Living in poverty, with both parents battling addiction, childhood was a struggle for Isaiah.He began drinking as a teen to fit in with his friends, and realized that alcohol helped...
Hugo grew up believing a lie. “My whole life I was told I was my father’s only son,” he says. “I was treated like a prized possession. I was spoiled.”...
“The Mission saved my life.” When Leon was a little boy, his father told him he was worthless, and Leon came to believe it was true. “He always beat me down...
“I was lost and the Mission gave me hope.” Kevin grew up with dreams of a wonderful life. But when he was 14, he started drinking to fit in with his...
Patrick grew up in a loving family, but he always felt like something was missing from his life. When he was 17, he sought acceptance from his peers to fill...
“I wasn’t living life – I was just existing.” After years of struggling with drug abuse and addiction, it only took one friend, one conversation, one word to make it all...
“I was hopeless and broken, but the Mission transformed my life.” John sat in his car alone, homeless, drunk and cold, and he cried out to God, “Either help me...
“I turned my will over to Christ. Now I feel whole.” William’s father left when he was just six years old, and he grew up longing for the sound of his...
“Now God is my foundation.” D.J. was just 12 years old when his parents divorced, leaving him brokenhearted. “I blamed God. I was so angry with Him,” D.J. says. The following year,...
“Life is good and getting better every day.” Kevin remembers when he was a little boy, sitting on his bed with his hands pressed over his ears to drown the sound...