Linda

When I met Linda, I could immediately tell that she had a strong spirit and a good heart despite the many challenges she had faced in her life.

Although orphaned at a young age, she was adopted along with 7 other children into a kind Mormon family living in Midway, Utah.  After graduating high school she made some poor choices and found herself mired in addiction to hard drugs.  For 32 years she abused drugs from meth to heroin, and made her living selling the drugs to others.  Almost as addicting as the drugs was the money that she was able to make selling them.  She said that there were times when she made $1,000 per day selling these drugs to others.  However, she grew to hate this life of drug abuse, and despise even more the part she was playing in destroying the lives of others, so about a year ago she decided to give it all up and give herself over to God.  With a lot of prayers and tears she was able to overcome her addiction to drugs and stopped selling them as well.  It was extremely hard to go from making such good money to being destitute, but with support from her new LDS ward and her good friends on the street she has been able to start a new life.  She just started a vocational training course teaching her about dental implants that will allow her to have her own shop in a year and a half.  She said these changes have been hard, but that she wouldn't go back to her old life for anything.  Good for you Linda!  I pray that you can continue on this path of hope and opportunity!

This kit delivery was made possible by a donation from: Dan Moyes, Schertz, TX