 Thank you guys so much for having us. Like Justin said, my name is Cody. I am 27 years old about to be 28 in a couple of weeks and When I came into Teen Challenge, I was like many of the other people that came in here. I was broken. I was lost I was stuck in a vicious cycle of addiction to a heroin and I struggled with addiction since I was 16 years old and I grew up in a great home loving parents a little brother and I had everything going in What seemed to be a good direction and then in high school like you said I was looking for that group to fit into and the people that I decided to Choose to spend my time with ended up going towards that partying lifestyle partying scene and I found myself right in the middle of it and went to treatment at a young age thought that Secular treatment was going to be the cure for for what I thought I had is the disease of addiction and I found that through many many treatments that the the secular view and cure for addiction wasn't going to help me out and I threw a buddy in high school he After a couple of times he came to me when I was in treatment and talked to me about about Jesus I grew up in a Christian home not really attending church just kind of I guess, you know had the the views of Christian But I wasn't actively participating going to church or anything like that and he talked to me about a program similar to teen challenge a little bit different not quite as extensive not quite as long and It as well didn't work well for me. There was a lot of stress distractions I was still in Seattle, which is where I'm from and that was Not a good spot for me. I needed to get completely away from All my familiar places familiar people any access to money Women were a huge distraction for me and all those things were part of their program. And so my cousin Completed teen challenge back in October. He talked to my family about coming here and when I came into teen challenge My parents were About fed up with me. I'm surprised that my parents didn't just throw my stuff on the side of the sidewalk and just take off You know, I robbed I stole from my family from everybody around me to support my addiction and I didn't believe that there was any hope for restoration with my family when I came into teen challenge and Shortly after I got to teen challenge. I Realized that I didn't have everything figured out that My way wasn't the best way that I had a problem with being obedient to my leaders That I wasn't submissive that I thought I knew everything. I still struggle with these things today But I have gotten a lot better. I believe in those things. God has I don't know God has has kind of just quieted my heart in my mind and allowed me to really just realize that I don't have everything figured out and All my brothers in the house that keep me very accountable with that letting me know that hey, you don't know everything You know, it's not all about you Right now we are because of the the amount of guys we have in the house We're kind of in a season of stretching Justin has called it and I never really looked at it like that. I just thought man this sucks You know as my Wednesday night I want to go home and go to bed because I worked all day and I'm going to work all day tomorrow in the next day in the Next day, but I'm starting to see as Justin said that through these times of Stretching its preparation for something ahead that I don't know about and something that God has in store for me that I Like I said do not know about and so I just need to trust God that he is gonna Take us through this season and open the doors for some crazy things and amazing things in my life And like that song said that our chains are broken and we are set free that is so true You know, I wake up every day, and I'm not dope sick, you know, I'm not struggling to figure out How I'm gonna get my next fix, you know, I'm not wondering who I'm waking up next to you know I'm not looking for my dope. How much dope do I have left though? I have any left am I gonna what am I gonna have to do to get my next fix You know today I get to wake up in a warm bed. I have food in the cabinet, you know, I wake up to all my brothers a pot of coffee Moring devotion, you know a hot shower things that we as Americans and Maya's myself, you know, I grew up in a Well finance Tom I mean I had everything I could ever ask for and like you guys were talking about earlier The things that we take for granted and feel like we're entitled to our things that we need to be thankful for that we are blessed to have So I just want to thank you guys so much for having us and for pouring into our ministry I know that you guys were a main reason of why we were able to go to spiritual emphasis last September and We all had a blast the guys that were there is a couple of us left and we just we thank you so much for your support and Your prayers and your belief in us in our program. Thank you