Erica

God orchestrated my coming to God’s Treasure House every step of the way.

I was due to have my first baby and when I went to the delivery room the doctors told me her heart had stopped beating and she was stillborn.

The day I delivered her my sister-in-law told me about God’s Treasure House and that they might have a bed for me. A week and a half later, on the day of my baby’s memorial service, was when I found out I was accepted into God’s Treasure House.

I was a heroin addict for six years. I found out I was pregnant and ended up going to jail for 22 days. I got out and went to rehab.

Living at God’s Treasure House has been one of the most healing and spiritual awakenings I’ve ever had. From the moment I walked in the door I could feel God’s presence throughout the house. The healing and the love and support I received there has been phenomenal and has opened my eyes to what Christ can do in my life. He has been faithful in holding my hand and walking me through it, allowing me to grieve the loss of my baby and heal from drug addiction. He is the only one who could have ever pulled me out of the darkness I was in.

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Roxanne

I came to be here as a miracle of God because in Pennsylvania a person who is sentenced to life means the rest of your life. You don’t leave prison, you die in prison. But in 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States told all of the states that they had to change things for people who were sentenced as juveniles, they could no longer keep us for life. They had to resentence us because that’s just cruel to do to a child, no matter what happened in their life.

So I was resentenced on December 16, 2012 and came to God’s Treasure House on December 19, and it’s been a wondrous thing for me. The life I live is for Christ. He gave me hope and He kept putting a scripture in my path to keep hope alive when I didn’t have but just a flicker of life left, and that was Jeremiah 29 11-14 and 11 says, “I know the plans I have for you. Plans for a future and a hope.” And that’s what God has for me, a future and a hope.

Evelyn

Jeremiah 29:11 “‘For I know the thoughts and the plans that I have for you,’ says the Lord, “thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil. To give you hope in your final outcome.”

This is something that I have had very little of, hope. I came from brokenness and when I first came to God’s Treasure House back in October 2019 that's where i was, I was broken. But as soon as I came in those doors I was overwhelmed with love and support. So much love and support. And the director and creator, Gina Stocker, she just was the best and she still is in my life. She’ll always be part of my life. God’s Treasure House will always be part of my life.

I graduated from the program in April 2019 and God’s Treasure House set me up in an apartment. I have a car, I work. It’s just a wonderful wonderful feeling to be loved. The house moms and all of the board members, they were all there for you, when you needed someone to talk to, they were there. And we had programming that helped us the whole time I was there. Being there brought me from brokenness. I have God in my life now and I couldn't do it without him.