Victoria Landrum
Hello! My name is Victoria Landrum. I have been dealing with bipolar depression, social anxiety, drug addiction, and self-harm most of my life. I have a master’s degree, and taught special education for many years until my addiction to drugs left me on the streets. Ultimately, I fell into a life of destruction selling myself for drugs. I lost my family and any self-respect because I was trying to escape reality, and fill the God-sized hole in my heart with drugs. While eating a free lunch, I met Jim and Letha Turner. They showed me unconditional love which I hadn’t felt in many years. I started regularly talking with them, and started developing a lifelong friendship. I started to once again see that there is a loving God that believes in me, and truly wants me to succeed. I’ve been clean for awhile now, and am reunited with family; most importantly, my daughter. My life has become brighter than I would have ever imagined. I am so proud to now serve on the prostitution team that once reached out to me. It all started with the wonderful encounter by the street outreach of Jim and Letha Turner. I financially support the Turner family as U.S. Missionaries. God is good…..All The Time!!
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Rebecca Spencer
As we get closer to National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, I want to take a moment, and share some words. I struggle everyday with my depression, anxiety, and PTSD almost everyday. It’s a daily struggle for me to raise two children, go to school, and work all while dealing with my mental health challenges. I am not a victim though. I am a survivor, and I claim it. I was in the foster care system, had a failed adoption, and learned early on, not to trust anyone. I felt like all they did was let me down. When I aged out, i got pregnant with my son by an unhealthy person in my life. I spiraled downward fast into heroin addiction, and prostitution because I didn’t know how to cope, even with mental health services right at my fingertips. I eventually ended up homeless, going from dope house to dope house, slowly killing myself, and drowning in my addiction. It wasn’t until I got pregnant with my daughter, in the beginning of 2013, that I realized, I didn’t want a child born addicted. If it wasn’t for the caring adults in my life, and the mental health services that are available, I wouldn’t be able to tell you, I am raising both my children, working on my associates degree, and I start work at a call center in a couple weeks. I can say that, I have 10 months clean from drugs. I may still have panic attacks, anxiety attacks, and struggle, but I am able to cope without drugs, thanks to the services and caring adults in my life. Children having access to services is vital for any youth, so they can lead positive, and productive lives and know that someone cares.
Jeff Callon
Hello all, my name is Jeff and I was a crack addict for 10 years. Let me just say, that it was fun for years, working everyday to supply money for my habits. Then it got really bad for me, when I started stealing from my own mother to get high everyday. I stole everything she had, and emptied out bank accounts. My addictions and choices have led me homeless, and I had no idea what happened to my mom, because the social services picked her up, and took her away. She went home to be with the Lord almost two years ago. I ended up at the local homeless shelter, in Cincinnati Ohio, called the Drop Inn Center. Then, I had trouble there, and ended up living on the street in my Jeep. One night, a man named Pastor Jim Turner and his wife Lisa, was giving out sandwiches, bottles of pop, and I took off running the opposite direction down the street. That is when this man came running after me, he tapped me on my shoulder and said, “God has sent me to talk to you.” I told him that I had no time for you, or for your God. The next day, he came back looking for me again. We drove around and talked in his car for four hours. He kept telling me over, and over, that God loved me, and has a plan for my life. After a few more encounters with Jim and Lisa, I finally broke down, and asked Jesus Christ to come into my life. Today, I have God in my life, and walk side by side, with Pastor Jim and Lisa Turner as a servant of God. I am two and a half years clean, and understand what real life is today. Jim and Lisa live for what they do, and I have seen hundreds of lives that have been impacted by their ministry. Love of God to everyone, Jeff Callon.
Natasha Peoples
Hello everyone. My name is Natasha Peoples. I came to know James & Letha Turner late in 2011, shortly after a downfall with family and an ex- boyfriend. I checked into the Drop Inn Center. James and Letha were doing outreach one winter evening. Yummy was their hot chocolate. I was homeless and felt alone. I had obtained another relationship which further proved to end in lies. Through that relationship, and my troubles trying to get on my own, I kept contact with James and Letha. After my departure from the Drop Inn Center, me and my boyfriend at the time, went to live with friends. In which I obtained employment at a Dollar Tree. I didn’t take the college opportunity James and Letha opened up, because I couldn’t attend the campus I wanted. Shortly after my breakup, in late July of 2012, I reached out to James and Letha, and wanted to volunteer with them. I was semi stable at the time. So, I figured since they helped me, it would be humbling to help in return; later on things became unstable, leaving me to return to my parents. I’m doing excellent, I’m employed full time at McDonald’s in Cambridge, Ohio (where I grew up). I’m working on saving for a car and an apartment. Thanks so much for being amazingly positive impacts in my life, James and Letha, you guy are awesome. Love, Natasha D Peoples.
LEONARD JACKSON
Hello, my name is Leonard Jackson. I met Jim and his family in 2010, when I was homeless, in Cincinnati, and sleeping underneath the 4th Street Bridge Overpass. At that time in my life, I have lost all hope, and I was suicidal; I have attempted to take my live many times. I was a back-slidden preacher, who had turned away from God, because I blamed God for what was going on in my life.
Despite all my troubles, Jim and his family continued to show me the Love of Jesus Christ, and they continued to pray for me. Pastor Jim would continue to encourage me that God still had a plan for my life, and that God was going to use my testimony, for His glory!
I couldn’t see it at the time, but Jim continued to reassure me, and pressing me to keep my faith, despite the current circumstances. Here we are, 10 years later, and I am here to testify that God is a restoring God. God delivered me from the streets, and from homelessness. He gave me a beautiful wife; of which I love dearly. It was pastor Jim who affiliated the wedding. I am now a member of the Body of Christ and of a local church.
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Something that really impressed me about Jim and his family, was that when they haven’t seen one of the homeless people for a while, they began to ask questions, and to search for that individual. Society treats the homeless like trash, an outcast, and like a plague, but Jim and his family, continues to show them through his love and the teaching of the Word of God, that they are somebody, and is special, in the eyes of God.
Every day, I praise God for sending Jim and his family into my to life. If it wasn’t for them, I would just be another one of those people who was buried in the cemetery, because I would have taken my own life. The mission that God has sent Jim and his family on, is one that is helping numerous lives and they will continue to touch lives, as long as there are honest supporters in his endeavors. What they are doing is according the Word of God. God tells us to go into the highways and into the byways, and bid them to come into to the feast. Thank you, Turner family, for your love, concern, and for your persistence. Please continue to allow God to use you.
Raquel Kalton
Hi, Pastor Jim and Sister Lisa, I just wanted to share my testimony and let everyone know what God has done in my life. I’ve battled heroin addiction for five years. I lost everything, my husband, children, home, and myself. Finally, I was sleeping under an overpass, staying outside 24/7; living hell, hopeless, and shameful. Everyday, I would try to make it to Your ministry, where you guys would feed us. I would go there not just to eat, but because in a place full of despair, there was light there! You guys were so full of the love of Jesus! You always made me feel like I was loved, and worth more than what heroin had made me. Finally, after another stint in jail, I went to rehab; and I am excited to say this time I did NOT return to heroin! God has given me my children back, He has provided employment, and I’m building back trust with my family! I have 69 days clean today, but looking forward to many, MANY more! God’s grace and mercy is beautiful, and is shown to me everyday! He showed it to me through you and your wife, and the awesome ministry you guys have, even when I was so “sick.” Thank you for all you guys do! You will never know the impact you’ve made just in my life, much less thousands of others!!!
James Beach
My name is James Beach and when I first met pastor Jim about 1 1/2 years ago, I was really living the wrong way. I was hooked on heroine, pills, weed, beer, and pretty much anything to get high on. I was even pimping out my own wife to get quick cash. Now, The Lord has entered my life and I have overcome my addictions. I love my wife with all my heart. I have an opened my heart to the true King and Lord God Almighty. Pastor Jim never gave up on me, or on my wife, and helped me get right, and stay right. Now, I know that I can stand on my own two feet. Now, I can let my light shine, and put that devil in his place, and under my feet. He has no power over my life anymore. I can do all things through God who strengthens me. God bless everyone reading this! James Beach
Tony
I was thirteen years old when, I started smoking weed and drinking. I was trying to be like my friends, but truly they wasn’t living the life, and they were doing nothing but the wrong things. I hated everyone around me, and most of all hating myself, and not having a care in the world. I thought I was better than everyone else, until the day, December 16, 2013, that’s when I met pastor Jim Turner and his wife. It was the best day of my life. He put the Lord back into my mind, soul, and heart. If it wasn’t for Jim and Lisa, I would still be homeless, jobless, and staying on the streets. With God and Jim, showing me love, I might even be back in jail or worse. Thank you all! God is the Greatest, Tony
Trista
My name is Trista. I have been through a lot of hardship in the past three years. In 2011, my first born son was taken from me by KY CPS, over a false charge. The case was closed in 2012, with my mom having custody. In July of 2012, I gave birth to my second son. I was able to keep him, and soon after I got shared custody of my first son. All seemed well for a while, but three months after my younger son’s first birthday, everything made a huge turn for the worst. I lost both of my sons to CPS in August 2013. I lost my home in the following October, and became homeless. I was scared and lost. I did not know what to do. I asked for help, but no one knew what to say. I prayed, but it didn’t seem like I was being heard. I was in a state of loss. my kids were forced into foster care, and KY CPS was refusing to place my kids with family.
They took my visitation away, and that’s when I started going to a ministry where Pastor Jim ministers every day; hoping that I would soon be heard by the Lord. Pastor Jim listened to me and prayed with me. I began to feel a Light on me. In October, 2013, I met my boyfriend, and father of my third child (a girl), Scott Pennington. He has helped me through my recent many trials. Today, I was informed that I am able to keep my daughter, and now about to receive my visitation of my two sons after our court review. Pastor Jim has helped me emotionally (even though I never showed my emotions), and showed me the way to a better life. Now, I live with my mom, and my boyfriend started working at Cincinnati Labor Works. Our baby girl is due July 3rd. Thank you for helping us find our way to the Lord again, Pastor Jim. We are now on a much better path. I even got our daughter a pink New Testament Bible for her room.
AMANDA:
When I was younger, I had both parents in the home whom provided shelter, food, and all my needs. Unfortunately, I had a hunger for love that was never filled. However, I had a very loving grandmother who took me to Church as I was growing up. My father was an alcoholic who beat my mother, and she turned to a gambling addiction as her outlet. I’ve been molested more than once. I had a horrible time in school. I was made fun of and ridiculed to the point where I quit in the 10th grade. I always felt like a reject. I had my son when I was 20. I began using pain pills when I was 22. When my son was nine, he wanted to live with his father, so I let him. I continued using any opiate, methadone, morphine, and any Oxycontin that I could find. I began using heroin when I was 33. My house was raided, and boyfriend and I went to jail. I had hit my bottom when I had stolen $2200 from my parents, and they said they were done with me, and I had to go. I spoke with Jim Turner, and he told me about having the courage to change. I was ready to try anything! Jim and Letha continued to tell me they were proud of me, and that they loved me. This was huge to me, I wasn’t used to getting encouragement. While I was at Having the Courage To Change (a program), I have found that believing is more than a religion, it’s a relationship. That by far is my biggest accomplishment. I was baptized on June 22, 2014. I quit smoking on November 2, 2014. I celebrated 2 years sobriety February 27, 2016. I’m repairing relationships with my parents, sibling, and my son, Chandler. I have a peace and strength I’ve never had before. I serve on a weekly prostitution ministry team with Jim, and his wife Letha, to share with others what God has given to me. This is as much rewarding to me as it is to them. I’ll be leaving Having The Courage To Change in July, with the spirit of the Lord, and a strong Foundation. I’m excited about my future and how God will use me. Be sure to check out our Testimony page where you will find many more testimonies of how God has turned ashes into beauty, and has restored broken lives.
John Weil
My name is John Weil, and I was homeless in Cincinnati for nearly four and a half years. I was cast out from churches, because of a tattoo, so I gave up on God. I lived on the riverbank and under bridges. I smoked marijuana, and drank alcohol. I first met Pastor Jim and Lisa when they were with the Isaiah 58 ministry. I had never met more kind and loving people. Pastor Jim would sit and talk to me when no one else would. Their love of God and of others less fortunate amazed me. I lost touch with Pastor Jim for about a year, and ran into him again at the Cincinnati Dream Center. I had finally gotten a job, was clean, and in a program to get an apartment. Because of the love he and his family poured upon me, I became a volunteer to help those who were in the same situation that I struggled with for so long. I have been clean and sober for 3.5 years, and currently am an OTR trucker, and praise God everyday that He sent Pastor Jim and his family into my life. I don’t know where I would be without such a great pastor, mentor, friend, that is Pastor Jim. I truly believe that God put this great family on Earth to help people like me. Their love for others and God are an amazing blessing. Thank you, Pastor Jim, Lisa, & family.