143 Ministries International

This Friday! Come celebrate with us!

No early birds please.

Community Foundation for the CSRA Announces Community Grant Awards

If you haven’t been able to check out The How yet- come join us tonight!

Our Katherine’s Way staff on The Way radio station tonight

My name is Mandie and I’m not only recovered from drugs and alcohol but I’m recovering from self ! I have been using drugs and alcohol since I was in high school. I grew up with feelings of abandonment and rejection. Feelings of being unwanted. Those feelings have followed me through my life ! I tried to escape by using drugs or doing whatever it took to avoid feeling those emotions . I have been trying to get sober and stay sober since 2006. Going to numerous rehabs and tryi...ng every way possible. But it hasn’t worked because I have just been treating the symptoms and trying to find relief because I was unwilling to go deep and go to the root because that would cause too much pain !! Honestly I have felt my whole life that there wasn’t any hope for me and that I would have to be miserable on the inside or die trying to make my thoughts , feelings, and emotions go away !! But on December 12th of 2019 my family loved me enough to reach out to the staff at Katherine’s Way and because of their love and faithfulness to help people find freedom they came and rescued me and brought me back home In the past year I have been challenged to go deep and let God get into the deepest, darkest areas of me and heal those areas and bring about freedom that I have never felt before !! I have realized drugs and alcohol has never been the problem and if I want to be free I have had to sit in a lot of uncomfortability and deal with true issue and that is self and the fact that I do not like to feel anything and have avoided them at all costs even almost cost me my life !! But now I am living free . I am living with hope. I am living with peace ! I have been healed in so many areas and continuing to be healed in so many more . I enjoy giving back and going back to the place that saved my life ! God is restoring relationships with my family ! God is restoring me with myself and other healthy friendships . I have a wonderful job that I love and have been promoted to a nursing assistant and I will be starting my journey to getting my nursing degree . I’m so thankful for what God has done in me and even more grateful for what He is going to continue to do because He is relentless and pursuing because I am Chosen ! I am Worthy! I am important ! I am Who He Says I am!! He is so good and I encourage you if you are struggling don’t give up on yourself because He hasn’t given up on you !! If I can do this so can you !! #KatherinesWay #SuccessStorySaturday

Meet Ms. Mary Bennett, Deputy Coroner of the city of Waynesboro. Ms. Bennett served as a police officer in this community for 38 years prior. During this time she has developed a strong relationship with the people in this community as well as the homeless community. For years she has been serving the homeless and the elderly food with help of the local churches. When the pandemic started, the churches shut down and she was unsure how she was going to continue to feed her people. By a beautiful devine appointment she got the phone number for Fishes and Loaves. We have been connected since July 20th. It is such an honor and a blessing to be able to serve and love these people with you Ms. Bennett! We are so grateful for you and what you are doing in Waynesboro!

We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step 6 of Alcoholics Anonymous

Reminder There is an opportunity for families and individuals in need of food to come and pick food up on November 6th. No one will be turned away. Please share so that this reaches people who need to see this!

Another awesome night at the River Youth We love our River kids

My name Heriberto Robles Jr. Aka Ito and here's a little of what God can do with a person who was once known as an addict who would never change. I grew up a regular baseball playing teenager in love with sports but by the age of 15 was already dabbling around in smoking weed. Surrounded by it and other addictions in my life growing up whether through friends or family members, I've learned to hide behind using at a very young age and as I got older addiction became a lifest...yle. From 2003 - 2015 I lived a life of drug dealing to drug abusing not realizing the hold that addiction had on my life and really couldn't figure out why I would always run back.. After years of in and out of jails, prisons, rehab tries, a lot of destruction and hurt I had created, in 2015 I jumped on a bus and headed to Augusta to start fresh. It's either change, get killed trying to find my next fix, or overdose. A new journey began, from being taught at The Building Worship Center about Jesus to becoming the Youth pastor at 143 ministries, these past five years I've learned a lot about unlearning the things I've been taught my entire life. Through proper discipleship and a complete surrender to God, I've watched him restore my relationships with my daughters in Florida, relationships with family I've hurt, He's blessed me with an amazing wife who is part of the reason I was on the bus in the first place. A beautiful daughter, a business, a beautiful family at 143, but most of all, He's blessed me with the ability to give back. Today I'm grateful for all the hurt, pain, affliction, testing and seasons that come and go because with out them I wouldn't be able to have food to feed others in their wilderness experience!! #SuccessStorySaturday www.143Ministries.org

Just in case y’all forgot - here’s your reminder. We come alive in the river

Our Men’s Fellowship Meeting is this Sunday evening! See you guys there!

Hey guys! We are having a costume fellowship night for the kids on Halloween(all ages). If you’d like to volunteer in the festivities please contact Taylor Moore ,Brittany Washington or Heriberto Robles Jr. For supply purposes drop a if you’ll be coming and bringing your children.

My name is Nicole, and this is my story. A little over two years ago I was dropped off at Katherine's Way broken, bitter, and confused. I had been in and out of recovery since I was a teenager, but I would always run back to what I thought was freedom: drugs. I had managed to muster up six years of what I thought was sobriety, but was actually a prison I had built known as religion. Shortly after our first son was born I relapsed on heroin. It was awful. I left my husband no ...choice but to force me into a program known as Katherine's Way. To say I was angry was an understatement. However, while I stayed in the program, despite myself, the prison I had always known was demolished by the love shown by the staff and volunteers. While at KW I met a man named Jesus and He unraveled who I thought I was until I became who He had created me to be. Not only did I get free from drugs and alcohol, but I also became free of myself, which was the real problem. If I tried to put how my life is today into words I would not do it justice. But, I will say this, today I have a real understanding of peace. I actually love who I am today and that is credited to a program founded in love and a God who never gave up on me. If you or someone you know is struggling with ANY form of addiction do not give up on them. There is hope! There are thousands of stories similar to mine, and they have recovered too! #SuccessStorySaturday #Recovered #KatherinesWay

It’s River Friday! We will be having children’s church so come and bring the whole family! We are so excited to have everyone home