Testimonials: What do clients say about SAFE Ministries?

"I always wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be liked and cared about. I sought to fill those desires through relationships, through being a musician and partaking in what everyone else was doing. In other words: drugs, sex, and rock and roll. I soon learned that these things would not fill the hurtful void I felt, but drugs did kill the pain for a short time. Eventually, I became a full-time addict, which led to the loss of everything!

Praise the Lord! Jesus didn't give up on me. He used the lowest point in my life to reveal Himself to me. Soon I gave up and turned my life over to Him, and He received me gladly. Through circumstances only He could have made possible, He brought me to SAFE. What a blessing! He's taught me so much through this ministry and blessed me with awesome brothers and sisters. Now, I'm playing music that gives glory to God, and I'm learning how to have true, meaningful, Godly relationships. I've been clean for over a year and a half because that void that created so much pain is now filled with Jesus Christ."

O.K., there goes God again. The same day that Troy e-mailed me to ask if I’d update my testimony, while at work, they brought me an old I.D. badge with my picture, before I was saved. WOW! One of my co-workers asked if I tried to forget that guy I once was. My reply was that I never wanted to forget that guy lest I forget the grace of God!

So, it’s been three years since my first writing. What has God been doing in my life? There’s not enough room to write it all, though two things come as highlights. First, His continued revealing of Himself drawing me to a deeper relationship with Him. And second, He has blessed me to be praise leader in our church and an encourager in S.A.F.E. This blessing doesn’t come because I’m something, but because He has chosen to allow me to see Him at work in the lives of others. There’s nothing that could take the place of knowing Him!!! Thank You, Jesus!!!!

Sincerely,
Dan Chumbley
Graduate, 2/2001
Gresham, Oregon