Resident Testimonials

I always knew I had problems and from an early age I learned to medicate and escape from all the cautious and confusion until my medicating started to create. I went to a Catholic church, when I was young on Sundays. But had to have time believing in Christ because of the dysfunction in my family. How could there? Be a God when there was a mess. I’ve been in nearly 3 rehabs and institution and on a few instances tried to end it all due to hopelessness, lack of faith, and despair. I would go for long stretches. Some times with clean time, gainful employment, and serenity. People respected me and loved my cooking. But something always brought everything to a half and I’d find myself without anything in anybody time and time again! This go around is different. It’s different this time because I have God in my life and I’m learning the way I supposed to live. My last run was horrific. I really didn’t want to live so I tried to kill myself on a daily basis. I was arrested 3 times with 2 felonies and 5 pending Charles together. I knew I had alienated my family and friends and literally gave up. Some kind of ways when I couldn’t go any lower. I started going to bible study in jail and started to have a wee bit of hope. I got out. I went to a program that was Client Directed Outcome Informed (CDOI) lol. I can’t direct anything without the direction of the Holy Spirit. I went back to the streets and quickly to the hospital. In my room, there was a very serene lady and she looked at me and asked me do I believe in Jesus. It didn’t take me but a second to reply yes. Tree of Life picked me up upon release and things have been going up hill since. I started to have hope and faith and started forgiving myself. It’s not easy all the times. But nothing worth having doesn’t come easy unless your guided by the Holy Spirit.

-Chris

The one thing I had: free will. Some people see it as self-will-run-riot. I knew God as a child growing up. But some kind way I grew out from him. I never was a finisher of anything I did after that. My job being a dad, schooling, and etc. Everything I did I did on my own strength and I failed in most of it because I was where I ended up on drugs and that led to jail. I came to an end with my last three felonies: my lawyer was trying to help as best as he could but even his hand’s were tied. Someone suggested I go to this faith based program: well I wasn’t to happy  about that suggestion: I really didn’t have a choice in the matter. In a sense, God took my freewill. I ended up here at the Tree of Life: This is where I picked up a relationship with God. God has truly shown me that he loves me. I’ve truly been blessed I don’t have a lot of anything but I have a lot of everything. I am free from drugs. I have a family back in my life. I am not in jail.

-Knowles

I came here afraid, alone, no friends, no family, and no purpose. I found this place through an older woman that stopped me from jumping of a bridge. My life was over. This woman prayed with me and in turn gave me some hope. That woman and the Tree of Life saved my life. Amanda and the Tree of Life has given me hope by helping me to turn my life around and by bring me back to God. I came here alone now I have God and a family. I came here sad wanting to die, now I am happy and love life and have now reason to live. I came here angry, hurt, and afraid now I have peace and no more anger, no more hurt, and no more pain. I have come for thanks to Amanda and Tree of Life. I still have far to go but at least now live not alone. Thank-you

-Anonymous

How God has help me here at the Tree of Life through prayer so that I could be less disobedient and less self and no sinful thought or condition so that I can’t be a better person with more knowledge not just for worldly ways or self but for God and the son and the Holy Spirit that helps me be more holy or right for God’s glory and hope that I get from being a follower of Jesus. That my perseverance in God give me lot of in yahyshua name pray for a new day.

-Anonymous