnia, but his career ended because of an injury...
by The Faith Mission | Oct 23, 2024 | Client Stories, Faces of Faith
Imagine your mother died before you were two years old. Imagine your father telling you when you were just four that he couldn’t give you the kind of love you needed. Imagine trying to grow up in a home where you were emotionally, mentally and physically abused....
by The Faith Mission | Sep 3, 2024 | Client Stories, Faces of Faith
Until he was taken into foster care at age 7, Austin suffered horrific physical and emotional abuse at home. “When I was a kid, if I was bad when my dad wasn’t in jail, he would take my toys and smash them with a hammer. Or if I got something for my birthday or...
by The Faith Mission | May 1, 2024 | Client Stories, Faces of Faith
When he was in his early teens, Guy was introduced to drugs. “My dad was into drugs really bad,” he says. “I used to see him do drugs all the time, and that’s how I got introduced. Every once in a while, he would smoke with me a little bit. He was a hard man to be...
by The Faith Mission | Nov 1, 2023 | Client Stories
Tracy grew up surrounded by addiction. “My family were all drug addicts. My father was an alcoholic. My mother was a drug addict. It’s the only thing I ever knew.” Before she came here five years ago, Tracy tried a rehab program in Michigan, but it wasn’t a good fit....
