Good news

It is important that we continually share some of the good news stories. Our centres see thousands of people and serve our community well. Here are a few examples:

Jack (names changed) is a refugee whose family fell apart while trying to settle in Australia. He was left alone with a high rental bill for a unit in Brighton, and a student payment from Centrelink. Our CSS team helped him extensively and he was placed in our Doorways programme. After a while he vanished, and so was followed up by his case manager. We discovered that he had found work and was involved in a neighbouring church. He came in to our centre today to thank us for the help he recieved, for the love and the follow up and also to speak about finding faith. He has offered to be a speaker for The Salvation Army whenever we are promoting our CSS services.

Bill (name changed) has struggled with alcoholism for years. He has averaged 3L of wine a day for the last 15 years and is now battling liver disease. He has been attending one of our services intermittently and came to CSS today for a referral to rehabiliation. He asked if we could pray with him. He declared both his faith and his dependance on God for help. This in itself must be the first step to his recovery, but he felt confident that if he needed support our church was the first place he could turn.

Fred (name changed) was a member of the Australian Defence Force until he was discharged, in part, due to his addictions. At a low point only two years ago he was involved in a single motor vehicle accident, partially under the influence of alcohol, partially due to being suicidal. Due to the support of a number of services connected with our church and the greater Salvation Army, he has turned his life around. Today he came in with his new family and was not only sober, but in full time employment again.

God is doing amazing things through Marion Salvation Army. Keep praying for our team, and keep up the good work of shining God's light in Adelaide's south.