Like many of the guys that I’ve spoken to while we were at the Dream Center, Caleb was brought up in a Christian household by two parents who were leaders in their community. A middle child, he began to rebel against his parents. His use of drugs started at 16 years old by smoking weed and quickly expanding to much harder drugs.
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First, I’d like to reflect a little bit on 2021.
It started off in our new hometown of Melbourne, Florida at my Aunt Sally and Uncle Randy’s house. It was a quiet celebration that had us sitting around the fire at the house. Many of the neighbors made up for our quaint little celebration as the fireworks nearby started as the sun went down and didn’t stop until well after midnight.
Nine days into the year, we started our trek further south on our way to Key West. We stopped on the way down to see friends and family along the way. For the next several weeks, we zig zagged up and down and across the state of Florida. Making sure to connect and spend time with more friends and family.
In early March, we made an unexpected trip to Pennsylvania due to a dear friend of ours passing away. We Spent the next few months there. We were able to celebrate Easter with our family and headed back to Florida on the Monday after Mother’s Day.
We again took our time and stopped to see new friends, surprise an old friend and meet another new friend for the first time in person.
We got back to Melbourne on May 17 and stayed in Florida long enough to celebrate milestone birthdays with three of my cousins before leaving to head back to Pennsylvania on June 12. We took the long way to Pennsylvania, via the Florida panhandle to Buccaneer State Park in Mississippi to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama before getting to my sister-in-law’s house in Pennsylvania the Saturday before Father’s Day.
While in Pennsylvania, we stayed with family, reconnected with old friends again and scattered in a few stays in an amusement park and some other campgrounds.
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He recently moved from heading up the warehouse at the Dream Center and overseeing the food panty to a case worker in the office. Through my person interaction with Kyle, I can see that he has a heart for helping others. I feel that his recipe for a successful and life-long recovery is to dive headfirst into the ministry of helping others. Focusing on making other peoples lives better will allow him to move forward successfully in his own journey of recovery.
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As Sandy and I near an end to our volunteer experience at the Dream Center of Southeast Texas, I wanted to take a moment to reflect back on our experience as well as wish everyone a prosperous and healthy 2022.
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He is one of the incredible humans that Sandy and I have been blessed to meet while we’ve been volunteering at the Dream Center.
The people here are all living examples of God’s grace and redemption. Each of them is at a different stage of their recovery journey. They are all strengthening their faith in God and understanding that their recovery is only possible with God and surrounding themselves with a strong support system.
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