Goodwill
Rescue Mission offers help and hope to North Jersey’s urban
poor and dispirited.
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For mind and body:
food, clothing, shelter, training and teaching.
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For soul and spirit: the life-changing
message of God’s love revealed in Jesus Christ.
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Stories of Hope
from Goodwill Rescue Mission
Robert Lassiter
“They say that God works in mysterious ways, but it’s not
mysterious to me,” explains Robert Lassiter. “I’ve seen His
work. I look in the mirror every day and see His work.”
The man Robert sees in the mirror every day now is a far cry
from the one who walked in our doors four years ago. That
Robert was despondent and desperate, eager to join our Project
Emmanuel Recovery Program so he could finally beat an
addiction to heroin and cocaine that had cost him everything.
As a young man, Robert had so much going for him. He loved
music and cooking, and was fortunate to land a job in each
field – he was a chef during the day and a DJ at night. Everything
was going great until he tried drugs.
Before he knew it, he had sacrificed everything for his
addiction. “I just went into a shell,” he remembers. “One night
I found myself in the park with a fifth of liquor, $200 worth
of heroin and $100 worth of cocaine. I was going to take it
all and hoped I wouldn’t wake up in the morning.” But God
intervened. A gust of wind sent the drugs flying and the bottle
of booze shattered on the ground.
Robert knew he needed help getting his life back on track. He
packed his bags one night and hit the streets, looking for a way
out. A few weeks later, he was in our program.
At the Mission, Robert discovered he wasn’t the only one
going through hard times. He found guidance and inspiration
from our staff and the other men in our program, who
cheered him on as he got clean, earned his GED and grew
in his relationship with the Lord.
Robert graduated from the program in 2006 and found a job
right away. Today, he’s the super at an apartment complex and
a proud father.
Without Goodwill, he says, “I would probably still be out on
the streets or dead. I wish there was a Goodwill in every city
in every state–more people should know about this ministry.”
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