Category: Stories of Hope

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Meet Mark

Mark is so grateful… You have given him new life! Mark walked along the streets of Evansville, homeless, filled with uncertainty and fear, grieving that his life had come to this. He’d been a hard-working, self-reliant man. Then he fell seriously ill and had to be hospitalized. He lost everything

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Meet Andrew

“I was driven by God to get here.” At age 42, Andrew retired from a senior position with a major corporation, thinking the change was what he needed to overcome his addiction to alcohol. “But it didn’t work out as planned,” he says. After several years of cycling between sobriety

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Meet Dan

“The hole in my heart has been filled.” By all outward appearances, Dan had lived a full life: a loving marriage, three beautiful children, a comfortable home, and a job that allowed him to support his family. Yet, while he was thankful for his blessings, he’d always felt something missing inside.

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Meet Daniel

“At the Mission, I had people who were watching out for me.”    Daniel was excited about retiring after years of hard work that had taken a toll on his mind and body. But during his first year, he started having health issues. “I hadn’t been feeling well, and hadn’t

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Meet Tom

“At my age, starting over is hard.”  What should have been a joyous occasion turned to tragedy for Tom. While he was leaving the hospital after the birth of his first grandson, Tom got hit by a car. “I was on a motorcycle and was run over by a car.

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Meet Enrico

Enrico bitterly regrets trying alcohol at age 14. “I hung around the wrong types of people, trying to fit in. Whatever the group was doing, I did. It just took hold of me more than the others.” Enrico had other close family members who suffered from alcohol addiction, and he

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Meet James

“I was lost and feeling pretty low.” While James was in the hospital having heart surgery, his girlfriend took off with their clothes, furniture… everything. He was left without a relationship, home, and job all at once. He was devastated by her betrayal and abandonment. “She moved off to another

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Meet Kevin

“At the Mission, God changed me.” Kevin was working as an electrician when his ladder broke. His spine was severely damaged from the fall, leading to nearly a dozen surgeries and countless pain pills. “In my mind, it wasn’t a big deal because the doctor had written prescriptions,” Kevin says.

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Meet John

“Now I know He is always there for me. God is my everything.” “The Mission helped me draw closer to God.” John felt like he was losing everything he’d always held dear. “My wife divorced me, I lost my job, my brother passed away… my life fell apart.” The grief

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Meet Mike

“Now I know He is always there for me. God is my everything.” “I had exhausted all my friends and family, and alienated myself from everything,” Mike says. Mike started drinking as a teenager to cope with the abuse he experienced at a young age. “I had a lot of things

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