Pastor Kevin, & Church,

I’ve been sitting in my room this morning and was lead by the Spirit to write you all with gratitude and love. I feel that it is time for me to share with you all how much your love and support for me changed my life. I came and went from Gold Hill, Oregon with one purpose and that was to be freed from the bondage of drug abuse. Thanks to the availability of the U-Turn ministry the freedom I speak of has become a reality, Amen!

I’ve been at U-turn for 6 months, and have to say that it’s been the most important 6 months of my life. I’ve found that through fellowship at U-Turn for Christ Oregon I can have hope for what I’ve missed my whole life, and that to live is to live God’s will doing what He has for me to do. I’ve always done fairly well for myself but I have had lows with booze and drugs. I have always been able get on my feet again but something is not there; something is not right.

I was raised in Coos-Bay by a loving Grandmother. My father left when I was young, and mom could never learn to cope with that. As a teenager, I moved to my dads, and that’s when it all changed. I started drinking and drugging. When I was 17 I was awarded fifteen years in prison for taking another man’s life. After release from prison I met my ex and we planned Cody. Life was good, until I started drinking and using. After all was said and done, I lost them and tried to come home to Oregon. But even in my unbelief of God, he stilled believed in me, and put a stop on me in this area almost two years ago.

Rev 3:1  “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

I’m 23 years old and have been at U-Turn for about 4 months . It has changed my life and showed me the light in a dark world. I grew up in a good family going to church and youth group my whole life, but as I got into high school I started fulfilling the desires of the flesh. I turned completely away from God’s will. After about four years of opiate addiction I knew the only place to turn was God, I just didn’t know how to make such a drastic change in my life. Thankfully, U-Turn for Christ was there for me.