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Testimonies: Current Residents

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 here, I got the best news I’ve ever heard. Jesus Christ made it possible for me to get a clean slate. For a guy like me, a new start is a powerful thing…and now because of my Savior, I’m living 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.  Eventually I started getting high or drunk just to make the pain go away.   But at Teen Challenge, I found the answer to that unattainable perfection I was seeking…The Grace of God that Jesus poured into my life has changed everything…I don’t need drugs to feel good.  Now, I’m just fine being me. 

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. 

Craig

My name’s Craig.  When I was smoking meth, I barely had a conscience.  If robbing someone meant I had a way to get high that was fine by me.  Prison, treatment…nothing made a difference.  When the DA recommended Teen Challenge, he told the judge he was tired of sending me to jail, because I came out worse every time.  But Teen Challenge isn’t just a drug program it’s a discipleship program.  Because of Christ, I have new heart…and I don’t ever want to hurt people again.   

Lloyd

My name’s Lloyd, and the last time I got arrested, I was actually relieved. I grew up thinking violence and drugs were just part of life.  My parents even helped me get started selling drugs…and even before I turned 30, that lifestyle cost me 5 years behind bars.  I seriously needed help.  That’s when I came to Teen Challenge and met Jesus Christ…and my whole world turned upside down.  Well, really it turned right side up. I never knew change like this was possible, but I am completely different…and thanks to Jesus, I’m finally free. 

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 Christ…and it was really Him who gave me back my future. 

Travis
My name’s Travis. After my wife died, I took a nose dive and my kids paid the price. Now their only living parent was addicted to drugs.  When my dad showed-up with court orders giving him custody of my kids, with tears in his eyes, he said, when I graduated from Teen Challenge he’d gladly sign the girls back over to me.  I was a wreck, but in this program, I met Jesus Christ in a new way and when I gave him everything…he lifted me out of that pit…and now I’m walking with him…drug-free.
Brooke
My name’s Brooke.  As a secret drug addict, teaching seemed like a goldmine for prescription drugs.  I’d swipe whatever pills the students were taking and eventually I lost my teaching license…But I came into Teen Challenge as a final attempt to make a change in my life.  I’d tried so many treatments before that I was skeptical, but the power of God in this place made all the difference.  I found a relationship with Christ and he has shown me the way to lasting freedom.