FAITH MISSION JOB TRAINING PARTICIPANT SHARES TESTIMONY OF TRANSFORMATION

  

A recent graduate of Blinn College credits Faith Mission with helping him overcome personal hardship and start life anew.

Charles “Chuck” Miller’s journey with Faith Mission began in 2016, coming out of an addiction treatment program at Adult and Teen Challenge in Brenham.  Not yet ready to return to his parents in southern Indiana, where he struggled with substance abuse since his teenage years, he sought to enroll in Faith Mission’s Residential Job Training Program.

Miller says Faith Mission helped him with housing, transportation and employment through the work program.  He says it not only provided him with income and job skills, but he received mentoring from people like Reverend Randy Wells, Faith Mission Executive Director and Blinn Board Vice Chair, and J.D. Young, Faith Mission CEO, who helped him re-establish his relationship with God. 

During Miller’s journey, he fell back into addiction.  He ended up homeless in downtown Houston, scavenging trash cans and going for weeks without bathing or sleeping.  While strong in his faith, he says he thought he was going to die in his addiction.  However, he reached back out to Faith Mission, and they accepted him back. 

Miller went on to graduate magna cum laude from Blinn College and is now studying history at Texas A&M University.  He says graduation day was a powerful and emotional experience and hopes his experiences can inspire and motivate others who might be struggling with addiction.