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1.  MANY YEARS AGO, BACK IN THE 1960'S I WAS A YOUNG MARINE 0311 OR GRUNT AS WE WERE COMMONLY CALLED.  VIETNAM CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.  WHEN YOU ARE 18, 19, 20 YEARS OLD AND INTRODUCED TO DEATH, IN THE HARSHEST OF WAYS, YOU CHANGE FOREVER.  YOU CARRY SCARS BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR A LIFETIME.

ALTHOUGH, TOO LATE FOR ME, HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS  HAS GIVEN ME A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO YOUNGER AND OLDER BROTHER ANS SISTERS FIGHTING PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), SOMETHING I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS THAT FAITH IN GOD IS A GOOD THING FOR THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING HEALING THROUGH THEIR FAITH.

BH

2.  FOR THE PAST 15+ YEARS I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH PTSD.  I FINALLY HIT ROCK BOTTOM ONE DAY IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2018 AND THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT BY ENDING MY LIFE.  THAT DAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT GRABBED A HOLD  AND GUIDED ME ON THE BEGINNING OF THIS EPIC JOURNEY.  BEING SAVED BY THE GOOD LORD, TO MY BAPTISM.  I'M FINALLY LIVING MY LIFE FREE FROM THE HORRORS OF EVIL THAT PTSD DRUMMED UP IN MY MIND FOR THE PAST 15+ YEARS. THAT IS WHERE HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS SUPPORT SYSTEM LED BY REVEREND RAY AND JANET TEAGUE COME INTO MY RECOVERY.

WITHOUT THEM AND MY SUPPORT MATES, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.  I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THE BEST PROGRAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY, ALONG WITH EXPENSIVE COUNSELORS AND COULD NOT SHAKE THE CURSE OF PTSD.  WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF BEING IN HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS CLASS, I BEGAN TO FEEL A DIFFERENCE ABOUT HOW AND WHY PTSD IS IMPACTING MY LIFE THE WAY IT DOES.  HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS TAKES YOU THROUGH THE STEPS OF GRIEVING, FORGIVING, REBUILDING YOUR IDENTITY AND LIVING YOUR LIFE FREE FROM THE HORRORS OF EVIL FROM HAVING PTSD.  BUILDING SUPPORT BRIDGES AND NETWORKING TO GET YOU BACK TO A NEW NORMAL , HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE ROAD TO MY RECOVERY.  THE REAL HEROES ARE REV RAY AND JANET TEAGUE AND MY CLASSMATES FOR THE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO BELIEVING IN MY CONTINUED JOURNEY IN FAITH AND HEALING FROM PTSD  WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE GOOD LORD.  THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.  GOD BLESS AND AMEN.

JLF

3.    I AM TRAUMA SURVIVOR.  NO ONE IS IMMUNE FROM TRAUMA AND COMES IN DIFFERENT EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO AN EVENT THAT DEEPLY DISTRESSES.  FINDING HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS GAVE ME A NETWORK OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE WOUNDS OF WAR AND TRAUMA AND HELPED ME OVERCOME MY FEARS AND HEAL.  HEARING REAL-LIFE STORIES FROM A BAND OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS MADE ME UNDERSTAND BETTER THE BEHAVIORS AND RIGGERS OTHERS EXHIBIT AND BE MORE ALERT AND PATIENT ON HOW I CAN HELP OTHERS,  MOST COMMON COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS I HEAR IS "I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A GROUP LIKE HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS".  I LIVED THROUGH TRAUMA, AND MY WAR HERO IS WORKING ON HEALING.  I UNDERSTAND BETTER NOW UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.  HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS IS A TERRIFIC CARE AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT GROUP LED BY REVEREND RAY AND JANET TEAGUE, THAT HAS MADE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN MY LIFE.  WE  ARE HAPPIER TODAY, THAN EVER BEFORE, HOWEVER, STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.  BUT WE ARE LIVING LIFE  MORE POSITIVELY THAN WHEN WE FIRST MET IN JANUARY 2018.  THANK YOU HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS!!!!

4.  I AM A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND RAPE.  IT WASN'T EASY TO OVERCOME THE ABUSE, BUT I FOUND OUT THAT TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK OF FRIENDS, FAMILY AND THE LOVE OF THE LORD HAS HELPED ME TO HEAL.  NOT ONLY HAS THIS GROUP HELPED ME WITH MY PAST BUT HAS IMPROVED MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER, FELLOW VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.  BEING A MEMBER OF HOPE AND HEALING FOR WARRIORS AND ANOTHER GROUP CONNECTION THROUGH LONE STAR COWBOY CHURCH, I HAVE GAINED FULL CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND EMOTIONS.  I HAVE LEARNED  HOW TO FORGIVE AND RELEASE MY HATRED, TO BE ABLE TO REGAIN MY DIGNITY AND SELF-WORTH. "WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR GOOD IN THOSE WHO LOVE HIM"  (ROMANS 8:28)

ANONYMOUS

5.  WATCH PAUL ADAMS TESTIMONY http://www.strongermovie.com/cast.

"WE ARE STRONGER" A FAITH BASED FIRM ABOUT A RETURNING VETERAN'S STRUGGLE WITH PTSD.