Gabriel:

“I was making some bad decisions and going down a path that was very destructive. I was a drug addict, I was an alcoholic, I was homeless and living in my truck. I felt like I just didn’t have anything. I was depressed. I was suicidal. I even tried to commit suicide and failed. That’s when Freddy came back from college, and I was probably in the lowest point of my life. I felt like there was no hope.”

Freddy:

“When I got back from college, I got back in touch with Gabe. He had really been through a lot. He went though a very dark time, but deep down, he always craved the light.

I was actually the opposite. Being brought up in church and my parents both being spiritual leaders in the church community, I just wanted to be normal and like everyone else. I just wanted to fit in. I felt like there was this allure to the darker ways of the world.

We both went through opposite sides of what it felt like to be lost.”

Gabriel:

“I was trying to do everything myself until I finally gave up. I though that was the end, for me, but it wasn’t. With the help of Freddy, I decided to rededicate my life to God. At the time, I saw Freddy as this light in my life, but I started to realize that God is really the light and he was using Freddy to reflect His love on me.”

Freddy:

“I do believe that God put us here for a reason, and he put me here to be a brother to Gabe. In doing that, I really started to see who God wanted me to be. He allowed me to see what the darkness really looks like. I realized that I didn’t want to find my identity in darkness. I wanted my identity to be in Him.”

Gabriel:

“I found joy, I found hope, and most of all for me, I found peace. Peace in your life can only come from God. Im so thankful for that. On the outside, people might see how great it is that I’m sober, I have a roof over my head, I'm married with a beautiful daughter. What really matters though, is that I’ve learned obedience. Thats when things started to turn around, is when I decided to be obedient to what God wanted.”