My name is Rudy, and I want to give a big thank you to you for all you give to us…the clothes, food, electricity for the lights, the chance to work and so much more. Your gifts are helping to turn distress into hope, and pain into joy.
I also want to thank the Mission staff, some who even literally camped on my cell doorstep while I was having probation problems. They never gave up on me. They didn’t budge. What they did for me brings tears to my eyes. I’m so grateful.
…and they still loved me
Here I was, addicted to alcohol and crack, and people still loved me. I would go on 24-hour benders, steal, do jail time, take pills for depression, and yet none of my past mattered to this staff that’s committed to touching lives at any cost.
Today I know Jesus and his love. I’m experiencing the truth and that truth is settling in my heart. It’s making me a free man for the first time in my life.
From now on I’m willing to keep stepping up to the plate – to keep learning, loving and developing an even closer relationship with my risen Lord. Thank you for praying for me…even as I promise to pray for you. God bless you.