Your gift today can be the beginning of a transformed life like Jason.
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want to help provide a needy man in the
San Francisco area with food, shelter,
counseling, life skills and more.
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Growing up, I was an outsider. I never had friends
and was always the last one picked on a team – if
you know what I mean. I hated my life. My parents
were good to me, but they just didn’t know
what to do.
By a very early age, I was smoking weed to escape
the pain. But all that ever did was mask my problems.
I even tried military service, thinking the discipline
would help. BUT THAT WAS A DISASTER!
It all came crashing in on me last year when I lost
my job as a bank teller. Then I was evicted from
my apartment. My family had moved away so I was all
alone. The thought of being homeless on the streets
was more than I could handle. I decided that killing
myself was better than becoming homeless. So I swallowed
a bunch of pills, drank a bottle of booze and waited
to die…I remember thinking, “Forget
life – no one cares about me and no one will
miss me anyway.”
For some reason, though (I now know it was God protecting
me), I woke up – spitting up blood. Somehow,
I managed to get to the hospital, and they saved
me. Through circumstances that could only be God
at work, I’m no at CityTeam Ministries.
Through their “Tough Love,” they make me be accountable and help
me work through my problems and move forward in a positive direction. Thanks
to CityTeam, I am learning that God loves me and cares about my life.
Now I’m doing better. I no longer feel depressed
and for the first time in my life I’m looking
toward the future. In May, I turn 24. I plan to be
a certified drug and alcohol counselor. Hopefully
I can help others one day who face the same addictions
that I have.
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