by The Faith Mission | Mar 1, 2022 | Client Stories
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 and lost even more. “A lot of people didn’t want me around because of my addiction and things...
by The Faith Mission | Oct 29, 2021 | Client Stories
Karen has faced many struggles in her life – the deaths of her mother and her husband, some severe health issues and downsizing that resulted in the loss of her last job. Before coming to the Mission for shelter, she relied on the community meals here – and help from...
by The Faith Mission | Oct 13, 2021 | Client Stories
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 from his childhood, to bring him to the Mission for help.Robert’s mother worked at the Marion VA...
by The Faith Mission | Aug 24, 2021 | Client Stories
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 cruising in our cars and get beer.” His consumption increased after he married the first time, when he...
by The Faith Mission | Feb 24, 2021 | Client Stories, Faces of Faith
Though alcohol took over her father’s life when she was growing up, all in all Teresa says she had “a pretty normal childhood.” It wasn’t until she married “the wrong man” and had a child on her own that the real struggles began. “I was working and raising my son,”...
by The Faith Mission | Nov 11, 2020 | Client Stories
“Mom died when I was six, and my grandparents got custody. My father was in and out of my life. I began rebelling when I was 13 and had my first child at 16.” A family member introduced Samantha to drugs, and by the time she was 22, she was not only the mother of two...
