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Abandoned at birth… alone most of his life… Gabe has been on a quest to quench his thirst for a forever Family<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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You can\u2019t live in the desert without knowing what \u201cthirst” feels like. But \u201cparched” is altogether different. It means \u201cdried out with heat” \u2013 describing the process of literally cooking the water out of something. Gabe knows what it\u2019s like to be parched. Living behind the public library in Chandler, he\u2019s fortunate to have survived our streets when summer temperatures were at their deadliest. Today, he returns to pound the pavement for Phoenix Rescue Mission\u2019s Code:Red initiative. He\u2019s a new man with a new purpose \u2013 to hand out bottles of life-saving cold water to the parched. But Gabe\u2019s motive goes far beyond just saving lives. For him, each bottle represents a special invitation. You see, Gabe recently tasted what it\u2019s like to have a forever family for the first time in his life \u2013 and he\u2019s thirsty for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was 43 years ago that Gabe was found abandoned on the steps of a police station, his umbilical cord freshly cut. Although he was adopted seven months later by a woman in Oregon, it wasn\u2019t a forever home. After suffering a mental breakdown, she kicked him out of the house when he was just 12 years old. \u201cFrom that time on, I was always bouncing from different friends\u2019 houses. I\u2019d stay a week here, a week there, sometimes a month, but I\u2019d always end up getting in some kind of trouble. I was never truly a part of anything. I was always someone else\u2019s problem. Then, when I was 15, I discovered meth. Everything else in the world took a backseat to that.” With nothing connecting him to his \u201chometown,” he took his newfound passion and hit the road to try and make it on his own. \u201cIt was a transient lifestyle,” Gabe admits. \u201cI would always find jobs that would keep me on the road, living out of hotels. All my life, everything I owned could fit in a couple of bags.” The years passed and Gabe found out the hard way that his addiction was leading him to a dead end. He wound up in Chandler, homeless and living behind the library. Depression set in. \u201cI realized I wasn\u2019t going anywhere. I was always starting over, always losing everything, always disappointed in myself. It was a dark time.” Gabe started to entertain thoughts of suicide. But then life took a turn when he was arrested and sent to Tent City for possession of a large amount of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While inside, he encountered something that would cause him to rethink his position \u2013 Phoenix Rescue Mission\u2019s BRIDGE Program. \u201cI\u2019d never been a Christian; I didn\u2019t really know what I believed at that point. If someone talked about God, I would shut myself off to it. But for whatever reason, the genuine way they spoke started sticking. I kept going back week after week over the course of three months. God really put them in a place for our paths to cross when I needed it the most.” Daryl Burkes and John Humphries, who were teaching the class at the time, invited Gabe to the Phoenix Rescue Mission when his sentence was up. He wasn\u2019t prepared for what he would find. \u201cIt [Phoenix Rescue Mission] was another world from what I was used to, coming out of jail. The guys here were happy, they were smiling, it seemed like they cared about each other! I didn\u2019t know what it was. It was new to me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But he did know one thing: \u201cI wanted to stay! And I really haven\u2019t looked back.” The first chance he got, Gabe signed up for our Men\u2019s Recovery program. Today he\u2019s a new man, a graduate of not only our Recovery Program, but our Servant Leadership program and our rigorous Ministry Training program. Even better, he\u2019s not alone anymore. He\u2019s found his home in Christ and regularly tags along with the Hope Coach in an effort to expand his new forever family! \u201cWith each bottle of water, you\u2019re planting a seed, you\u2019re telling someone they are cared about who may not have anyone to tell them that. You have a lot of repeat contact out there. Slowly people start to trust you. You begin to see their faces light up when they see you. Little things bloom into something great.” Gabe has applied for a staff position and hopes to become a part of our community outreach program. To God goes the glory, but Gabe also has you and friends like you to thank for his newfound transformation. \u201cThis is a special place and a special program. You would never know it driving by. But God is in this place. God is on this campus. I\u2019ve been given a direction, I think, for the first time ever \u2013 to serve the Lord. Something greater than me has given me a whole new outlook. It\u2019s changed me.”<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":8710,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"prm_story_category":[],"class_list":["post-8701","prm_story","type-prm_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGabe's Story - Phoenix Rescue Mission<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixrescuemission.louderstaging.com\/es\/stories\/gabe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gabe's Story - Phoenix Rescue Mission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abandoned at birth… alone most of his life… Gabe has been on a quest to quench his thirst for a forever Family You can\u2019t live in the desert without knowing what \u201cthirst” feels like. 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