This segment is dedicated to those, who had made a positive impact or change not only to them selves, but to their loved ones and the surrounded community as well. Celia rebounded from a hard mixture of drug abuse, family despair and homelessness, but then with the help of the good Lord, she was able to find herself once again on the difficult path of righteousness and put her life back together. The following story you are about to read is a true account of Celia's testimony.
I was 13 years old when I started using Marijuana. Over the next 16 years, my drugs escalated to heavier drugs. At the end of my last run, I realized I had lost everything. I was bouncing around from house to house. During the final 8 months of my 18 years of drug addiction and because of my lifestyle, I was forced to give up custody of my 5 children to their father. Shortly after that, I ended up in jail; a place I didn't want to be, with charges I never wanted to have. When released, my drug use started all over again, as if it had never stopped. My kid's father refused to let me see my kids. My eldest son, Shaunie, ran away from home and found me and never left my side. Because of that, I exposed him to a way of life he never should have seen.
One day I broke down. I needed my children. I couldn't do enough drugs to numb the pain I was feeling. I finally reached a point in my life where I was done. I reached out to God for help. I had hit rock-bottom and didn't know where else to turn, so I prayed for a door to be opened. I called my sister and I asked her to find a program for me. Shortly after hanging up with her, she called me back and told me that she had found one.
About a week later, I entered the Rescue The Children center on May 27, 2015 with four of my five children. Shaunie stayed with his father. Upon entering, I didn't know what to expect, but I already knew that God was at work in my life. I'm not going to lie. Being in a program, filed with woman, I knew challenges were bound to come up. I was worried about how I was going to react when they did. So from day one, my Bible became my best friend. Every spare moment I had was in God's word. So every morning, I would recite the versus before starting my day. I wasn't going to rely on what I thought I knew or what I felt or even the way things looked. I was going to rely on God, and His Word and His Promises.
At the Rescue The Children center, my relationship with God grew into a relationship I never knew I could have. I was finally where I needed to be. I not only found myself, I found a person I never knew existed. During my time in the program, I developed skills that I will use the rest of my life. A year and a half ago, had you told me I would be where I'm at today, I would have told you, "You bumped your head!"
Right now I have a healthy relationship with my family and I have real friends, who love me for me. I also have my children. Thank God that they are happy and healthy. I am now employed full-time as House Manager for RTC. I get to share with other women what God has done in my life and what he has brought me out of. I AM A LIVING TESTIMONY! "...With God all things are possible"
Mathew 19:26
Awesome story Celia and congratulations on your success. May it continue for the New Year that follows and have a Happy Thanksgiving to you and everybody else, who reads this story!
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