“I was selling dope to a guy and it turned out he didn’t have any money, he pulled a knife, cut my throat, and I wondered if I’d live.” - Woody Woody’s Parole Officer was ready to obtain a warrant for his arrest when she saw him panhandling at a fast food restaurant. Instead, [...]
“I looked up and saw my father’s face as the EMTs put me in the ambulance. I never saw that face again.” It wasn’t Alberto’s first overdose. The man who found him unconscious called 911, then scrolled through his phone, found a number for his dad, and called. That was nearly 15 years ago. [...]
Don and Luz sensed there was a problem with their son, David. David was born in Latin America, lived there for the first 13 years of his life, and was having trouble adjusting to life in America. He disliked school and began isolating himself from others. When David was in middle school, [...]
Awake Women's Conference How wonderful it is to see God advancing his kingdom. At the AWAKE women's conference, Teen Challenge staff and students are finding victory and spiritual breakthroughs. 1 Corinthians 5:17 says, "If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come." [...]
I Felt Trapped...with No Way Out. For 60 years God has used Teen Challenge to demonstrate the truth of what Paul wrote to the church in Corinth almost 2,000 years ago. If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old has passed away, the new has come. (2 Cor. 5:17) For [...]
Dawn Found Hope and Joy at Teen Challenge She began using drugs at 14 and continued for 22 years. She was abused. Her father left when she was one; she was five when her mother died. Imagine that life. Without hope, without joy. “I thought I was too far gone and that I’d be [...]
Once Unwanted, Now a Daughter of the King Unloved. Unwanted. That was Amber Lynne’s childhood reality. “My sisters and I were always a burden to my parents,” she said. Drugs were more important to her parents than their children were. At age 14, Amber Lynne numbed her own pain with drugs. “I wanted a [...]
Thomas Fire Update The story of how Teen Challenge of Southern California was impacted by the Thomas Fire in early December is a report of both loss and blessing. Near midnight on December 4, the ladies on our Ventura campus were alerted by the sheriff that the fire was rapidly approaching and [...]
“Some people have choices to be a gang member. I was born into it.” – Danny Danny never decided to be a gang member. In his words, “Some people have choices to be a gang member. I was born into it.” He was only 6 or 7 years old when he watched [...]
Merry Christmas! December 17, 2017 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, and The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 May this Christmas message of [...]
