A New Dawn

THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER YEAR

A New Dawn, AdventDecember 16, 2024221Views 0Likes 0Comments

While reflecting on this past year, our residents and clients took a moment to express gratitude for the things that impacted them the most during the past year. Some of them shared thankfulness for a meal, for therapy, for new opportunities, or simply for one more day of life. Many of them also shared how…

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

A New Dawn, Advent, Free the Girls, Holidays, Human Trafficking, Advent, Urban MinistryDecember 12, 20221KViews 0Likes 1Comment

The close of the year brings natural moments for reflection. We think about where we’ve come this year, and about where we are going. The photo above was taken on Thanksgiving Day when we gathered together in the Lighthouse Resource Center to share a meal and reflect on all of the things we are thankful…

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO FOR OTHERS?

A New Dawn, Thinking About GodAugust 12, 2022399Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today’s blog is shared by Christopher, our New Dawn Residential Program Director. If you daily ask yourself what you are willing to do for others, you may come to find that your love for others becomes so great that it leads you to do the impossible. In the Bible, we find a similar story where…

REBUILDING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

A New Dawn, AdventAugust 12, 2021341Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today’s guest blogger is MTES staff member David Aguiluz, and he shares a unique perspective as both a recovering addict and an addiction therapist. Speaking about addictions is a complex topic. It’s not a topic that focuses solely on drug use. Instead, it focuses on “the compulsive use, abuse, or obsession with an activity, relationship,…

NO DAYS OFF

A New DawnApril 26, 2021226Views 0Likes 0Comments

“Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day, and it’s something that doesn’t get a day off.” -Demi Lovato In my own life, I have been privileged and blessed to have some of my hardest battles reserved for adulthood. In many ways my growing-up years were free from some of the…

ONE YEAR IN

A New Dawn, Crossing Cultures, Free the Girls, Human Trafficking, Kids at Risk, Advent, Natural DisastersMarch 4, 2021412Views 0Likes 0Comments

Who else is stepping into March wearily? It is one year into the pandemic and we are all tired. In El Salvador, children can be seen everywhere all the time because schools have yet to open for in-person classes. There are still people on the side of the highway waving white flags, but thankfully far…