Shaquiece
Las Vegas, NV
From feeling invisible to fully seen
As the oldest of 17 children, Shaquiece grew up surrounded by manipulation and judgmental comments. No matter how hard she tried, nothing was ever good enough. Struggling with reading and comprehension, but excelling in math in school led to physical and verbal abuse. By the time she was older, she felt she never had her own identity, always too much like one parent or the other, and never accepted for who she was.
Years later, she still carried that need for acceptance. Depression, anger, and the weight of feeling invisible left her exhausted. She longed for daily help from God but didn’t know how to find it.
One Sunday, she walked into a church and, for the first time, went forward during an altar call. Weeping, she told God she was tired of feeling alone. A woman placed her hand on her shoulder and said:
That moment changed everything.
From there, God led her to the Hoving Home.
When she walked through the doors of the Las Vegas Home, Shaquiece felt something powerful:
She knew she was supposed to be there. Still, the thought of leaving her kids was painful. But when her daughters toured the house, even they said they couldn’t argue with how good it was.
In her first 30 days, her children saw the difference: “Oh my gosh, Mom, you have structure. Mom, you seem so happy.”
Inside the program, God gave Shaquiece a new identity. She realized her worth and value in Christ, discovering that she was called by name, loved, and precious to Him.
Shaquiece completed the program in Las Vegas and is in the Leadership Academy in California. Her desire is to help other women discover their identity in Christ.
She continues to stand on Proverbs 3:5–6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”
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