Success Stories
Compassion, guidance help client thrive
Day 1 Families Fund
At the beginning of 2020, Dayana Samuels was a single mother of three. She finally felt she had met the love of her life and was working her dream job as a driver and assistant for people with disabilities who needed help. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, so did many other life-changing events for Dayana. She...
'We had no clue what we were going to do'
A heart attack launched Scott into unemployment, and he was desperate to provide for his wife, Jessica, and their teenage daughter, Elizabeth. A scammer duped Scott into an illegal check-cashing scheme. When they were caught, Scott suddenly landed in jail. Released from lockup, Scott and his family had nowhere...
Hard life to a happy life
Larry Reeves' road has been a hard one. Born into a crime-ridden Boston neighborhood in 1974, Larry dropped out of school in seventh grade and was arrested at 15 on drug charges. Another teen in juvenile detention, however, inspired him with a thirst for education. Soon he completed his GED and was educating...
I had hit the lowest point in my life
Just a few months ago, I hit the lowest point in my life. You think you-™re at the bottom of the barrel, then you sink deeper. A single mom escaping a bad situation, I was living with my boys when our rental home was suddenly put up for sale and we were evicted. Health issues kept me out of work a while....
'This is a gift from above!'
Doug Bedell was sleeping under bridges and in cardboard boxes. Serious medical issues threatened his life. He finally found his way to MUST Ministries, where he met people who cared about him personally. Doug says, "I thank God for everything he has blessed me with: shelter, love, forgiveness...
'You turned my life around'
“I became a pauper because I wanted to get to America,” Cordelia Baiyelo said of her dream to leave Nigeria and come to the United States. “In school, I was never taught about America and I wanted to know. When I got off the airplane here, I kissed the ground!” Cordelia was...
A family finds stability
She fled an abusive marriage with her children – one of whom had special needs. She was working three part-time jobs but couldn’t keep up, and they lost their place to live. A visit to MUST Ministries changed everything. Latisha Lewis fled a physically and mentally abusive marriage and...
A refuge from the storm
Like most Americans, Tom and Classie Johnson will always remember how Sept. 11 devastated their lives. But instead of the Twin Towers in New York City, they will be remembering Hurricane Irma attacking their home in Jacksonville, Fla. Even though they lived 400 miles from the storm’s landfall, the...
