Fighting From a Place of Victory: Gabriel & Eliana’s Story One night in an orchard in Shafter, California, Gabe walked away from everything with no intention of coming back. His addiction had taken everything… but something stopped him. “I sat on the floor and realized I didn’t want to [...]
From the Apartment Floor to a Life Restored: Jeremy's Story For nineteen years, Jeremy Rathbone ran from a God he had known since childhood. On the floor of a San Diego apartment, that race finally ended, not in defeat, but in surrender. Jeremy had known Scripture since he was [...]
Andrea's Story: The Day That Grace Walked Into Her Kitchen Andrea spent twenty-five years trapped in addiction—years marked by guilt, shame, and the ache of knowing she wasn’t the mother or person she was meant to be. One afternoon, standing at her kitchen sink, something changed. The presence of God filled the room, [...]
NO STREET TOO DARK: Christ’s Love in Fentanyl Alley Nearly every week, Brianna and Gabriel from Kern County Teen Challenge load up containers of hot food, hygiene items, neat and clean clothes, then head to the places in Bakersfield others won’t go—Union Avenue, Haley Street, and even an area locals call “Fentanyl [...]
Addiction Tried to Define Her—Christ Set Her Free: Tabitha’s Story “Who am I?” This question haunted Tabitha for years. Growing up in a military family with three sisters, her childhood was happy, but her teen years brought struggles that shaped her path. At 14, a move to Michigan made it hard to fit [...]
"I have a hope, I have a future" Ameerah's story Full of excitement and anticipation, Ameerah enrolled at San Francisco State University. But the freedom of college life proved to be a double-edged sword, “Quickly I got distracted, just like most people do when they get out of their parents’ house, and started [...]
"God Brought Me Back," Gabriel's story Meth, in Gabe's words, was the "devil's drug," a substance that severed his connection to God. He also began to distance himself from his family, creating a wide gap that strained his relationship with his parents — especially his father, a pastor who desperately tried [...]
"No One is Too Far Gone" - Steve's Story Steve tried a lot of different programs, and made a lot of mistakes in between. By 21 he was in his fifth inpatient program, “Among felony probation, I had pending cases and warrants out for my arrest. I was really at the end of [...]
Her Life and Innocence Restored, Crystal's Story When Crystal was six months old, she lost her mom to prison and heroin. Growing up, her two older brothers ran the streets with gangs. She was abused as a young child. By age 12, she was binge-drinking until she would pass out. By age 17, [...]
Choose Life, Lenny's Story His parents told him, “Lenny, you’re either going to wind up in prison or wind up dead.” But he argued back, telling them that he had everything under control. Two years later, Lenny was driving drunk, which resulted in a tragic car accident where a young 14-year-old riding in his [...]
