 Life Ministry for men and women struggling with drug abuse and basically We provide a one-year structured environment for both men and women. We have centers on the big island on Oahu as well as Kauai and Our hope is to just continue to reach out to as many people as we can who are struggling with drug abuse that They will see the love of God working in and through the Ministry of Teen Challenge That they will be moved to want to help support us as well as turn away from Their addiction and just lifestyle of addiction. Yeah, thank you so much for sharing more about the organization How about yourself, sir? How are you involved with the Teen Challenge? And what is your experience with the organization? well, I used to be a really bad alcoholic drinking non-stop and My mother actually told me about this organization and I've been part of it for almost two years now and I graduated now. I'm kind of staff here and I it's like a passion of mine now to spread awareness of it because of how it helped me, you know and Completely changed my perspective on life That addiction that lifestyle is something that people can get so caught up in and not see anything else You know and so this this means a lot to us Maybe maybe you can tell us if you don't mind tell us a little bit more about your story and your experience with the Teen Challenge organization Okay well, I Went through the my first program was in Fort Myers and I did 13 months at first and What it is is it's a residential program. You got a bunch of guys Living together Eating together doing everything together. It's a Christian program. So We we believe that Christ is the way, you know he's the answer he's our hope and so we go to church together we travel and Spread awareness and we just like to reach out as much as possible because we know how it is to be in that place You know, well, thank you so much for sharing that. How about you sir? If you could talk a little bit more about the program Um Yes, so I'm basically from the big island. I was addicted to methamphetamines for 13 years and I've learned about Teen Challenge a little over 10 months ago and I've been through many other programs, you know I'll try to stay sober and nothing ever worked for me, but I've learned The difference between Teen Challenge and other secular programs is the power of God that works through the ministry You know, which really allowed me to surrender myself First of all forgive myself for a lot of the things that I've done wrong and be set free You know be set free completely that I'm able to move on move forward The ministry is it's really simple yet. It's it's complicating for many folks to grasp the gospel of Jesus Christ, you know and It almost brings me to tears thinking about a How how far I've come, you know Being a part of Teen Challenge here on a wahoo. We learn things like personal studies for new Christians as well as character quality curriculums Where we learn to build our character we find our true identity in Christ and It's really able to teach us life skills just through those basic Studies of Teen Challenge, you know that that is thank you so much for sharing your story It's really sounds like stories of transformation. Maybe you could talk Just a little bit more about what it is that you learn from, you know at Teen Challenge Well, I've learned how to deal with deep-rooted problems Because a lot of it, you know, it's more than just the addiction, you know You learn how to deal with yourself. You learn how to handle life without running to drugs and alcohol, you know and so that's that's been my biggest challenge is just dealing with self and and some of the the dark things inside of me that you see when when you strive to be like God Well, that is just really profound and it's really I feeling very special that you guys are willing to share your stories And also give back to the community. So tell us about what it is that you're doing right here today and how people can help Well today, we're right here. We're actually raising funds to keep our ministry doors open for those who are We're preparing the way basically for others who are going to be looking into the Ministry of Teen Challenge and possibly considering Turning away from their their addiction, you know So you're taking cash donations or can folks just come on down and and help out by giving cash or how what's going on? Well, they can give cash donations. That's great. We also have a list here of things That the guys may need at the house like, you know, oh, wow So I see that's what this is people who coming right out of Walmart can actually things like toothbrush toothbrushes Pinesaw men's products toilet paper ziplock bags just those everyday things that people need You can come on down and what time are you guys going to be here until today? We'll be until five. All right, so folks signing off at think at Kauai please come down and Support Teen Challenge come with some cash come with some products to help some young men just great young men like this Move forward and show the the glory and promise of their lives to signing off