“I have dealt with bipolar depression, social anxiety, drug addiction, and self-harm most of my life. I have a master’s degree, and taught special education for many years until my addiction to drugs left me on the streets. Ultimately, I fell into a life of destruction selling myself for drugs. I lost my family and any self-respect because I was trying to escape reality, and fill the God-sized hole in my heart with drugs. While eating a free lunch, I met Jim and Letha Turner. They showed me unconditional love which I hadn’t felt in many years. I started regularly talking with them, and started developing a lifelong friendship. I started to once again see that there is a loving God that believes in me, and truly wants me to succeed. I’ve been clean for awhile now, and am reunited with family; most importantly, my daughter. My life has become brighter than I would have ever imagined. I am so proud to now serve on the prostitution team that once reached out to me. It all started with the wonderful encounter by the street outreach of Jim and Letha Turner. I financially support the Turner family as U.S. Missionaries. God is good…..All The Time!!”

“I was a crack addict for 10 years. Let me just say that it was fun for years, working everyday to supply money for my habits. Then it got really bad for me, when I started stealing from my own mother to get high everyday. I stole everything she had and emptied out bank accounts. My addictions and choices have left me homeless, and I had no idea what happened to my mom because social services picked her up and took her away. She went home to be with the Lord almost two years ago. I ended up living on the street in my Jeep. One night, a man named Pastor Jim Turner and his wife Letha were giving out sandwiches, bottles of pop, and I took off running the opposite direction down the street. That is when this man came running after me, he tapped me on my shoulder and said, “God has sent me to talk to you.” I told him that I had no time for him or for your God. The next day, he came back looking for me again. We drove around and talked in his car for four hours. He kept telling me over and over that God loved me and has a plan for my life. After a few more encounters with Jim and Letha, I finally broke down and asked Jesus Christ to come into my life. Today, I have God in my life and walk side by side with Pastor Jim and Letha Turner as a servant of God. I am two and a half years clean and understand what real life is today. Jim and Letha live for what they do, and I have seen hundreds of lives that have been impacted by their ministry.”

“I came to know James & Letha Turner late in 2011, shortly after a downfall with family and an ex-boyfriend. I checked into the Drop Inn Center. James and Letha were doing outreach one winter evening. Their hot chocolate was yummy. I was homeless and felt alone. I had obtained another relationship which further proved to end in lies. Through that relationship, and troubles trying to get on my own, I kept contact with James and Letha. Shortly after another breakup in late July 2012, I reached out to James and Letha and wanted to volunteer with them. I was semi-stable at the time. I figured since they helped me, it would be humbling to help in return. Now I’m doing excellent. I’m employed full time at McDonald’s in Cambridge, Ohio (where I grew up). I’m working on saving for a car and an apartment. Thanks so much for being amazingly positive impacts in my life, James and Letha. You guy are awesome.”

“I met Jim and his family in 2010, when I was homeless in Cincinnati and sleeping underneath the 4th Street Bridge Overpass. I had lost all hope, and I was suicidal; I have attempted to take my life many times. I was a backslidden preacher who had turned away from God because I blamed God for what was going on in my life. Despite all my troubles, Jim and his family continued to show me the Love of Jesus Christ, and they continued to pray for me. Pastor Jim would continue to encourage me that God still had a plan for my life, and that God was going to use my testimony for His glory! I couldn’t see it at the time, but Jim continued to reassure me and press me to keep my faith despite the current circumstances. Ten years later, I am here to testify that God is a restoring God. God delivered me from the streets and from homelessness. He gave me a beautiful wife whom I love dearly. Pastor Jim affiliated the wedding. I am now a member of the Body of Christ and a local church.”

“I’ve battled heroin addiction for five years. I lost everything, my husband, children, home, and myself. Finally, I was sleeping under an overpass, staying outside 24/7, living hell, hopeless and shameful. Every day, I would try to make it to Pastor Jim and Sister Letha’s ministry. I would go there not just to eat, but because in a place full of despair, there was light there! They were so full of the love of Jesus! They always made me feel like I was loved and worth more than what heroin had made me. Finally, after another stint in jail, I went to rehab; and I am excited to say this time I did NOT return to heroin! God has given me my children back. He has provided employment. And I’m building back trust with my family! I have been 69 days clean today, but looking forward to many, MANY more! God’s grace and mercy is beautiful, and He showed it to me through Pastor Jim and Sister Letha and their awesome ministry. Thank you for all you guys do! You will never know the impact you’ve made in my life, much less in thousands of others!!!”

“When I first met Pastor Jim about 1 1/2 years ago, I was really living the wrong way. I was hooked on heroine, pills, weed, beer, and pretty much anything to get high on. I was even pimping out my own wife to get quick cash. Now, the Lord has entered my life and I have overcome my addictions. I love my wife with all my heart. I have an opened my heart to the true King and Lord God Almighty. Pastor Jim never gave up on me, or on my wife, and helped me get right, and stay right. Now, I know that I can stand on my own two feet. Now, I can let my light shine and put that devil in his place under my feet. He has no power over my life anymore. I can do all things through God who strengthens me.”

“I was thirteen years old when I started smoking weed and drinking. I was trying to be like my friends, but they were doing nothing but the wrong things. I hated everyone around me, and most of all hated myself. I thought I was better than everyone else until December 16, 2013. That’s when I met Pastor Jim Turner and his wife. It was the best day of my life. He put the Lord back into my mind, soul, and heart. If it wasn’t for Jim and Letha, I would still be homeless, jobless, and staying on the streets. Thank you all!”

“When I was younger, though I had both parents in the home, I had a hunger for love that was never filled. My father was an alcoholic who beat my mother, and she turned to a gambling addiction as her outlet. I’ve been molested more than once. I had a horrible time in school. I was made fun of and ridiculed to the point where I quit in the 10th grade. I always felt like a reject. I had my son when I was 20. I began using pain pills at 22. When my son was nine, he wanted to live with his father, so I let him. I continued using any opiate, methadone, morphine, and any Oxycontin that I could find. I began using heroin at 33. My house was raided, and my boyfriend and I went to jail. I hit bottom when I stole $2200 from my parents, and they said they were done with me, and I had to go. I spoke with Jim Turner, and he told me about having the courage to change. I was ready to try anything! Jim and Letha continued to tell me they were proud of me and that they loved me. I wasn’t used to getting encouragement. While I was at Having the Courage To Change (a program), I have found that believing in God is more than a religion; it’s a relationship. That by far is my biggest accomplishment. I was baptized on June 22, 2014. I quit smoking on November 2, 2014. I celebrated 2 years sobriety February 27, 2016. I’m repairing relationships with my parents, sibling, and son. I have a peace and strength I’ve never had before. I serve on a weekly prostitution ministry team with Jim and Letha, sharing with others what God has given me.”