Stories of Hope

If you were to look up the term “rule breaker” in the dictionary, you’d probably find my picture. After I came to Rockford Rescue Mission, I printed all of the

Of all the people whose lives have changed at Rockford Rescue Mission, I might be the first who’s studying to be an archeologist. But really, all of us here are

May 28, 2016. That was the day my life blew apart. My wife, Lorrie, had been having chest pains for weeks. The day after her 46th birthday, she couldn’t catch

‘The Mission is a lifeline God sent to me.’ Brian was a teenager when he first started using drugs and alcohol. It was something he did for fun until he

“I look back on my experience at the Mission as a rebirth…” Everything good happened for me when I walked into Rockford Rescue Mission and made the decision to change

From Sherry Pitney, CEO Our dear friend, Nora Sandahl, died Dec. 3, 2021. Let me tell you a story of how God used Nora and her family. In early 1996,

People You Should Know: Dave “If you don’t have a friend in the world, you can find one here.” That sign used to hang outside Rockford Rescue Mission, and it

People You Should Know: Carol I was the woman people would look at and say, “She has everything.” Nice home, great Christian family. But I had a secret. I was

People You Should Know: Andre When I went to prison for armed robbery, certain people caught my attention because I knew them from the streets. They had changed. Now they

People You Should Know: Charles Several years ago, I looked around the cheap hotel room where I was living and thought: This is my life? Really? I thought my full story was