About: GatesofFreedom

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. When I was 16, my brothers got into a car accident, my oldest brother died and the other one got paralyzed from the waist down. After this accident I slowly left church, I stopped attending youth services, I stopped reading bible and praying. I turned my interests...

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...

Street Clean Up Breaking the Chains of Addiction The month of July has passed but the memories of everyone getting together in fellowship remain.  It was a month of reaching out to the community that we live in and gave us an opportunity to do something good which had an impact on everyone that was involved. We invited our friends from the surrounding churches to join us in the Breaking the Chains of Addiction outreach project. On the big day...

Esther House informational video October 2013.

Если вы упрекаете, угрожаете, обзываете, ругаете, кричите, упрашиваете, бьете  наркомана, то знайте: это все не идет ему на пользу. Наркоман только ощущает при этом угрозу и неприятие его близкими, эти чувства добавляют смятения к его больному состоянию. Если вы чувствуете себя виновными в случившемся и постоянно задаете себе вопрос: «Что мы упустили, где недоглядели?», знайте: даже ответив на эти вопросы, наркоману вы не поможете, а свое состояние ухудшите. Зависимому выгодно, чтобы вы ощущали чувство вины.Ему будет тогда легче манипулировать вами,...