As she told her story of chasing “that living water,” Wendy recounted, “My stepfather became the fatherly figure that I had. He was an alcoholic. So, always with the fear of how he was going to be feeling each day. Kind of like walking on eggshells. When I needed the love, the love was given to the bottle.
And ultimately, we ended up losing our home, and we ended up living in a van. I think the little girl in me always wanted to feel safe and warm and to have a home where there’s laughter and joy. I have a little bit over 18 months in sobriety.
“I am sober today. Sober-minded. I get to be around people who are not just a positive impact in my life, but I get to help others around me.”
Wendy went on to say, “when I became redeemed and saved, my goal [was] just to share it [and] to become contagious.”
Wendy shared, “To give even one single dollar has helped people like me within homelessness within addiction to have a future. To seek refuge, and to have a better lifestyle. Now, I chase that living water. The living water that takes away the thirst for me.”
I’m learning how to speak, how to love, [and] how to be in a community. What fellowship is about, and to be in sobriety. It’s one thing to be sober, but to be sober-minded. It comes with a lot of different things.
For the first time in a long time I became excited to what my future would look like. Entering the doors of Agape, and remaining there, and being there and being amongst the women and the staff. It has impacted my life in a very positive way.
