Renew. Restore. Rejoice. A SafeHouse Ministries Podcast

Shawn has a truly beautiful spirit about him.  He is always quick to smile and to serve others.  Shawn's story is beautiful as well, and it testifies to the power that friends can have upon your life.  Bad friends dragged him down in the past, but the good friends he has now look out for him and encourage him to stay on the right path.  But the greatest change of all in Shawn's life bega...

Onnie Boswell passed away a week after recording the podcast interview that aired last week.  This part two episode recounts and relays the incredible positive impact that Onnie had in the lives of so many people.  You'll hear many amazing testimonies in this episode that relay the legacy of Onnie's last two years of life and the amazing kingdom work that God used Onnie to do.

The Recording of this interview was nothing less than a miracle of God.  Onnie was someone who worked for SafeHouse Ministries, and whose life made a huge positive impact on all those who knew him.  He had a gift from God to love you from the moment he met you, and to make you feel like you were the most important person in all the world.  When Onnie and I originally scheduled a date to do his pod...

Tim had a rough start in life, ended up getting into trouble early on and spent 30 years in prison.  But God was working all along and had a greater plan for Tim's life.  Tim got out of prison and ended up homeless, sleeping out on the street in the cold when the Lord then led him to SafeHouse Ministries, where he found shelter, job training, and purposeful employment which allows him to give...

Coming from a family of addicts Scott had much to overcome in his life, but by God's grace he has done just that.  Scott came to the Freedom House with nothing but what he could fit into a couple bags he carried with him, and now he has a stable job which he loves, is working on a long-term degree and career plan, and has been completely clean of drugs for two years.  Scott shares some great...

Keith shares his incredible story and his gratefulness to God for being with him and loving him through it all.  Keith has been incarcerated, homeless, and addicted throughout his life, but now he's clean, has a good job, a solid marriage, and a home of his own.  God is good, and Keith will testify.

An incredible story of God's hand of sovereignty which led Amanda to victory from an incredibly difficult starting place.   Amanda was born into a home and family filled with drug addicts, had to largely raise herself as a child, lived for many years in the darkness of addiction and homelessness, endured her father's suicide, entered into many toxic relationships, and much more, but thro...

Jana shares the deepest and darkest times of her life, and she share's the secret of how she escaped those times to live in victory.  Jana describes a life without hope, times of drug overdoses, rape, abuse, homicidal husbands, and so much more.  But she goes on to tell about how she found grace and hope when she got connected with SafeHouse Ministries by moving into Grace House (the women&ap...

Jeremy's story is one of high achievement and hard failure.  God gifted him with many talents and Jeremy used those talents to achieve a life that most would envy.  He then made a series of bad choices which seemed small enough but started him on a path that would lead him to almost lose everything.  Jeremy found his way back to the Lord and the Lord showed him great grace in allowing him to...

Billy Wade is one of the hardest working and most humble men you could ever meet.  He has an amazing testimony of going from being homeless and addicted to getting clean, owning his own business, and giving an opportunity to others to work and create a better life for themselves.  Throughout this podcast Billy sprinkles pearls of wisdom that can teach us all some things to help us get better.  I r...

Barney is such a joy to be around.  She is full of life and brightens up the room when she enters.  Barney has an amazing story of hardship and struggle which the Lord has turned into joy and abundant life.

Nicole had a great family and childhood, but curiosity about "forbidden" things enticed her to make some very bad choices.  What she thought were simply a few small steps turned out to be the entryway into a path of darkness that nearly swallowed her up forever.  She turned to God in desperation, and He delivered her.  She now works as the Grace House (women's shelter) Manager and i...

JamieLea has an incredible story of overcoming darkness by surrendering to God.  She went from being addicted on Meth and spending time in prison to now working as the Director of Connections at SafeHouse where she coordinates intake of individuals into our shelters and into the Tomorrow's Hope program.  She is an amazing individual and one of the strongest people I know.

This episode chronicles the struggle of addiction and bondage in Kristi's life and the story of redemption and victory she found in Jesus, SafeHouse, and Recovery. 

In this episode Trixy Jones shares her incredible story with us.  She and her husband partnered in life and in crime for many years until addiction gripped hold of them both and brough them into disaster and destruction.  Trixy shares her journey from the living the "high life" to nearly drowning in the darkness that followed, and finally to the victorious place of hope and happiness tha...

A talk given at the Rotary Club of Columbus in May of 2023 where Neil Richardson shares a little bit about his personal backstory and gives a great synopsis of the work that SafeHouse Ministries does and the huge positive impact it has in the community and in the lives of many individuals and families who have been impacted by addiction, homelessness, and incarceration.  SafeHouse is a place where...