
Resident Testimonials
Stories of recovery from our residents.
“Being a homeless woman in Palm Beach is terrifying enough; not to mention being alone. I was depths of despair, no home, no money, no transportation, and nothing. I was lucky enough to have the clothes on my back. I was beaten on the street, left for dead but I knew I survived for a reason. I stumbled literally upon the Tree of Life. Never heard of it before ever. Upon entering the Tree of Life they said “come as you are” and that’s what I did. I came with nothing. Today I have everything. I found my father again, my God. Earlier, I said I was alone and beaten but today I know I’m not. “O’cast all my anxieties on him because he cares for me.” There is nothing in my life I can’t do in Him, my Father in Heaven. I found hope again according to Isaiah 11:9. “For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
“I left here 3 months ago thought I was going to do good and get a job and make it in the world. I got out and let go of God and went back to my old ways. Doing drugs, partying, and chasing girls. I was walking to St. Ann’s one morning and my bro from Tree of Life stopped in the middle of the road and told me to get in the van. So I get in the van. He brings me back to Tree of Life and I decide to stay again. So now God has put so much joy, happiness, and peace in my life. I enjoy. I prayed for him to take the desire for drugs and alcohol from me and He has. I got no desire for them anymore. I look how crazy people act and the things they do. I been around drugs and alcohol since then but I don’t have any desire for it anymore. I love my new life with God and I will never give up my life for the world. Thank-you God for my new life.”
The Tree of Life: This ministry gave me a chance to start my life over. And delivered me from alot of crazy thoughts and got me off the streets were I had no family. This church helps me find a real friend that strengthened me from the thoughts of drugs and girls: Once I read the Holy Bible I said there’s no way I’m going to leave this place without receiving the Holy Spirit then I thought that I would look funny trying to be a born Christian or a child of God but it was to late because women were here for the same reason. Now it’s going really well. I’m gaining a lot of love because of this program through the father I plan to serve unto him for now.
I came to the Tree of Life approximately 2 weeks ago without much knowledge of God. I haven’t read the bible and my life felt very empty. I always knew that God and his word was what was missing in my life. In two weeks with the bible studies, prayers and the family, I feel I have a great foundation to build on. I already feel comfortable with my prayers and just simply picking up the bible and turning to a page, any page, and reading it. I feel the emptiness in my life is slowly disappearing. I am at ease with myself. I am very greatful to have found this opportunity to learn about God and to get to know him.
Thank God for being openly welcomed into a place of restoration full of the beautiful and loving spirit of God. The location is serene, hip, and exciting. The structure of the daily schedule is vital in rebuilding my confidence in others and my relationship with Jesus! Our President and Mentor is divinely inspired by God and devoted to saving souls….my spirt has been resurrected and as I practice praying without ceasing, submitting my will to God and developing a unwavering obedience to God my soul will be saved and then I can use my testimony and my knowledge of and love for God to teach and lead others to salvation.
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