A spotlight on one of our staff members working with our faith-based, life-transformation, Hope for Men and Women program.

For 29 years I thought my life was falling apart, but how could it, if it was never together? I came to the realization that everything was falling into place. Suffering from a 29-year crystal meth addiction, I came to the point where I was afraid of dying out on the streets homeless and alone. I was tired of living my life the way it was. I cried out to the Lord and begged him to rescue me from this path of destruction I was on. I finally came to the realization of what Jesus Christ meant by letting go. I told Jesus that I did let go, and Jesus said that I needed to let go with both hands.

On August 28, 2021, I finally let go of my own self-will and was accepted into the Merced County Rescue Mission’s Hope for Men, life transformation program. My life has been transformed by establishing a firm foundation with Jesus Christ, my redeemer. I have utilized any and all available resources provided by God through the Merced Rescue Mission. I am now over two years clean and sober, and I am the new Peer Navigator at the Hope for Men program working for God. I am giving back as a living testimony to those who are on the same path that I was on to give them a sense of HOPE, inspiration, and encouragement. I let them know that with God, all things are possible if you just LET GO AND LET GOD.