“I didn’t know where to go, what to do. I had nowhere to go, coming out and having nothing”, he landed at the doors of Mel Trotter Ministries. “Now I got something,” Alex said.

When thinking back to the first time he walked into MTM, he said he felt scared and emotional, but from day one, he received everything he needed for a new start. “When I first came down here, it was during the wintertime, one of the ladies came up to me and gave me a hat and said ‘Here you go, please come in.’ And that is what I felt… open arms here,” Alex said.

While he was staying at MTM and working, he attended chapel, learned how to budget, received his driver’s license, saved enough money to buy a car, and is working towards earning his GED so he can pursue his dreams. While he was working, the kitchen staff packed up lunches for him to take to work, so he didn’t have to worry about going hungry. Alex commented, “The sack lunches were awesome. And sometimes they’d throw in a little note… and I enjoy that because that made me feel good because some in trying to make someone’s day better.”

After a couple months of staying at MTM, along with the help of staff, Alex got a spot in a transitional house with other individuals who were in a similar spot in life. There he received one-on-one support from an advocate through the housing program.

When thinking back to what a difference MTM has made in his life, Alex said, “[MTM] got me on my feet, got me going in the right direction.”

Thanks to faithful supporters like you, Alex said, “I’m getting all the help I can right now, and I appreciate everything…I have a place over my head. I don’t have to live in the street.”