started my life over again, at least in

the I think the primary focus was

supposed to be within the spiritual, but

because I I felt like I was so young,

you know, it did give me an awareness of

um what's around me for the most part

and what's right and what's wrong. Like

I said, I was young, so I was there from

when I was 19 to to 24, 25. But it kind

of felt like, you know, I I needed to do

that, you know, even though like first

the main reason why I entered Hope House

in the first place was because I got in

trouble with the with the law. But thank

God, you know, that I came that, you

know, he gave me an opportunity to come

here. It switched my whole perspective,

right? Like as long as it took, you

know, and then when I moved out, you

know, unfortunately, I can't say I was

cured, right? or you know living by

God's word or his will because there's

still lots of things I needed to work on

and I'm human and I live in the flesh

right and I always think that I know

better than everyone and it showed when

I moved out of what I needed to work on

because you know it wasn't easy but the

fact of the matter while I was in Hope

House by seeing people like myself and

going to groups and going to meetings

and just having that intense spiritual

therapy It did set something off like in

the long run. That's really how I have

to look at it, the long run. You know, I

always want instant gratification

and I still do, right? But

I I just know God definitely put me in

hope house to at least plant a seed.

So I tell people it's um a very

spiritualbased therapeutic residence. It

it has an intensity factor to it. It's

very loving. I describe like people in

there, you know, have got in trouble

with drugs and alcohol and other things

with the law, you know, and it just

gives us a chance to step away from the

world that's can be so consuming, right?

And and you know, we tend to live in in

that pattern of the of the world that we

lose track of really what is important.

So Hope House gave us anyone that lived

there um that opportunity

to, you know, transform our mind into

what God wants for us, right? We just

had to allow it. Like I said, it wasn't

always easy. We're still in the flesh,

but at least a seed, you know, was

planted for me and I'm sure among all

the other um people that I lived with.

You know, unfortunately, not everyone

that lives with is here, but you know,

I've stayed in contact with a lot of

people and I see where they are. And I

see where they are because of Hope House.