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Dear Friend, Last week I began the E-Letter by telling you that I was going to write about two more amazing kids God has given me, yet, I only wrote about one, Jared; today, I want to write about that other young person God has blessed our ministry named Cassie. I met Cassie the first night I opened my home to some young people who had lived a very hard life and were on fire for Christ, yet had not found a safe place where they could come clean about their past and find expression for their passion. Angie had invited Cassie to come with her to our meeting; that night Cassie came clean with the group. Her story is an amazing tale of God's love and redemptive power. It is a story of a hard lived life of drugs, sex and abuse. But, most important, is a story of how once again Jesus reached out to those society considers unlovable and loved them into the kingdom. Cassie came to my office the next day, and like Angie and James, she believes that God has called her to work with Coming Clean Ministries. She believes that with our Lord, Jesus Christ, she has the power to change the world for Him. Who was I to argue with God? If He has called her, I needed to get out of the way. My role is to lead her, guide her, and empower her to do what our Lord, Jesus Christ, not Jorge, has called her to do. Cassie's heart is to work in the area of substance abuse. She is a recovering addict who went through treatment and then worked at a rehab facility for almost two years. She has extensive first hand knowledge in the field of substance abuse. Coupled with my heart to create a center with an evangelical voice to educate America that drugs are bad for you, and we immediately felt in our spirit to go forth. My friend, everyone that uses drugs knows that drugs are bad for you, but how do we become pro-active and not reactive as it relates to substance abuse. We want to educate America as to what makes people do drugs and how to identify the signs as well as what to do if someone we love falls to drugs. We want to implement a plan to help teenagers stop smoking-what believe is the gate way other drugs that leads to narcotics. There are many treatment facilities in America, but in reality most of them are nothing but an exotic vacation for addicts. Coming Clean Ministries wants to be the conservative resource that identifies those centers that are having high success rates and what it takes to get someone in them. Coming Clean Ministries is convinced that with Christ and your help we will win the war on drugs, not by catching all the bad guys, but by creating programs, which will enable our kids to make the right choices when they are faced with, to use or not to use drugs. Cassie has a passion to see other young people not fall into the world she fell into. She is passionate, and intelligent, but above all she is in love with Jesus. As Cassie and I work together to educate America that the drug problem is not a youth problem, is not a government problem, is not a church problem, and is not a parent problem but a nation's problem. Washington will not ever win the war on drugs, yet we will go on spending billions and continue to see thousands of our kids die. Coming Clean Ministries, you, and our Lord Jesus Christ will win this war. We will not allow Satan to continue to rob families of their children, their fathers, and their mothers. Pray for Cassie and praise God for giving her to you. God bless you, Jorge
Jorge Valdes, Ph.D.
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