Restoring Lives, Rebuilding Communities - 4:36
Chris Donnelly, Restoration Ministries, Inc.
Posted Oct 24, 2017
Currently, there is an opioid epidemic in the America and it's the worst our country has seen. People and especially young adults in the Midwest are dying. Restoration Ministries offers addicts hope and opportunities to transform their lives at two free Christian-based residential recovery programs for men and women. More than 60 percent of our residents who complete the program remain sober and become the men and women God intended them to be.
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