Just a few months ago, this would not have been possible. But generous supporters heard about our need for transitional housing and donated significant gifts to renovate an unused apartment on our property.

"Ill have my own kitchen!” Lisa says. ‘And no more shower shoes because I’ll have my own bathroom!’

Ironically Lisa credits going to jail for the positive turn her life has taken: “Jesus had to get me there to get my attention."

Lisa had fallen into a lifestyle she knew was hurtful to her three children. "I lost my footing, but I wasn’t going to let them lose theirs,” she says. In jail, she became a prayer leader in the God Mod and filled her hours with Bible study job-related courses and classes on healthy relationships.

Released April 5, 2002, Lisa came straight to ODM’A Lydia House and dived into Bible study, money management, and relationship classes. I learned to use my "wise mind,”’ she says. “If I act out of logic rather than emotion; I get better results.”

January 7, Lisa celebrated one year drug and smoke free; she graduated the New Life Recovery programs , February 1. "I am so excited about my progress!” she says, “but I take no credit. I’ve done the possible; God did the impossible."

The Mission gave Lisa a Bible and kitchenware to recognize her determination. Yet, a quiet moment with her daughter told Lisa just how far she’d come. She asked, Mom, you really do love Jesus, don’t you?’”

In addition to her walk with Christ, a healthy lifestyle, the trust of her children and the material goods that Fill her new apartment, God provided a verse Lisa lives by each day “Philippians 4:13 says, I can do everything through him who gives me strength. When my flesh rises up against me, I say, Lord, I don’t have to give in to this and I get victory.” - Lisa

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