Timotheose - A son in the Faith

The Servants have developed an awesome little initiative they call "prehab' that I would like to share with you all.

When a person 'makes a decision' to get or try to get clean or sober the struggle for recovery is only beginning. This step, though important is not the only thing that needs to take place to maximize the potential for recovery.

Usually a person will begin to seek out avenues of aid to help them in this decision. I am happy to relate that there are many avenues for assistance at this point. Treatment options are plentiful but sadly there is usually a significant delay before the person can actually get 'in' any of them. This space in time is where prehab comes in.

For example, take Peter, who is sleeping on a mattress in the living room beside me. Servants have seen him here and there in the neighborhood and just recently he has expressed the desire to get clean. Unfortunately there is usually a 10 to 30 day delay between application and acceptance into treatment. What does he do?

I ran into Peter at the UGM (United Gospel Mission) drop in early Thursday morning. I did not know him at the time and he was in line for a muffin and egg ahead of me. Someone just behind him began to give him a hard time about his decision to quite doing drugs, saying that he didn't need any help and that recovery was for 'girls'. There was a little 'dust up' at that and though I tried to connect with him to encourage him he left real quick after that and I did not see him till yesterday aftwernoon here at the house.

Praise God!!! The Lord is good and He does answer prayers and the community here has invited him to stay with them in a safe place until his start date in treatment.

I ask you though, what would have happened to Peter if the Servants were not here? What other challenges would he have to face in order to even get into treatment? How would people have looked at him on the streets if he were to succumb again? How would we have looked at him?


Maranatha