Springboard Home for Girls

I have struggled with lying and communicating. I am learning how to nicely correct people and myself. I am also learning more and more about God every day. I want God to heal my heart from the inside out. I want Him to lead and help me be more like Him. When I go home I’d like to be close to God, compassionate, caring, kind, and outspoken in a good way. I want to live a good life.

Favorite Scripture: I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

I struggled with depression and self-worth. I was a very unhappy person and had a big temper. I am learning all about God’s great love for us. I am learning that God will never leave me and that He is always there for me. What I want God to do in my heart is to make me joyful. I want to know how to love. I want my future to be different when I go home, to have good strong relationships that will last a lifetime. I would like to live free from my past and move forward with Jesus.

Favorite Scripture: Revelation 22:21 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”

Before Springboard, I struggled with a bad attitude, drug abuse, depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. I’m learning coping skills and how God works in our lives. I want Him to take away all my negative thoughts, change my heart, and take out all anger. My prayer is that my family would be closer. I also want to be more involved in my church, keep serving God, and stay on the right path.

Favorite Scripture: James 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

I struggled with integrity and being deceitful. Both were sins that I wish to repent from. I am learning about God but also about failure and attitudes. I would like to heal my heart from evil such as lying, deceitfulness, and stuff like that. I don’t want to lie or be sneaky. I want to be healed from my brokenness and keep evil spirits away.

Favorite Scripture: Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I struggled with drinking, smoking weed, and nicotine. I have struggled with these for a while now but never made the effort to fix it. Since I’ve been in the program I have been learning a lot about the Bible. I also have been reading a book called “The Lies That Bind.” There is a packet that goes with it that I am also doing. Reconnecting with God and being more like Him is something that I am desiring. When I go back home I would like to have a different mindset, happier, and know how to cope in a healthy way.

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I was addicted to porn, drugs, and sex. I would also argue with my parents a lot and break most rules. I am currently learning to not think selfishly and to care for myself in a healthy way. I am also learning how my attitude affects others. I would like God to give me the strength to overcome my selfish thoughts. I would also like God to help me have a positive attitude towards everything. When I leave the program, I want to be a kind and loyal person in all my relationships. I also want to take my education seriously and start looking into my future career.

Favorite Scripture: Galatians 6:3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.

I was depressed and sad 24/7. I was not in a good place. Being in this program I am learning how to manage my anxiety. While I am here I want God to make me new and whole again! I want my future to be different after I leave here. I’d like to be nicer and just better overall.

Favorite Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

One thing I struggled with a lot before coming to Springboard was telling the truth. But right before I came here I was beginning to fix that about myself. I also struggled with depression. One thing I am learning here is how to get along with a house full of other girls. Another thing I am learning right now is how to go about with a daily schedule including the chore list and other things like that. One thing I want God to do in my heart while I am in the program is to heal whatever pain I am still feeling from my past. Another would be for Him to take all the hate away that I have in my heart.

Favorite Scripture: Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Before coming here, I struggled with trauma, substance abuse, and depression. I’m learning how to express my feelings and cope with my father’s death. I want God to help me find peace and to discover more good things about myself. When I leave the program I want my family to actually be a family. My goal is to be better in school and for my sisters to be okay.

Favorite Scripture: John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Before I came to Springboard, I struggled a lot with self-harm and drug use. It was getting worse until I got here. What I have learned is that I am allowed to take care of myself and be my own person. I am also learning kindness will not fix everything. I would like to learn to trust and to feel worthy. I also want to have more grace. I want to stay away from drugs and self-harm. I also want to be more helpful around the house.

Favorite Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-23 My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.