Minnesota Teen Challenge
Testimonies
Jim
My name’s Jim. I’m 32 years old, and I’ve been a drug-user for 32 years. Behind my mom’s back my dad was slipping drugs into my bottle to get me to sleep through the night. Before I came to Teen Challenge, drugs were literally all I knew. But when I got here, the people here didn't seem worried about what I had done. I got a clean slate and for a guy like me a new start is a powerful thing. This time I've found the power and strength to live drug-free.
Kelly
My name’s Kelly. I thought I had to starve myself to have the perfect body, and that I could only get people’s approval only if I were thinner or looked like pictures in a magazine, but deep down I couldn't even get my own approval. I thought no one could love someone like me. Eventually I gave-up and started getting high or drunk just to make the pain go away. But when I came to Teen Challenge, I got clean and sober and started to see that I don't need to be perfect. I can have a great life..drug-free.
Mary
My name’s Mary. One minute I was a wife and mother dabbling in prescription pills…the next I was handcuffed to a steel bench in a holding-cell. Drugs took me on a ride that ended in twelve felony charges. When I came to Teen Challenge, I never thought my life would change so radically or that, I’d still be drug-free after a year and a half, but here I learned how to trust God with a childlike faith…and that’s kept me from going back and its made me new.
Ashley
My name’s Ashley. Just like every little girl, I had big dreams for my future…I wanted to go to college, see the world, do something really cool. But when I started using drugs at 12, I lost all my dreams and my role models totally changed. I got in deep trouble…fast. But a friend told me I should come to Teen Challenge…and I am so glad she did. My whole life is different now because here, I met Jesus…and it was really Him who gave me back my future.
