The first time Natalie drank was when she was twelve years old. And she drank to black out.

“I had sexual abuse in my childhood. It was incestuous. And that made me very angry,” Natalie shares.

Her life of pain and addiction led her to very dark situations … working for a motorcycle gang to selling drugs. She overdosed on Good Friday in 2012.

Rehab introduced Natalie to Jesus for the first time, but not having worked through her past, she turned right back to what she knew until she learned about Hoving Home.

In our program, Natalie was able to learn about a relationship with God, one filled with trust and grace, with healing and hope! Natalie was also surrounded by women who truly cared.

“I’ll never forget the breakfasts Beth would come to,” Natalie recalls. “We were made to feel special. We were served. The meal was also served on beautiful China. We were recognized. I felt like part of a family. Those breakfasts meant the world to me.”

In time, not only did Natalie break free from the grip her abuse had over her, she began to see miraculous changes in her family.

Today, Natalie is the education coordinator and a teacher. She is eager to do whatever God asks of her in this season. She knows her role today wouldn’t be possible without the support and guidance she received through Hoving Home.

And because of that, Natalie is now able to minister to others.

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