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It All Starts With a Meal
Imagine your hunger if you had just walked from Canoga Park to Oxnard. That is roughly 40 miles! It would take you about 14 grueling hours over several long days. For Ralph, it consumed three and a half days. Having his world ruined by alcohol and living off only what he could glean from fruit…
Experiencing God’s Unconditional Love!
When I came to the Lighthouse for Women and Children, I was a mess. I had just gotten out of Hillmont Mental Hospital and just got my two boys back. I had nowhere to go with my children. We were sleeping on my friend’s couch and had all our things in my car. We had…
The Life Recovery Program in Action
Jake grew up attending church and had spent time volunteering with his youth group at the Ventura County Rescue Mission. He never thought he would one day be one of the residents of the recovery program. His addictions caused him to lose his wife, lose his job, and spend time ‘couch surfing’. He was strung…
Finding Love
Although Matt grew up in a Christian home in Orange County, he experienced physical and verbal abuse as a child. He was introduced to drugs and alcohol in high school and thought he found the perfect escape from his painful reality. What started as rebellion, turned into destruction. He went to rehab for two months…
