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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 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 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 have a new outlook on life!
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....
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...
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