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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’ve had my ups and downs. But I made it through!”
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....
“My goal is to be different from my parents.”
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...
The Lord’s been with me the whole time…
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...
I’ve got to go somewhere or I’m going to die…
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...
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 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...
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