Getting a Fresh Start

On our recent trip to Louisiana, we had the privilege to sit down and speak with a group of men who are providing a new life to dozens of men everyday through a Ministry called Fresh Start.

Fresh Start Outreach Ministries, Inc. was founded in 2001 with a vision to reach those people hurting from drug and alcohol addiction and give them a “Fresh Start” on a new life. We are called to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them which are bound.

Fresh Start's Mission is to not only treat the addict for his addiction, but to radically change each individual from within. Fresh Start believes the only true way to see change in someone's life is through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

"If you wanna get free you need to have discipleship" Clay Russel, Director.

We had a chance to sit down with Clay Russell, Director of Fresh Start, and he told us
that on average about 70-75 students are being helped at any given time. Fresh Start operates in a 48 bed, multi-wing facility in Winnsboro, LA. They are licensed to host over 90 students at once and are staffed to do so. This facility was donated to Fresh Start at the end 2005, and in December of 2006, they opened their doors to 15 men waiting for their own Fresh Start
The 7 month program begins with all students completing a rigorous 30 days of in house training and counseling. Here they will establish and fortify their relationship with God through private and public reflection, prayer, chapel services, daily devotions and lessons, and several other social activities. Phase 1 is complete once the student has passed each of their weekly tests, and a final exam as their 30 days comes to an end.

Phase 2 encompasses months 2, 3 and 4. In this phase students go through a period of work therapy. Fresh Start owns and operates several businesses which serve the community of Winnsboro and the surrounding areas. Each student is employed at one of these businesses for a term of 90 days all while continuing their spiritual counseling and rehabilitation through chapel services, and classes like Overcomers- A Daily Choice.

During the third and final Phase (months 5, 6 & 7) Fresh Start helps each student find a job with a local outside employer. Students are able to deposit money into an individual account set up and monitored by Fresh Start. In this phase, GED classes are offered as well as vocational training to those students who did not graduate high-school. All students are also expected to now pay program fees of up to a third or their income not to exceed $500.

Upon completion of the 7-month program, students will receive a Fresh Start Certificate and the money saved will be released to the student to assist with such things as rent, deposits, and utilities.

Almost 90 percent of the residents come voluntarily and upwards of 70 percent of the students get clean and stay clean. Whats more is that a majority of the graduates who have stayed clear of addiction still have close relationships with the staff of Fresh Start. Some even apply for and begin work within Fresh Start's Intern program in order to give back to the program that gave them back their life!

During the entire 7 month program students are encouraged to start down the long road towards earning back the trust from their friends and family. Most of the men of Fresh Start come to the program with nothing and no one to help them through the pain and control of addiction. Through classes and group counseling each student is provided with several sanctioned opportuities to reach out and begin to regain the relationships lost to their addictions.

"Family Reconciliation is a big deal" -Clay Russell.

Many of the families are also contacted and served through the outreach of River of Life Church, in Winnsboro. Several of the students attend River of Life on a regular basis.

If you would like more info on how you can get involved in this ministry, or if you or someone you know are in need of their services, Please Click Here

Additionally you can email our offices(info@wviw.com) for more info on Fresh Start, Overcomers, and WVIW.

Overcomers Training

BE READY TO START YOUR OVERCOMER GROUPS IN 2010

ENGLISH TRAINING:

Date: Nov.. 6 and 7 (Nov. 6 from 6:30-10 pm; Saturday 8 am-12:30)
Place: Evangel Family Outreach church in Diamond Hill area of
Ft. Worth. 3401 N. Harding St., Ft. Worth 76106
Registration deadline: Oct. 31 call Margaret Lee 817-937-4446
Cost: $40 (cash or money order only)
Additional information: You must complete both days of training.
Training with Standing on the Rock Ministries allows you
FREE refresher courses with us, plus many more perks.

The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like...

Imagine with me if you will how a dinner party with Jesus must have been. What would He do? Where would He sit? How would He talk to the other guests? Such was the scene in the 14th chapter of Luke. The Bible says that all eyes were on Him as the dinner progressed.

Discussion sprang up about a variety of theological topics before Jesus quite literally turned the tables and began to teach. The Matthew account of this parable starts off, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a ... Banquet".

This moment in Jesus' ministry gives us insight into God's abundant life for us. Listen in now and discover the wonderful feast He has prepared for you.

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Travis and Gina Moffitt

Travis and Gina Moffitt met in 1992 while they were both attending Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas, TX. While at CFNI they were involved in youth ministry, college campus outreaches, and several mission trips.

They spent the next several years in the corporate world in the Tampa, FL area before becoming involved in the international missions program of a local church. They eventually served as the Directors of International Missions and Outreach for Morningstar Church in Tampa. In this role they completed 7 trips to Cusuna, Honduras and lead 3 outreach trips to Slidell, LA immediately following hurricane Katrina.

In 2008 Travis and Gina relocated back to Dallas to assume the role of Associate Director of Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness.

Travis and Gina bring a fresh approach and experienced background to WVIW. Travis, a veteran communicator, delivers the Word of God in an inviting and practical way that is relevant to all audiences. Travis and Gina are helping WVIW seek new ways to reach out to those in need.

Travis and Gina have been married since 1994 and have a newborn son named Noah.

Thank you for your interest in WVIW. We are excited for the great work that God has given to us.

We are mindful of the doors He has opened and for the new places He will take us. Your prayers and support are deeply appreciated and meaningful to us.
Please feel free to contact us if we may help you in any way.
-Travis and Gina Moffitt

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Terror By Night

"Daughter Murders Family, Surviving Father Offers Forgiveness and Grace"

Last week at COPE we heard the true, gut wrenching story of a brutally murdered family and the father who exchanged Terror for Grace.

Terry Caffey shared his story last week, to a room of prison ministers and Texas State Chaplains though raw emotion with a delivery only a father could muster.

Terry spoke courageously as he remembered how his entire family was taken from him in an instance. He told of how his own daughter and her boyfriend planned and carried out a vicious plot to enter their house and murder the entire family. All of this came in response to Terry forbidding his daughter to date this boyfriend

"Typical teenage behavior might have included pouting, a bad attitude or perhaps a yelling match. Never in a million years would Terry Caffey have suspected it would involve murder."

Through his very emotional telling of that nights events in march of 2008, he spoke of how his 16 year old daughter's former boyfriend came in the house, shot him, his wife, and their 2 sons. He recalled being left for dead in his own house and dragging himself out of his home before it was burned to the ground. He was shot several times but managed to crawl 400 yards from his death. He asked God to keep him stay alive long enough to find out the identity of the killer. He did stay alive only to find out that his wife and two sons were gone and that his daughter Erin was being charged with 3 counts of capital murder.

It is impossible to understand the emotions and reaction that would have flooded Terry in the moments after finding out the full Terror of that night. He describes wondering why and how God could have taken his family in this way.

Six weeks later he visited what remained of his house and ultimately his life. He struggled with why God had allowed him to experience this and how he would live again. As he stood in the ashes and rubble that was once his home, his glance came across something that had not been consumed in the fire. There laying in the ashes was a single page from a book his wife had owned, through his tears Terry read :

"I couldn't understand why You would take my family and leave me to struggle along without them. And i guess I still don't totally understand that part of it. But I do believe that You're sovereign; You're in control."

In that moment Terry felt his joy in Christ return.

Terry has told his story many times over the past year and a half and has had many opportunities to live out his belief that "God is Sovereign."

He also was given the opportunity to meet the author of the book from which that life altering page was preserved, James Pence.

Terry continues to visit his daughter who is in prison, and firmly believes she was not the mastermind behind the deaths of her family.

This powerful story of faith and grace is retold in the book, "Terror By Night" written by both Terry Caffey and James Pence.

Booking the Author is available by contacting Carlton Willis Communications, at KWCcomm@rgv.rr.com

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