There was a point in Cindy’s life where it seemed she had everything. A marriage, a new house, a convertible, a camper, even a motorcycle. From the outside, her life looked nearly perfect . . .

Until a relapse into drug addiction stole everything. “Because of my relapse, I ended up divorced and lost everything I had. I fell back deep into addiction, depression and self-loathing.”

Cindy’s addiction stretches back to her youth, when multiple traumas—including the death of her sister and experiences with abuse—left a lasting impact. She’d tried 30-day treatment programs in the past, but after her last relapse, she spiraled. “I was lost and homeless. I lived in my storage unit for a year.”

But in 2020, Cindy made a decision she says changed her life forever. Her brother allowed her to stay at his home for two days but told her she had to find somewhere to get help. So she called Hope Ministries.

“I’ll be forever grateful to my family—my brother and my son. I knew I needed to straighten out my life and regain their trust. And when Hope Ministries took me in, they changed my life. They saved my life.”

Cindy spent the next two years at our Hope Center for Women and Children, participating in substance abuse counseling, life skills classes, work skills training, Bible studies and more. She paid off all her debts and fines and reached one sobriety milestone after another, while also restoring relationships with her family members.

“Over my two years here, I’ve been able to forgive myself. I’ve been able to change my outlook on life. It takes time for that kind of transformation—not 30 days,” Cindy says. “It takes time to gain new thinking patterns and habits. This is a safe place to get off the streets and be around people who help you experience real life change.”

“The name Hope Ministries is exactly what it implies— hope,” she adds. “My life is fantastic now, but I can only imagine it’s going to get even better because I will stay on this path and I will continue to change. I know the sky’s the limit.”

Cindy graduated from our program in the summer of 2022, and today, she’s thriving. She has a full-time job at Amazon, is active in her church and loves spending time with her family while cheering for the Chiefs and the Cubs. Most of all, she’s dedicated to growing in her faith.

“It took me being down as low as I could go, having nothing left in my life, to realize who Jesus is and what He’s capable of doing in my life,” she says.

To ministry partners who made her life transformation possible, Cindy says: “You saved my life in so many ways—gave me a safe place to live, food on the table. You allowed me to change in a safe environment. There aren’t enough words to say thank you.”