I am currently serving as the Director of the Hope for Men and Hope for Women New Life Transformation program. As of October 11, 2023, I had 18 years clean and sober serving Jesus Christ. I battled addiction since the age of 12. I have experienced jails, institutions, and near-death experiences because of addiction, crime, and running from God.

I finally surrendered in 2005. I was on felony probation, about to serve 5 years in prison, and in stepped Jesus---my Shepherd, my Friend, my Protector, my Healer, and my God. He sent probation, tranquility, my sponsor, and many women into my life to help me transform into the woman of God that I am today.

He wasn’t done with me yet. I decided to daily surrender, and for 18 years, I have done that. I wake up, I thank Jesus for another day, I read the word, I pray again, I worship, and I don’t pick up, NO MATTER WHAT!!

I want to tell you that people who attend meetings make it, but not without God being at the center. 12-step programs work, but not without God being at the center. Marriage works, but not without God at the center. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. Without Him, I am nothing, and there is no good thing that lives in me apart from Jesus.

I thank God that He allowed me to live and gave me a brand-new life. I have been a drug and alcohol counselor for over 14 years and served in many capacities. I am also blessed to serve as the youth pastor at Grace Community Church. I became an ordained minister, and I currently volunteer for the Jail Ministry. I am a sponsor to some very strong and mighty women of God, and I am honored to give back what was so freely given to me.

Please, if you suffer from addiction, you are not alone and don’t have to do it alone. Ask for help, seek Jesus, and go to a program. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. If you’re not dead, God is not done!!