Travis will be completing the Foundation (one year) Program in August:
"I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior at the age of six, at Flynn Assembly of God in Flynn, Texas. My mother raised me in church. I was raised by a genuine, true blue, God fearing mama, it didn’t matter if we were sick, we were going to church on Sundays. When I was approximately seven, one Sunday, my mama took me to the front of the church, the pastor Brother Harris anointed my head and my mama dedicated me back to the Lord.
From an early age, I learned how to walk to Christ and why to walk with Christ. Life went on and just like every young, dumb boy I started choosing my own way. Eventually I came to the northwest, met a girl and became a daddy and husband at the age of 18. At the age of 23, my wife started having an affair and she left me and our daughters, who were three and four years old. This left me lost, hurt and absolutely devastated. I was now a single dad with two youngsters to care for who still needed my full time attention.
Without a choice, I kept moving as well as I could. It was at that time at church one Sunday morning I knew God was calling me to the ministry. My wife was still gone and it was just me and the kids when I said “yes Lord” and began my journey. During this time, I never stopped praying for God to restore my family, crying out “Please Lord”, then one day God answered my prayer and she was back, we rebuilt our relationship, reestablished trust. She was home. I became the youth pastor of a church we attended, we had a third child and went on with life. That lasted about five years and like a fly ball from left field, taken to the head, I found out my wife was having an affair with her supervisor at work. She left again abandoning me and now Three kids. I lost my mind. I left church, became consumed with hate towards God and her, fueling that with alcohol and started down a path of destruction.
I got in trouble with the law during that time, became very bitter towards God and life itself. I no longer had a desire to live. Eventually, by the grace of God, this led me to Adult & Teen Challenge where the Lord started breaking down the strongholds in my life. Through the time spent here, my heart is being softened, hope is being restored and I have a bright outlook on my future."
