Springboard Home for Girls

Growing up was dark, confusing, and filled with drug use from the age of 13. Before Springboard I was struggling emotionally, with my addiction, and with my relationships. I felt hopeless. I was wanting to be accepted and trying to fill the hole in my heart. I didn’t think God could love me anymore because of my past. I accepted Jesus into my life after being at Springboard for 10 days. I now know I am loved eternally and there is nothing God can’t make worthy. I want to have hope for my future and find healing for my past. I want to reconnect with my family and learn how to communicate again.

Favorite Scripture: John 1:4 “In Him was life, and that life was the light of the world.”

Growing up was good, my family was loving and kind, but last year I started struggling with my emotions and knowing what to do with them. I was depressed and felt mentally dark all the time and didn’t know why. I had a lot of sadness, depression, fear, and hopelessness. I just felt alone. At Springboard I want to figure out why I feel the way I feel and how to make my life better. I want to learn better communication with my family and healthier coping skills to deal with my emotions.

Favorite Scripture: Psalm 9:14 “The Lord says ‘I will rescue those who love me, I will protect those who trust in my name.’”

Things were ok when I was a kid until my parents got divorced. After that I had so much anger and I started getting into drugs and into trouble with the law. Eventually I ended up in juvenile detention because I got caught up with the wrong crowd and my choices were out of control. A few years ago I was so angry and so hurt, and I just wanted to fit in and make friends, so I got into some really bad friendships. At Springboard I want to learn how to make healthy friendships and make good choices in my life. I also want to learn how to have better communication with my family, and how to heal from the past. I need to learn how to respect my parents and obey them.

Favorite Scripture: Proverbs 31:25 “She is clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear pf the future.”

My childhood was broken: full of drugs, poverty, abuse, and neglect. When I came to Springboard I was addicted, angry, hopeless and in trouble with the law. I was born into my life controlling problems because that was all I ever knew. I was looking for love, belonging, and worth. I was so hurt and angry. Having the opportunity to come to Springboard saved my life in every aspect. While I am here I want to keep learning better communication with my family and how to make my future different that my past.

Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 43:2a “When you go through deep waters I will be with you.”

In my family emotions were ignored so I never learned how to deal with them. Even though I was loved, I was very broken and this was “normal” for me. My emotions and my addictions were out of control. I was running so hard from all the pain, abuse, and shame, and multiple suicide attempts almost cost me my life. Substance abuse was something I knew from an early age because it was all around me growing up. My family was broken and I was full of hurt, pain, rejection, and abuse. I was trying to find a way to make the pain end, so I came to Springboard. I have learned that I am worthy and not worthless. I am no longer hopeless and have hope for my future! I want to continue seeing my family heal. I want to make our future different than our past has been. The cycle ends with me.

Favorite Scripture: 2 Samuel 22:17 “He reached down from Heaven and rescued me, He drew me out of deep waters.”

I grew up in a toxic and abusive home, so when I was adopted I didn’t know how to connect with my adopted parents. I was keeping secrets, I was suicidal, and I was lost. I needed to learn how to manage my emotions, heal from my past, and have healthy relationships with others. From birth I had a lot of hurtful experiences with my bio family. I was removed from them when I was 12 and adopted when I was 15. I was so hurt and didn’t know what to do with the pain, or how to connect with others. At Springboard I want to learn how to connect and communicate with God, my parents, and with others. I want to be happy and have a good future.

Favorite Scripture: Psalm 3:3 “But you O Lord area shield around me and you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.”

Growing up was very hurtful. I bounced around to multiple foster homes, all of which were full of abuse and pain. I came to Springboard because my life was out of control. I was hopeless, hurt, and out of options. I was born into a toxic bio family and never knew what to do with pain or my emotions. I was looking for love: I wanted to be wanted and to feel worthy and safe. At Springboard I found Jesus. I discovered hope, healing, and forgiveness and I have a new life now. I want to continue to heal, and rebuild trust and communication with my adoptive family.

Favorite Scripture: Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go, I will counsel you and watch over you.”

I was adopted from an orphanage in another country when I was 2 years old. My adopted mom divorced and remarried 3 different times, and we were in a lot of abusive situations. We moved around a lot and I never really had much stability. I turned to substances and to self-harm in order to cope and gain some kind of control over my life. I came to Springboard because I am ready to change my life and my behavior. I want to learn how to build and keep relationships and learn heathier ways to cope.

Favorite Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:19 “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.”

My childhood was full of bullies, abuse, drugs, and suicidal thoughts. Those things were my normal. I came to Springboard because I was hopeless and in despair. My life was so out of control: I was doing drugs, keeping secrets, and sneaking out. I hated myself, I hated God, and I couldn’t forgive. I was stuck and lost. In middle school (around 11 years old) I got caught up in a hopeless cycle of pain and abuse and I didn’t know how to get out. I was looking for love and hope. At Springboard I am ready for everything to change. I want to be happier and learn how to manage my emotions. I need to learn how to have healthy friendships and relationships, but mostly I need to learn who I am. As for my family, I want us to get to know each other again and be healthy. I have great parents and I can now see that they have always been there for me and always kept loving me.

Favorite Scripture: Luke 12:28 “And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, He will certainly care for you! Why do you have so little faith?”