17 Dec David’s Closet lets residents give with dignity
Enjoy this Rockford Register Star story by Georgette Braun about the Labak family and David's Closet....
17 Oct “I’m grateful everyday that I wake up.”
“I go by a new name now,” says Rex, a recent graduate of our Life Recovery Program. “Resurrected Rex,” as he refers to himself today, describes perfectly the transformation that has taken place in his life since coming to the Mission. At age 28, he surrendered...
14 Sep “It’s got to be God first!”
It was while in our Life Recovery Program that John began to understand the root cause of the anxiety and depression he’d struggled with for years – and that had consumed most of his adult life… “My parents fighting… hearing the screaming at night… never knowing...
12 Jul A Godly New Direction
The youngest of 11 siblings, Shirley’s life was empty of the acceptance and affirmation children need to grow up self-confident and strong. As a teenager, “I went looking for love in all the wrong places,” she says. It was a futile search resulting in a cycle...
18 Apr After Years of Going Nowhere
Paul was a talented hockey player and the apple of his father’s eye. But when he was injured and no longer a “star,” his dad lost interest in him. Heartbroken by his father’s rejection, he fell in with the wrong crowd. “I started partying, smoking weed and...
14 Feb The Family She Never Had
“My mom left home when I was 10 years old,” Glenda shares. “And my father never really cared for me.” So she bounced around from place to place… staying with friends or relatives… never having a place to call home or feeling she was part...
23 Oct “The Mission taught me what having God in my life looks like.”
Diane was in her early 20s when she lost three precious loved ones. Her grandfather, brother and fiancé passed away within a year of one another. “I didn’t have the resources whatsoever to cope,” she says. So she did the only thing she knew how. Following...
15 Aug With her husband in prison, Flor and her children had nowhere to go…
"The Mission opened their doors to me." Flor and her husband came to the US from Mexico and started their life together. With five kids, they always had their hands full. Then Flor found herself in a situation she never imagined… domestic abuse. “I immediately pressed charges...
15 Jan The JOY of a Family Christmas
The JOY of a Family Christmas A single mom, Cathy was devoted to her little girl. Baking cookies, decorating the tree and singing their favorite carols made the holidays their special time together. When her daughter achieved their shared dream of going to college, she couldn’t...
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