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HIS HOUSE CHANGED MY LIFE!<br />
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“Imagine making a difference<br />
in the lives of the children at<br />
His House, where you can help<br />
put a smile on somebody’s face;<br />
where you can provide<br />
somebody with something they<br />
never had. Imagine the different<br />
success stories you’ll be able to<br />
hear in the years to come.”<br />
Agnes Saint Preux, a former resident<br />
of His House Children’s Home has<br />
much to be grateful for as she reflects<br />
on the many blessings she has<br />
received and how far God has brought<br />
her.<br />
Agnes entered the foster care<br />
system at a very young age after both<br />
of her parents died. She frequently<br />
moved from one foster home to<br />
another. At age 14, she was in an<br />
abusive relationship and became<br />
pregnant. Agnes found herself<br />
separated from her baby because very<br />
few facilities are equipped to<br />
accept both teenage mothers and<br />
children. After she moved to His<br />
House, where it is always our goal to<br />
keep families together, Agnes was<br />
reunited with her baby, and they both<br />
resided at His House for the next year.<br />
At His House, Agnes found a safe,<br />
loving place to call home and started<br />
to believe that she could overcome her<br />
past and become all God had<br />
created her to be. She learned<br />
important life skills such as managing<br />
money, cooking, dressing<br />
appropriately and developing healthy<br />
self-esteem. Her joy was restored and<br />
she began to look forward to a bright<br />
future. With much encouragement,<br />
and the help and support of His House<br />
staff, mentors and volunteers, Agnes<br />
was inspired to go to college. Having<br />
graduated from Miami-Dade College<br />
with an associate degree, Agnes is<br />
now enrolled at Florida International<br />
University, Studying Sociology with a<br />
minor in Journalism. With a passion to<br />
give back and make a difference in the<br />
lives of others, Agnes now<br />
mentors children, especially foster<br />
kids. She lets them know that they too<br />
can overcome any situation, get a<br />
college education and aspire to be<br />
their best selves.<br />
Agnes is very appreciative of the<br />
stable home His House provided for<br />
her and her baby, and cannot imagine<br />
what life would have been like without it.
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