Bread of Life Mission
Holbrook, Arizona

Leonard

 I grew up the Apache way. I never understood about Christianity. Alcohol has been in my life since I was 8 yrs. old. I lost everything because of it. I grew up in prison from 17 yrs old to 29. I missed out on a teen-agers life. My young adulthood was spent with men who would kill because someone looked at them the wrong way. I made fun of men who went to church in prison. I called them Bible thumpers. I thought it was a crutch.
When I left prison I resumed my alcoholic way of life. In 1994 I had cataract surgery and didn’t recover. I have been totally blind for 16 years now. I was sick of my life on the reservation. I would receive my disability check and have instant “friends”. We drank until it was gone, and then, no more friends for the rest of the month. I made a decision to come to Bread of Life Mission to turn my life around, and to be far away from what I had known.
 From the first day at the Mission I felt welcome and could feel the love there. I’ve been in places where it took months to be accepted because of the personality clashes. I knew that there was something different about this place, I felt like I was home. Being in the Bible studies and listening to the Bible C.D’s provided for me, really touched me in my spirit. I was convicted in my heart about the way I had been living. Two Chaplains, Lahry and Hiram, at the Mission really helped explain the Bible to me.
 I was so happy when I was offered an opportunity to be baptized. There was a men’s outing to the river in Winslow where the two Chaplain’s baptized me and two other men. My baptism really affected me. I knew that I was like a dry well before, but I was renewed, and felt light. Afterward, the Bible made more sense to me. The Bible really is The Way of life. I’ve learned a lot here at the Mission. When I reflect on things I’ve said and done, I’m ashamed. I’m alive now. The Lord awakened me. I know that I’m not to live directed by my feelings anymore, but on the Word of God.
 I love the Mission. It makes me want to be a better man, and uplift others. I want people to look at me and say “I want what he’s got.” I know that there’s more to come.
 

Our Mission is to provide spiritual guidance and physical assistance including shelter, food and vocational training to people in need, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to help them recognize and deal with their problems in a life changing manner.

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Bread of Life Mission of Holbrook
885 Hermosa Drive
Holbrook, AZ 86025
Phone: (928) 524 3874
Cherise Merrick - Executive Director