Your love helps Angel know he is not alone!

“I’m learning to be patient and let God mold me into a better person.”

Angel’s story is a perfect example that the Rescue Mission’s doors are open to anyone who feels led by God to come here.

By the time he was 30, he had successful businesses in finance. The traumatic events of COVID made him realize, “I want to reconnect with God and apply His commandments.” Soon, he began having recurring dreams that reminded him of a lesson from Scripture – if you keep God’s commandments, He will manifest Himself to you.

In one of his dreams, Angel was given the name of someone he should meet. He later found out that person was at Long Beach Rescue Mission. Angel sensed God was calling him to come here… even though it meant leaving everything he knew.

“The Mission is helping people make breakthroughs in life.” 

Guided by his faith in God, Angel joined our New Life Program and has found serving and engaging with Mission guests very rewarding. The experience has been humbling and it has inspired him to pursue a new career and study psychology and pre-med. 

“The Mission taught me that money isn’t everything,” he says. “I enjoy serving others, but I want to serve others in a different way. That’s why I want to go into the medical field.”

Thank you for loving neighbors like Angel “as you’ve loved yourself.” Your kindness has reaffirmed God’s love and inspired that same spirit of goodwill toward others. “I learned to be patient with people, the process and allow God to mold me into a better person.”

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