Recovery Soldiers Ministries

01/30/2026

1 year clean.
365 days of choosing healing over hiding.
Not perfect. Not easy. But faithful.

Grateful for God’s mercy, accountability, and a life I never thought was possible.
If He can do it for me, He can do it for you. 🤍

01/21/2026

A public declaration. A private surrender. An eternal impact.

We never take moments like this lightly. This is the foundation of true recovery Jesus at the center. We are so proud of the courage it takes to surrender and say yes to Christ.

Keep praying for our men as they walk out this decision daily. God is moving in powerful ways. 🙌

01/17/2026

I was raised in a very small community in Konnarock, Va. I'm not sure it's on many maps. My fathers parents raised me and my sisters and my brother for a small bit of his life until he went to live with my mom. My pap was drunk most of my life. He'd come home so drunk he couldn't barely stand up. They would be outside physically fighting to the point my siblings and I would be on the stairs crying huddled together praying to God they would stop and not kill each other. My brother was my best friend, my sisters were older so they were doing their own thing. When my brother moved in with my mom I was devastated. I had a friend I would go stay with for a few years and go to church with her and her family until my pap started getting sick and I don't know why I felt the urge to be around home more then. That got me into boredom and into trying drugs with my sister and my uncles. That started me out in my addiction. I would stay out all night with my sister getting high and when I'd get to school if I even went I'd Turn around to leave. I did a term in the tech school where I got a small scholarship to go do my CNA. My nan and pap took me all the way to Roanoke and I didn't do it, I made up a lie and we drove back home. Me crying in the back seat knowing I messed up my future. By the grace of God I graduated in 2006. I got out into the world getting into relationships where there were drugs of course. In 2008 I got in a relationship with someone I thought I'd marry but he was a drunk and wouldn't stop when I asked plus God wasn't the center. He wanted me to be distant from my family and I wouldn't do it. In 2011 I had my first child Autumn. I'd been messing around with a married man and thought she belonged to him. His wife had a dna test done and she didn't belong to him, she belonged to my sister's husband's brother whom I'd stayed with for a few months. A year later I lost custody of her because I didn't take her to the hospital when she knocked a plate off the fridge that had had a line of m**h on it. I sent her on with her dad. He got custody of her.I had to go turn myself in for child abuse charges I got released on a bond. The next day I was on the head line of the Bristol paper and news. I was consumed with shame, guilt, horrible no good for nothing, I didn't deserve to live. I did a 30 day sentence of a 5 yr 4 and half suspended. During this time I found out that I am pregnant with my second child Jimmie. I had plans to do good but still was involved with a married man still doing drugs. My pap had a stroke and the same day I went to jail for violation of a 12 month sentence. That was the last time I saw him alive. I have my son while incarcerated. I got out when he was five months old. My nan was really attached to him and would fight me anytime I tried to take him. I thought it was ok to leave him when it definitely wasn't. I got pregnant with Harper this time she belongs to a married man. We get in a fight and go to jail. I miss a court date because my address is now messed up and when i get to court my lawyer is dismissed and by the time i get to talk im speechless and afraid to say anything because i was nothing i thought compared to them. I really start getting high then on the needle and get in a relationship full of abuse. I did meet a good christian lady I felt drawn to. I'm out of that relationship and meet a guy friend who lets me stay with him but I get emotionally attached because I felt accepted there by him and his family, but i wasn't a very good person at that time. When I finally made him push me away I went to live with my dad who wasn't around a lot of my life. I got a loan for business management courses at Liberty. I bought a car and in a month wrecked it and about died. My dad said he didn't want me there anyway so I felt really alone and stuck and worthless.Id let my kids down. I didn't have anyone to love me or to love. I was ashamed of myself. The Lord had other plans for me because I shouldn't have made it out of that car. I went to church with the Christian lady Beth and a few weeks later RSM came to give their testimonies. I cried the whole time. These ladies showed me that the Lord loved them through their sins and He would me too. The day after Thanksgiving 2024 I packed my things and came to RSM. A hard but best decision I ever made on my own. Which wasn't really on my own because God knew I needed RSM to show me what love was. He knew I needed this community to show me what grace was when I made mistakes. I have learned to love and to accept love. I have been forgiven of my sins and now I walk with Jesus and I couldn't imagine living life without Him in the center of it. I am still a work in progress and I sumit more to Him everyday. My stand on verse is Philippians 1:6 " He will continue His good works in me till the day of Jesus Christ."

01/16/2026

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01/15/2026

We are incredibly honored and grateful to be presented with a custom plaque from our friends at Clayton Homes of Johnson City in celebration of and support for the NEW Women’s Campus in Wise, Virginia 🤍

This gesture represents so much more than a plaque it represents belief. Belief in our mission, belief in restoration, and belief in the lives of women who will find hope, healing, and freedom within these walls.

We will proudly display this with deep gratitude for partners like Clayton Homes who stand with us and help make everything we do possible. It truly takes a community to see lives transformed, and we are thankful for those who choose to walk this journey with us.

Thank you for your support, encouragement, and investment in changed lives.

—Recovery Soldiers Ministries

01/14/2026

📣 There is rejoicing in heaven today!
Today, one of our men made the most important decision of his life !

This is what Recovery Soldiers Ministries is all about people encountering the transforming power of Jesus Christ. Chains are breaking, hearts are being restored, and lives are being made new.

01/11/2026

My name is Travis Swann. I’m from White Pine, Tennessee. I went to school there and played football. My dad worked in mobile homes, and I helped him. I worked hard for a long time, but then I started doing drugs, smoking w**d and using co***ne. I met a girl who was married, and we had a kid together. I ran my own business moving
mobile homes, but things got bad between us, and I left her and the business. I went back to work for my dad. My dad and I loved tractor pulling, I did it for years. But I was still doing drugs. One day I got arrested for selling drugs in a school zone. I went to jail for 37 and a half months. While I was in jail, my dad passed away and they sold our business.
When I got out, I worked at a wood factory for two years, then on a farm for two years. My sister took me to church one day, and that’s where I met the men from RSM. They sang and told their stories, and I felt som**hing in my heart that day. I knew I needed to change my life. When I first came to RSM, I didn’t like it. They were hard on me, and I didn’t want to be here. But now, I’m a graduate. I’ve watched other men grow, and I see how good God is. Today, I have a job at McDonald’s. I live at and RSM transitional living home , I pay rent, and keep a stable job. I used to live with no goals, no money, and no hope. I even slept under a bridge once.
But now, I have purpose, a job, a church, and a family that loves me. Most of all, I have a relationship with God. He has changed my life, and I thank Him for every blessing. I know if I stay close to God and RSM, I’ll be okay!

01/08/2026

This is why we do what we do.

Programs don’t save people Jesus does. We are witnessing firsthand the miracle of salvation and transformation happening right here.

Heaven is celebrating, and so are we. Please continue to lift our men up in prayer as they pursue Christ with their whole hearts. ❤️

01/05/2026

Just popping in to recognize some super awesome folks across all three campuses who are giving it their all for Jesus and their recovery. So proud of them! 🙌