heroin intravenously. Onemonth before coming to TC, Itotaled my car, but walkedaway without a scratch. Twoweeks later, I overdosed andwas clinically dead for over aminute on the emergency roomtable.

These events convinced me tochange my life. My grand-mother told me about TeenChallenge and I came seekinghelp. On the second night inthe program, I gave my heart toGod.

The Lord has used Teen Chal-lenge to change my entire life,and I am grateful for that. NowI understand His amazing planfor me and that He has a pur-pose for my life. My life verse isColossians 1:21-22.

My father died when I was al-most five, but Mom workedhard to give us a good life,though we were poor. Despitemy mom’s best efforts to raise me right, I started smokingweed and drinking by age 13 toescape my bitter reality,

Throughout high school I triedevery drug I could get myhands on. Friends told me thatGod loved me and warned me

about hard drugs, but I ignoredthem. With all the bad things Ihad experienced, I had a hardtime believing that God lovedme, so I continued to use drugsregularly. In my late teens I fellin love with a girl, and becausemy focus and attention was somuch on her, I would only drinkor smoke weed occasionally.When she left me after fiveyears, I was devastated. Ijumped headfirst into drugs toease the pain and heartache.

After attending a 30-day pro-gram for OxyContin addiction. Istayed clean for two years butrelapsed again. I suddenly real-ized that everything my friendshad predicted was true; I wasaddicted to hard drugs. Duringthe year before I came to TeenChallenge, I regularly shot up

Was Dead, But Now I Am Alive In Christ

We are happy to announce our9th Annual Teen ChallengeGolf Tournament and SilentAuction, May 21st, 2012. Thecost for a single player is $200,and a basic foursome is $800.There are a variety of businessor organizational sponsorshipopportunities available thatcan provide great advertisingand PR, from a simple holesponsor up to the Title Spon-

sorship at $8,500. This pre-mium sponsor enters threefoursomes of golf, 18 holesigns advertise the business,and a full-page color ad in ourprogram. Ads are also availablein our tournament program.The day includes a cook-out anexcellent dinner and the silentauction featuring some out-standing values. If you haveitems of value you would like tocontribute to this fundraiser,please contact us by phone oremail so arrangements can bemade to list in the program.

Please call Rick Merkle, eventcoordinator, at 410-382-6286if you have questions aboutthe tournament.

Sidewalk Son-D School officiallykicks off on May 5th withweekly programs planned forCollington Square Park, CliftonPark, and Patterson Park. Ifyou’re interested in being a part of this great outreach tothe children of our city, eitherphysically or financially, give usa call, email us, or go to ourwebsite for further details.Volunteers are needed now.

The Brand New Man Newsletter

Giving to Teen Challenge

Teen Challenge of Baltimore isa registered 501(c)3 non-profitcorporation; therefore, yourgifts are tax-deductible. Be-cause of your generous support,we offer low-cost services tothose in need at a fraction ofthe cost of most substanceabuse and prevention pro-grams.

Teen Challenge Needs YourEmail Address: Because of theincreasing cost of printing andpostage, wherever possible wewould like to communicate withyou via email, our website,Facebook, YouTube, etc. Send-ing your email address to uswill help us communicate fasterand with less cost.

Teen Challenge of Baltimore, MarylandApril 2012 Volume 2: Issue 1

Inside this issue:

Dead Man Now Alive 1

Golf Tournament Coming 1

Sidewalk Son-D School 1

Cuba Mission Trip 2

Impact Baltimore 2

New Building Fund 2

Matt Walsh

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Directors: Rev. Bill & Joyce ParksFundraising Coordinator: Joan AdamsPhone: 410-592-5203Community Outreach & Media: R.L. BeebePhone: 410-961-9529House & Intake Coordinator: Alex DegrasseWorship and Evangelism: Juan DelgadoTC House Phone: 443-848-5232E-mail: BaltimoreTC@Comcast.net

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week as the team conductsdaily seminars and ser-vices. Juan will also be sing-ing and sharing his testi-mony. Our team hopes tomeet some of the needschurches and pastors’ fami-lies. Some church roofs havebeen destroyed by recenthurricanes.

IMPACT Baltimore will beheld in three inner city parks:Clifton Park, Mund Park andPatterson Park, the weeks ofJune 24-29, July 8-13, andAugust 12-17. Teams fromaround the city and Mary-land, Pennsylvania, Virginiaand other locations will bejoining us as we reach out tothe homeless, broken, af-flicted, and addicted during

April 18-27, Executive Direc-tor Bill Parks and JuanDelgado will be traveling toEastern Cuba for pastorsconferences April 18-26.Cuba is still the only commu-nist country in the westernhemisphere.

This will be pastor Bill’s 28thtrip to Cuba and Juan’s first. We believe all our staffat Teen Challenge need toexperience missions at sometime and we plan to takeothers to Cuba and variednations in the future.

Juan could use some finan-cial help for this trip; he willbe interpreting for PastorStan Williams, Bishop LeeWhitaker, and Pastor Bill all

three weeks of mission to ourcity. We’d love to have you, your church, or family join us.Check out our site atwww.impactbaltimore.org

In Mid-December an offerwas made to the SalvationArmy for the Boys and GirlsClub, located on Clinton St.

Just 12 blocks from our pre-sent facility, We have beenwaiting patiently for overthree months with very little

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news. We have heard they likethe offer and are planning torespond soon, but we have nodefinite date nor official wordto share. We share this be-cause we know that many ofyou are anxious to help us withthis financial need.

Once a decision is made toaccept our offer, we will have a90-day study period duringwhich we must assess the costof needed repairs to the build-ing, zoning issues, etc. Renova-tions must then be completedbefore we can begin housingand training up to 30 adultmen.

To view the property or make apledge or contribution see:

http:www.baltimoretc.net/CenterExpansion.html.

IMPACT Baltimore

Cuba Mission

New Building Update