Brigitte
Pasadena, CA
2007
Growing up, Brigitte didn’t believe in anything.
“I just didn’t have any faith,” she recalls.
Brigitte didn’t go to church or have anyone teaching her about faith. But she also felt like she didn’t need anything to help her.
But a lifestyle of depending on herself got Brigitte into trouble quickly.
“I thought using drugs wasn’t so bad,” Brigitte remembers. “But things started getting real when I got arrested.”
Thankfully, Brigitte was humbled by her reality. As she was losing everything around her, she started finding the Lord. She entered programs and began to seek some form of faith, but when she left, her lifestyle didn’t change.
“It’s a cycle,” Brigitte affirms. “Every time things started getting better, I’d go back to my addiction problems.”
The cycle finally broke for Brigette when she was welcomed back to Hoving Home.
“I had so many issues, troubles, and court cases, but I just put everything aside and drew into the Lord,” Brigitte shares. “I didn’t understand how to set goals, but I did it anyways. It was a lifestyle change for me.”
Brigitte has been walking with the Lord for 15 years now! Her transformation is a testimony to the power of God to free us from our despair and our destructive choices.
Through great perseverance and hard work, Brigitte earned a license in cosmetology and works in a salon. She has a roommate who loves Jesus, and they help each other in their faith life. Thanks to the second chances God gave her at Hoving Home and your generosity, Brigitte is a genuine believer.
Looking back, Brigitte now realizes, “He’s been there every step of the way.”
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