Tyler walked into a church one day and what happened next changed his life.

A month prior to walking into the church, Tyler had gotten out of jail. While he was in jail, he had been on a work release program for 11 months. When he got out, he was able to continue his job there. He paid for a month at a local motel and settled in. But things got hard. He didn’t think anyone liked him.

So Tyler made a rash decision and walked away from the job and his motel. He felt very lost and didn’t know what to do. He wandered around for over a week and eventually walked into Trinity Lutheran Church. There he was received by the Pastor who listened and showed love to him. He was referred to the Clearinghouse at Love In the Name of Christ.

​Tyler reached out to Love INC from the church office, right then, and spoke to a Clearinghouse Volunteer.  The volunteer listened to his entire story with compassion and asked questions to clarify things. During the verification process, it was learned that Tyler had a drug problem prior to going to jail, and that he still had time left at the motel that he had paid for.

Through prayer and discussion, they discovered that Tyler wanted to go into a program that would help him transition from jail to normal life and also help him not to turn back to drugs. The Pastor drove him back to his motel and the program was going to call him to set up an interview.

Over the next little while, Love INC volunteers maintained contact with Tyler, listening to and praying with him. For a few days no one could reach him and there was some concern that he had walked away again.  But they trusted that God was in control and kept trying. After finally reaching him, he reported that he still wanted to go to the program. He wanted a better life.

The day finally came that he could enter the program. The Pastor from Trinity Lutheran drove him to the interview to see if they would accept him. Joyfully, after the interview he was accepted into the program! He has been there for a few weeks now.

The partnership of Trinity Lutheran Church and investment in Love INC made it possible for Tyler to have access to the resources he needs to transform his life. Time, prayers and donations allowed volunteers at Love INC to walk alongside Tyler for an extended time, until he could get situated into the program. Please pray this program helps him to learn to live a sober life for Christ!

With your investment, whether it is of time, prayers or donations, Tyler and others like him can experience transformation!