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Current Bethel Village House for
Residential Addiction Recovery
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For women who are ready to
choose a new path in life, a life lived for Christ, a
5-phase program is ready to help them. The recovery
program is for women who have made unwise decision, leading
life down rough paths. When they are ready, Panama
City Rescue Mission provides a supportive environment
where students grow in integrity, responsibility, and
commitment.
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Bethel Village house includes
a dorm for 12 single ladies and 2 family units for single
mothers with children. There are also 3 beds in the "Crossroads"
dorm for women
in transition (last phase of the recovery program). The
program is task-oriented, rather than time-oriented.
So each lady will complete the program at different paces,
often though, it will take nearly a year.
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Plans are being made to build
onto the campus. Additions would include energy
efficient homes for program and transitional housing,
moving the women's emergency shelter to the campus and
adding enterprise work training. For more information, contact Billy
Fox at 769-0783.
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The program includes: |
Phase 1:
Determining the probability of completing the program.
- Lodging
- Three Meals a Day
- Personal needs
Phase 2: Evangelism and Stabilization
- Alcohol and Drug Treatment
- Joining a church in the community
- Individual and group counseling
- 12-step Christian Centered Program, "Power to
Choose" and other texts
- Beautiful 6-acre campus with playground
and meditation/walking trail
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Phase 3: Education and Work Therapy
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Vocational Training
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Life Skills
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Preparing for GED
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Adult education
Phase 4: Experience
Phase 5: Employment and Crossroads
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Meet Tasha,
Recycling Center Receptionist
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It took Tasha years to
find her purpose in life, but now she's clean and sober and
living for Christ. Tasha works at the Mission's recycling
program as a program intern.
Several years ago, Tasha had two children and was pregnant with
her third. When she got news her husband was to get out of
prison she was happy, that is until her landlord said they had
to move.
"We ended up living in our car, traveling across the
country. We stayed at several Rescue Missions, getting work when
we could."
But the Department of Children and Families were called in and
the children were taken away.
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"I was devastated, but wasn't
really able to take care of them."
That's when Tasha said she
turned to harder drugs. To help ease the pain.
During that time Tasha even
lost her car and license and started living at a weekly motel
where she met the wrong crowd. She eventually lost her job and
ended up at the Panama City Rescue Mission.
While back she had a few weeks
of sobriety, thanks to the friendships she formed through the
Rescue Mission. Those attempts were positive, but those
attempts weren't based on Jesus, so they didn't last. She helped
rob a local store and spent the night in jail. That's
where Tasha realized she had to change.
"I made a friend in the
Mission who was joining the program. I finally broke down
and admitted that I needed some help, too. My husband was still
in jail and I could visit him while I was further along in my
program at Bethel Village."
That's when a miracle happened
in their lives. Tasha said that through seeing what God
had done for her at the Mission, her husband also chose to try
the recovery program. They are both doing well and look forward
to what the Lord has in store for them.
"I don't know, maybe I can
get a full time job at the Mission so I can keep helping
others!"
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Bethel
Village Graduate Becomes Volunteer Coordinator Staff Member
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Jacki Dumas,
48, officially promotes to Volunteer Coordinator Staff at the
September recovery program graduation ceremony. Held the
first Wednesday of each month, students share their testimony at
this festive celebration.
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Jacki Dumas, 48, lost a great job
due to her addictions. But thanks to the support of Bethel
Village, she now finds new purpose in life.
She was once a nurse at a hospital
in Mobile, Ala.
Jacki says that for 18 years while
working as a nurse, she never thought about stealing drugs until
1996. For two years, she got away with it. While she did
attend a program before, it wasn’t until she came to the
Rescue Mission that things began to change.
This is Jacki's second time at the
mission.
The first time, she stayed six
months and then went back home to Mobile. When she found herself
falling back into old habits, Dumas returned to Panama City.
“Us addicts learn the hard
way,” Dumas said.
Now that she's finished her
recovery program, she coordinates volunteers for the Panama City
Rescue Mission's many programs. She has impressed mission
officials with her professionalism and organization skills, both
much needed for the demanding position of a volunteer
coordinator.
“All of us are searching for
something to fill the emptiness; for me, that was drugs and
alcohol.”
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