Meet Cassadra
“I know God brought us here and I am so grateful for that.”
Growing up I knew my father was addicted to drugs. When my mom finally left him, she found a new man who I know as my dad. I was saved when I was 12 years old at a Billy Graham concert. I grew very obedient to God and honored my parents and still do to this day even though they are now divorced. As life went on I grew up to be an army wife for 5 years but really didn’t know God at the time. When that ended, I became homeless in Sacramento for 5 years. I was an IV user and then became pregnant. I bounced around through shelters and then lived with my dad for a little bit. I ended up losing my son to CPS and had to work nights while jumping through hoops to get him back in 6 months, but I did get him back by the grace of God. I’d love to say things stood out great at this point, but they didn’t. Our house fell through when the landlord died. My ex drove us here and ran out of gas right in front of the Mission. I know God brought us here and I am so grateful for that. I was using meth and fentanyl but stopped when I became a guest here. I was still smoking weed and a pack of cigarettes a day while being a guest here. I couldn’t join the program until my son was of age to go to school, but as soon as he was, this past August, I joined the NLP! I am now clean and no longer surrounded by all the wrong. Jesus is my number one hero! My son and I are taken care of and more here at the Mission. He is happy. I am growing and praying more. The classes here in the New Life Program make such a difference. I get so much support here. I am happy to be here. God is working every day in my life. “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever.”