“My girlfriend was very sick, and I didn’t help because I continued to smoke crack cocaine with her. I came into the Mission, and it was good to me. But while I was in the Mission, my girlfriend died. The first thing that came into my mind was, ‘Here is the excuse for me to go and get high.’ Mr. Hill came to me and said, ‘What are you going to do?’ And I said, ‘Just leave me alone, I’m gonna sit right here. I ain’t gonna do nothing.’ And because I sat there and prayed, God saved my life. Frederick Rescue Mission saved my life. And my class, we saved one another. We can’t save everybody, but we had a good class, and we saved one another.” – Al Green
“After 35 years of drug abuse, in and out of jail, always in trouble, I couldn’t stop. I called my sister and said, ‘Will you come get me again?’ My brother-in-law said, ‘I’ll come and get you. This doesn’t have to be a set-back, but a set-up for a comeback. I’m going to take you to the Mission.’ I said, ‘The Mission?!? Even the people in the Mission don’t want to be there!’ He said, ‘You need to go to that Mission.’ I’m so glad I did. My whole life changed—everything! I smoked three packs a day for I don’t know how long. Three days in at the Mission, I stopped smoking. I quit drinking. I quit using. I quit breaking the law. The Mission is a special place. God removed my heart of stone and gave me a heart of clay.” – Nicky German
“I came to the mission on May 8, 1996, filled with several thoughts: The first being, ‘What am I doing here?’ The second, ‘Where else am I going to go?’ The third thought was, ‘Why not give it a try? Nothing else has worked.’ Like a piece of clay, God began to work out the rough edges in my life and began to mold me into what he wanted me to be. There were times I slid off the potter’s wheel, but he would always put me right back where I needed to be. Somehow, he worked out those bumps as well. Had I given up and quit the transformation process I would not be the man I am today. Thank God for not giving up on me.” – Guy Mutchler
