 Finding Hope & Healing — Vernard Barnes
“I never thought I’d be doing this, never in a million years,” explains Vernard Barnes as he recounts
the success he has had since graduating from our Project Emmanuel recovery program. “I thank God for Goodwill each and every day, and for these people and for Him.”
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 Just Do It! — James Branham
“Stop killing yourself!” The words, almost audible, penetrated the haze in James Branham’s mind as he woke up one morning, penniless and alone, after a long drug binge. “It’s time to start your life anew,” the inner voice urged.
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 I Want My Life to Be Used to Change Others — Jerome Wright
Jerome Wright, program associate for our Project Emmanuel Recovery Program, is quick to tell the homeless men he mentors that God is the God of second chances. To prove it, he shares his own remarkable story, of how he – a drug-addicted felon who slept in abandoned buildings and ate out of dumpsters – was transformed at Goodwill Rescue Mission.
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 Christmas Joy at the Mission — Kelly LeBrun
Kelly LeBrun got something truly special for Christmas last
year. As a member of our Project Emmanuel Recovery Program, he got the chance to celebrate as a new creation in Christ.
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 I’m so Thankful to Be Free! — Tim Jeffery
Tim Jeffery arrived here bound in handcuffs and shackles, a prisoner
locked up after a life of violence and drugs. Here he’s found the true freedom that comes in Christ.
Today, he’s thankful to be clean, sober and earning a college degree.
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 The Gift of a New Life — James Jolly
James Jolly woke up on his 31st birthday and decided that this year, he wanted the gift of a new life. Since he was a teen running the streets, his hunger for drugs had
eclipsed everything else. Now he wanted to celebrate his birthday as a new man, clean and sober.
So he came to Goodwill Rescue Mission for help.
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 The Fruit of Faithfulness — Herman Henley
As the ushers closed the casket on Herman Henley’s brother, Herman cried out to God, “Lord, please help me!” In the past, Herman had dealt with pain and loss by diving deeper into drugs and alcohol. Now, Herman knew if he didn’t get help right away, he was as good as dead himself.
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“Thanks for the
second chance!” — Herman Burrell
After spending more than three decades enslaved to a drug addiction that sent him to jail and left him homeless, Herman Burrell was desperate for a second chance. And that’s exactly what he found when he walked through our doors.
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Peace in the City — Jamaal Robinson
Cold, hungry and homeless, Jamaal robinson trudged his
way to Goodwill rescue mission on a frigid December day, hoping for a hot meal and
a warm place to spend the night.
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A Reason to Give Thanks — Ralph Pugsley
For six years, Ralph Pugsley struggled to survive on Newark’s streets, squatting in vacant buildings, eating at soup kitchens, feeding his all-consuming hunger for heroin. “I was sick and tired, worn and broke up,” Ralph remembers. But when he came to Goodwill Rescue Mission, his life took an about-face.
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Winning the War — Dorothy Tyler
Dorothy Tyler’s life has been a battle. On the
streets since she was 19, she’s eaten from dumpsters,
suffered beatings and lost her children. But since coming
to Goodwill Rescue Mission, she’s finally winning the
war.
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Tyler's story. |
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Journey to New Life — Gilbert Werneiwskey
As he huddled under a bridge, trying to keep warm,
Gilbert Werneiwskey no longer cared if he lived or died.
Homeless and addicted to heroin, he had hit rock bottom.
But in his lowest moment, Gilbert felt God lift him
up and lead him to Goodwill Rescue Mission.
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Werneiwskey's story. |
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A New Lease on Life — Kevin Woodley
When
Kevin Woodley woke up in an abandoned house where he’d
found shelter the night before, the reality of his situation
slapped him hard in the face. Here he was, squatting
in a run-down building – homeless and strung out
on drugs – when just a few months before he’d
owned his own house, had a great job and a promising
future.
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Woodley's story. |
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A Christmas Like No Other — Jerry Armstrong
“To me, every day is like
Christmas,” says Jerry Armstrong, reflecting on
how dramatically different his life is now, thanks to
Goodwill Rescue Mission. Before he joined our Project
Emmanuel Recovery Program, he says, “I was destroying
myself.”
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Armstrong's story. |
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A Reason to Give Thanks — Saiqah Shabazz
On Thanksgiving, Saiqah Shabazz
will give God thanks for his family, his home and job.
This may not sound like a miracle, unless you know what
Saiqah’s Thanksgivings were like before he came
to GRM. Back then, he says, “My life was a living
hell.”
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Shabazz's story. |
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The Straight Path Home — Yuma Hardy
When
Yuma Hardy was a teenager, he dreamed of going to college
on a wrestling scholarship. Instead, he wound up living
a nightmare. By his mid-20s, he was hooked on drugs,
dealing dope and committing robberies to fund his habit.
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Hardy's story. |
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David Carter
David Carter
stood in front of White Castle Hamburgers, singing rap
songs for pocket change, when a car screeched by. Someone
inside began firing rounds into the restaurant’s
window, sending a bullet through David’s left
thigh.
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Carter's story. |
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 Donald
Frink
“I came to
Goodwill Rescue Mission the first time for the wrong
reasons,” Donald, 33, admits. “I’d
been drinking and I needed shelter. I decided it couldn’t
hurt to know God. And I needed a place to get away …
drop off the map for a few months.”
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Frink's story. |
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Steve Taylor
“We
think it’s for ourselves, recreation, getting
away from the pressure,” Steve Taylor says. “But
that’s what the Lord is for.” At 35, Steve
looks back on five years of gambling and debt. Five
years of lying to friends and family and stealing from
his children.
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Taylor's story. |
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