11/28/2025
Mike’s addiction began early. By the time he was in high school he was buying pills at school, eventually turning to he**in. His life spiraled quickly. Within a year of graduation, he was running drugs across state lines and committing robberies to feed his addiction. Eventually he was arrested and charged with 14 felonies, facing mandatory prison time.
With nowhere else to turn, Mike walked through the doors of Adult and Teen Challenge in 2004. There he encountered something he had never experienced before: real accountability, genuine love, and the truth of the gospel. In a December chapel service, the reality of Jesus’ sacrifice broke through his hardened heart, and everything changed.
The transformation was unmistakable. Mike devoted himself to prayer, Scripture, and serving others. Miraculously, the judge assigned to his case reduced his expected sentence from decades in prison to probation, a turning point that allowed him to rebuild his life.
In 2006, Mike’s mother Josephine came into the program. She had been struggling with crippling alcoholism for nearly 30 years. While it was the hardest thing she ever had to do, Josephine graduated the program. Their strained relationship was completely restored.
Today, Mike and Josephine are living proof of God’s restoring power. He worked for Adult and Teen Challenge for years, built a family, bought a home, and now uses his gifts to serve, encourage, and bring hope to others through Christian comedy.
Stories like Mike & Josephine’s are why our Dollar-a-Day campaign matters. One dollar a day helps men and women trapped in addiction find the same hope, freedom, and new beginning that changed his life forever.
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