[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/qTcM5I8cagQ'] Eldra grew up in the “projects” of Chicago, surrounded by gang violence that influenced his life. “You drink, you gamble, you sell drugs… That was my routine,” he explains. Although his grandmother taught him about Jesus, “I chose the streets instead of a spiritual...
[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dI5ZKTXDeg&t=1s'] “I was broken when I came here. I had no life left in me.” Fran’s father died when she was 15, ending years of sexual abuse. But it didn’t end the damage that was done to her sense of worth and self-esteem. At 17, she started drinking…...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/DhBC9VjQel0'] “David struggled with life,” says his father, Rick. “He had everything we thought we could offer. We tried so many things to help him get better.” But nothing seemed to make an impact...
Enjoy this Rockford Register Star story by Georgette Braun about the Labak family and David's Closet....
