by Shanda Bulquerin | 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 | Apr 26, 2021 | Faces of Faith
When Barbara began having medical problems several years ago, no one really understood what was going wrong. “I kept going to the hospital, and they kept sending me back home,” she remembers today. “My kids were in their 20’s then,” she recalls. “They were very...
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 29, 2017 | Faces of Faith
“I’m thankful the Mission understands what happens to people in life.” Frank lost his father to cancer when he was very young and was raised by a gentle and loving mother. “She gave me everything I needed, and we had a wonderful relationship,” he...
