Alex is celebrating Easter with JOY – because of you!
“I wanted to escape from my reality.”
Alex had always lived in fear of missing out on life, so he ran here and there, making rash decisions, saying “Yes” to everything that came along. “I always needed to be doing something and I never thought about the consequences of my actions for other people or myself,” he says.
Eventually, he turned to drugs and alcohol to numb his fear. “I wanted to escape from my reality.”
But, instead, he developed an addiction that led to even more harmful choices. Finally, he decided to start over someplace else. “I left everything in Illinois and hopped on a bus headed for South Carolina.”
But when the bus made a stop in Winston-Salem, Alex felt compelled to stay here, and for a month he wandered around the city, wondering what to do, how to change his life. Then one day, he happened across the Rescue Mission. “I started talking to a case worker, and when he told me what the Rescue Mission did, I checked in,” Alex says. “It was miraculous that I ended up here.”
He began his journey of healing in our Life Builders Program, where he strengthened his faith through chapel services, daily devotions and biblical counseling. “I realized that the only way I could get better was through a strong relationship with God.”
After graduating, he went on to our Transformers Program, where he addressed the root causes of his destructive behavior and learned to live out his faith. “They helped me overcome my fear and it completely changed my mindset and my lifestyle.”
“I’m spiritually sound and growing in my relationship with Jesus.”
Now, Alex has recently been hired as an employee of the Mission. His plan is to save money for a place of his own and eventually go to college. “This is the first time I’ve ever had a plan and I’m so excited.”
Thank you for sharing God’s love with Alex this Easter. His life has been renewed through the joy and hope of the Gospel! “The Rescue Mission has given me hope and a future.”
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