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
People You Should Know: Naomi Everything good happened for me when I walked into Rockford Rescue Mission and made the decision to change my life. I had been in drug addiction
People You Should Know: Gené I used to be one of those Christian kids who could recite Bible verse after Bible verse. I learned them to earn points in my