| We sat in front of Little Ceasars waiting on | | | | have done whatever it took to stand for my |
| breadsticks and I knew what was going to | | | | daughterʼs life including a 13 hour road trip |
| happen to her this night. Mothers Day 2002 my | | | | to make PC1 when our flight was cancelled! |
| daughter, Jessica, was escorted at 3 am to her | | | | Itʼs funny to think back now...when we first |
| new home away from home. It was the worst | | | | started I thought we would never get to the end. |
| moment yet I knew at the same time there was | | | | This program has made me a better person not |
| now hope. | | | | to mention saved a life! The staff at Carolina |
| I had been afraid my daughter would end up | | | | Springs have been nothing but professional, caring, |
| dead, raped, or pregnant very soon if I had not | | | | and on a mission to help the lives of some very |
| acted. I placed her in a school that I had no idea | | | | lost individuals! I have met some of the most |
| how it was. I trusted a stranger on the phone, | | | | dedicated persons to seeing the best come out |
| researched the internet, signed my name to loans. | | | | of our children from the Director down to the |
| Yet, I now had hope. The facility, Carolina Springs | | | | transportation staff. You all are doing Godʼs |
| Academy, that we placed her in became her | | | | work and I thank you for standing for this family! |
| home for the next 17 months of her life. I wrote | | | | My husband, both my mother and step mother, |
| letters, talked with our family representative, | | | | and sister have done seminars. My daughter, |
| went to the seminars. I started becoming a | | | | Justine, both summer camps, and my son, Jake, |
| stronger person. I chose to follow the program to | | | | spent 3 months at Majestic Ranch. We are |
| the T. I could have taken her out early. God | | | | enjoying our new family.....whole and healthy! |
| knows the pressure in the family with money. I | | | | |