I got my family back.

The intervention that changed Kimber’s life and restored her family: I went into the program to get sober, but instead I found Jesus.

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In 2008 when the recession hit, I lost my job and I lost my identity. My children were 19, 17 and 12 and the mom they knew that had done all their sports was gone like I left. And for eight years my life spiraled out of control.

Hi, my name is Kimber and I grew up in Coos Bay and I’ve lived in Eugene since I was 15. Today I walk in freedom from all the chains. That addiction, that no self-worth, today my identity is found solely in Christ and I’m so grateful that I learned grace and that was kind of the starting point for my life was realizing that I didn’t have a watchful God, that I had a God who loved me. Big changing point in my life.

I never looked at negatives in my life. I always had a positive outlook. I always did the best I could everything. I graduated from high school. I had a scholarship. I went to college. I had my own house and in 2008 when the recession hit, I lost my job and I lost my identity. I always knew God but I didn’t felt like I needed to know Jesus. I thought he was a story in the Bible, just a fictional character. And so I decided at that point in my life to run from God. My children were 19, 17 and 12 and the mom they knew that had done all their sports was gone. Like I left and for eight years my life spiraled out of control and I ended up crying out to God but I didn’t, I wasn’t crying help me like most people think.

I was asking him to like stop looking at me like I’d failed him. I failed my family. I failed myself and I just wanted to be done. That next morning my mom showed up at the storage unit that I was staying in. She asked me if I would go into the women’s life change program and I said yes. I filled out the application. I interviewed. It took me two weeks to get into the program. I went into the program to get sober but instead I found Jesus. And so six weeks into the program I was baptized and I have never looked back. So my first time coming to church I remember I sat in the very back row and after church service was over the pastor, Pastor Julie came up and she just showed me a love that I did not understand or know.

I didn’t love myself. And so I just, I wanted to know what that love was and so I wanted what they had. And so within six weeks of being at this church and Celebrate Recovery and at the mission I was baptized. We’re going to have trials and we’re going to have things that happen in our lives that we may not agree with or want to have happen. I lost my dad two years into my recovery and with Jesus and prayer I was able to actually walk through his passing and it led me and my family closer to Christ. In Psalms 139 he promises me that me and my generations are written in the book. So he’s given me that faith in knowing that no matter what they go through I know that he has them. God has completely started to restore our relationship and that to me is the most important thing is breaking the generational curses that have been sadly placed generations in my family.

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Local stories. Real hope in the Central Lane County community. These are the stories of people in the greater Eugene and Springfield, Oregon community who have experienced Jesus Christ change their lives. Their stories prove Christianity is more than religion and that it's possible to change your life. There is hope when you are hopeless, lack purpose or motivation, struggling with anxiety and depression, or just know there has to be more than life than this. We hope these stories show you that Jesus is alive, loving and willing to meet anyone who cries out to Him.

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