My definition of love was all wrong,” says Cindy, describing the circumstances that brought her to Hope Ministries years ago. She had married a man much like her father – abusive and controlling. When she realized the relationship was preventing her from being the mother God...
Are you interested in volunteering regularly at Hope Ministries? Serving meals, teaching a class, working in our ENCORE Thrift Stores...
We're excited for our Easter outreach in 2019! We've got one big change this year - we will be assembling and delivering meals on Saturday, April 20. This is a change from previous years when we hosted our Easter outreach on Sunday. Delivering on Saturday instead...
Four years ago, Leland made a decision that he says "changed everything." But it wasn't the choice he originally intended to make. "I'd spent several days on the street. All I could think was, 'Why am I still alive?' I was out at a bridge, thinking...
Heather's drug use began when she was young. "I had a lot of childhood trauma, so it was just a coping mechanism," she says. "I didn't know how else to deal with things. Drugs became my 'go-to.'" As she grew older, Heather's addiction consumed her life...
After Bob was honorably discharged from the military, he returned to the States…only to find himself in what now seemed to be a foreign country. He and his wife, whom he met while overseas, struggled to adjust to their new surroundings and their marriage ended....
Nicole endured the pain of domestic violence for more than four years. When she was seriously injured by the man she thought she loved, she knew she had to leave him. Her life—and her children's future—depended on it. With nowhere else to go, she turned to...
Eight months pregnant and completely alone, Melissa arrived at our doors with little hope for her future, feeling trapped in destructive cycles that had long controlled her life. “Despite being pregnant, I could not stop drinking,” she says. “Alcohol ruled my world.” Taking her first drink...