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Coming To A Transitional Housing And Recovery Center Isn’t An Easy Decision To Make At Any Age. Thankfully This Grandmother Had Wisdom To Want More For Her Life.

Coming To A Transitional Housing And Recovery Center Isn’t An Easy Decision To Make At Any Age. Thankfully This Grandmother Had Wisdom To Want More For Her Life.

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet LaToya… …finding hope in Wayside’s Free Christian Recovery Programs. ; At This Point, She Had Nothing Left To Loose… Coming To A Transitional Housing And Recovery Center Isn’t An Easy Decision To Make At Any Age. Thankfully This Grandmother Had Wisdom To...
When Both My Parents Died,  I Had To Become The Father Figure.  But I Was Still A Kid Too. Eventually, I Found Myself At The End Of My Rope.

When Both My Parents Died, I Had To Become The Father Figure. But I Was Still A Kid Too. Eventually, I Found Myself At The End Of My Rope.

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

“I couldn’t imagine a life outside of drugs until I saw my own mother and my husband together, using in front of my little girl. That’s when I really became desperate.”

“I couldn’t imagine a life outside of drugs until I saw my own mother and my husband together, using in front of my little girl. That’s when I really became desperate.”

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet Jennifer …finding hope in a Faith-based addiction treatment program ; All She Had Left Was The Hunger In Her Eyes and Hope In Her Heart. “I couldn’t imagine a life outside of drugs until I saw my own mother and my husband together, using in front of my little...
How Chris found hope after 16 years of incarceration & addiction.

How Chris found hope after 16 years of incarceration & addiction.

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet Chris …finding hope after 16 years of incarceration & addiction ; Programmed for Success. How Chris found hope after 16 years of incarceration & addiction. Reentry programs that work: For decades, Wayside Cross Ministries’ New Life Corrections division and...
“As long as God has His hand on my shoulder, I’m good.”

“As long as God has His hand on my shoulder, I’m good.”

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet Clyde ...a lifetime of running couldn’t keep him from meeting the God who cares. ; Lost and Found… all his life Clyde was locked up, locked in, or locked out. But today, life is different. Clyde’s different. He just needed a touch from the Master. “As long as God...
A Call for Help: How Nysha Overcame Grief and Pain at Lifespring Center for Women.

A Call for Help: How Nysha Overcame Grief and Pain at Lifespring Center for Women.

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet Nysha ...finding a refuge from addiction & despair at Lifespring Center for Women ; God Led Nysha to Lifespring. Lifespring Led Nysha to Know Her God. A Call for Help: How Nysha Overcame Grief and Pain at Lifespring Center for Women. Grief, Depression, Addiction,...
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