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Mothers & Children in Recovery
Happy Mother's Day! Union Gospel Mission of the Inland Northwest has been providing services to women and their children since opening Anna Ogden...
"You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me." – Psalm 139: 5
When Yvette found out she was pregnant, she was homeless and addicted to drugs. She had already lost custody of her two older children. An abortion seemed like the only answer. A counselor at iChoice pregnancy center told Yvette about the Women's Recovery Program at Anna Ogden Hall. While waiting to get in, Yvette had a tempting offer from an old boyfriend to move to Florida and set up house, but she chose recovery. With beautiful and eternal consequences. Her baby, Hunter, spent the first year of his life surrounded by a houseful of loving women while his mom learned about a relationship with Jesus Christ, her personal worth, boundaries, parenting and how to cope with life's struggles. Yvette is nearing the end of her program and preparing to move out on her own. "I have Christ in my life now. I'm a new person. I think differently. I act differently. It's a new beginning. Hunter's future will be forever changed."
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Happy Mother's Day! Union Gospel Mission of the Inland Northwest has been providing services to women and their children since opening Anna Ogden...
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Former Director of Women's Recovery Spokane and beloved friend of UGM, Becky Wall shares her family’s involvement in the UGM community and what that...
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Nicki is a volunteer chaplain at UGM, discipling the residents of Women’s Recovery Spokane. She started out about twelve years ago, serving dinners...
“I believe what drives people to bad behavior, whether it’s addiction or abusive relationships or being abusers, is brokenness of heart. They harden...
Makin’ a list. Checkin’ it twice…and here’s what we discovered. In order to best serve our clients and clearly communicate our holiday needs to the...
At 25, the message of God’s love seemed like a foreign language to Mashell. She did not have the receptors to take it in. She believed, as she had...