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Artem’s Testimony As a young person I would always stand my ground. I even remember making a decision to never become a drug addict after hearing an ex-addict share his testimony. However, this decision in its self was not enough to keep me from that lifestyle. Soon I started to hang out with people my parents did not approve of. After a while this small disobedience led to more wrong moves in my life. I began to smoke and drink...

I grew up in a Christian family, went to Sunday school, regularly attended church and youth services with my brothers, went to youth camps, became an usher, and was involved everywhere I could be involved. When I was 16, my brothers got into a car accident. My oldest brother died, and the other one became paralyzed from the waist down. After this accident, I slowly left church. I stopped attending youth services. I stopped reading the Bible and praying. I...

MARCH 8TH CELEBRATION Celebrating international women’s day. Everyone in the men’s center put all of their best efforts together to make this day a memorable event for the women going through the program at Esther House as well as their volunteers. Everything from decorations, dinner, to the fellowship and church service program was taken care of. The real highlight of the evening was the original theatrical production of the story of Esther from the Bible. This was a play that...

MEN’S DINNER In the beginning of February we hosted a men’s dinner at our center. About 30 key supporters came together for not just to eat and fellowship; but also to pray and discuss the future possibilities of expanding the Gates of Freedom ministry. There were numerous ideas discussed about how to further cultivate our prison ministry and community outreach. An initiative arose to branch out into the prevention of human trafficking. We would like to help those that are...

Street Ministry One early Saturday morning a group of ladies and gentlemen from Gates of Freedom Recovery centers got the opportunity to join the youth of the Church of Blessings and spend the day reaching out to those less fortunate in our community. With a group of 40 people we went down to Pioneer Square in Seattle. Immediately we divided into groups – some dispersed among the streets inviting people for breakfast while sharing the Gospel and others set up...

Reflecting on the past year we can see God’s blessing abundantly in the ministry of Gates of Freedom.  We’ve come a long way together from seeing students sincerely seek God, put in a lot of effort into their recovery, receive the change thru Christ and to graduate. That is just a beginning of their path of Christianity. Students move on to become influentially positive members of society at their local churches and homes. Men’s Recovery Center Currently we have 15...

Project Esther We continue the fundraising for Project Esther women’s recovery center, taking on side jobs, participating in local churches and reaching out to individuals that would like to be a part of Gates of Freedom and see it grow. Recently a bake sale was held in Moses Lake at Source of Life Church. Currently there are two young women at the recovery center and we see that this recovery center has been blessed by God. Currently a home has...

Testimony of graduate Denis. Read it here Remodel Work on Second House We thank all the people that contributed to the remodel work in the second house. In the past three years the residence has come a long way. We were able to finish a big part of the remodel when the carpet was laid upstairs. Although there are still minor touch-ups that still need to be done, the majority of the work has been completed. We extend our gratitude...

Esther As you know, up to this time, we at GOF have had all of our attention focused on the men’s recovery center. After numerous calls from women in need we realized the need for a women’s recovery center. After much prayer and council the creation of a new women’s center was put into motion by project “Esther”. The goal of the project is to raise at least $150,000.00 by the end of the year to purchase a new house...

Kids Day August 16th 2013 On August 16th we had parents from a local church with their children and thirteen orphans fostered into their homes visit us. The day started with a tour of our farm followed by fun activities with Biblical lessons. For their participation the children received vouchers, with which they were able to redeem for prizes, and were awarded achievement metals. After dinner the children went to work on dismantling a piñata for desert. At the end...