Here at Freedom Ministries - Safe Haven, we know that Jesus is the answer to all our needs. We believe in God, His Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and we believe the Bible. We believe all our needs, from Salvation to continued Sanctification along with physical, emotional, and mental needs, are met through Jesus and His finished work at the Cross. Through belief in Jesus and what He did at the Cross, every chain of addiction can be broken and freedom given because He took our place at Calvary. Humans tend to make things complicated when all we need is the simplicity of the Message of the Cross. With the Lord and a little support we hope to make an impact on the lives in Acadiana, as well as outside of Acadiana.
The Lord saved me from the grips of drugs, amongst other things and has continued to change my life. While I was in rehab in 2011, He placed a desire in my heart to help others struggling with addiction the moment I asked Him back in my life. I first went my own way in what I thought that meant, but through finding the Lord again and truly placing and keeping my faith in Him, He has slowly and faithfully grown my heart for those struggling and opened my eyes to His will for my life and shown me how to truly have victory.
The Lord has given me the vision of this ministry, Freedom Ministries – Safe Haven, to take women, and someday men, from wherever they are coming from and give them a place to stay, free from drugs and alcohol, learn the skills they need to live independently, and most importantly, to hear the Gospel daily. Without a doubt, I know the Lord has called me to love and meet people where they are in this life and show them His truth.
I have seen first and second hand what drugs and alcohol are doing to lives and I want to help. I feel called to help, and I can’t fight the calling anymore. I know the Lord is the only answer to true and lasting freedom from alcohol and drugs, and I want to share the truth and freedom with others. The Lord has called us not only to preach the Gospel, but to make disciples. I feel strongly led to help those hurting and lost find their way to the Cross and stay there along with helping them with the skills they need to live independently which includes helping them to secure a job, budget finances, get into independent living all while hearing the freeing Message of the Cross daily.
So often people hear the Gospel and are saved but don’t have anything else, and eventually, or even right after getting savedgo back to the streets or the only life they knew. I want to help people get set up and connected to the Word of God and make sure they have what they need physically, and as well, teach them how to maintain these things independently. I want to show others that they don’t have to suffer and continue in the lifestyle that is killing them. The Lord has given me a heart for those struggling with addiction and that lifestyle that accompanies addiction, but I can’t do it alone.
