For those of you that don’t know I was sexually abused as a child starting at the age of 8 until my early teens && this stripped away any sort of real happiness I could have ever had inside. It broke me. This led me to struggle with my schooling, my sports, substance abuse, self worth, depression, and major anxiety through out my whole life. God showed me that from a young age that I never stood a chance and since then I have been trying my hardest to get the help I need to get out of the head space I’ve been stuck in for a little over a year now with decent progress but I haven’t been able to get the help I need stuck in the same area these things happened to me. I have searched for many other alternatives then this go fund me. I’m pretty embarrassed it has come to this. I’m not scared to ask for help because I know in my heart how great I am inside. God showed it to me and I’m trying my hardest to get there. Ive lost out on a pretty big chunk of my life from these things. Parts I wish I could get back. Im trying to get into a program called “Our Masters Camp” out of Pikeville Tennessee, in Bledsoe County. It is a Christian based program for men who have been through the same traumatic life experiences I have been. I really feel deep down in my heart this could change my life for the better. The cost is $5000 for a three month minimum stay. I’m hoping if I can at least raise half of the said amount I can work out some sort of payment plan for the rest with the camp. Any and every donation means more to me then I could ever possibly express in words, && from the bottom of my heart I am grateful. I have a son who needs a better father in his life and I so badly want to help people find the same light I’ve been shown. I know after I’ve healed that I’m going to be able to help a lot of people like me. I know for certain that’s what I am meant to do here ♥️ Also it is very eye opening to me that there are little to no programs for men who have been sexually abused especially from such a young age as I was and I would like to fight for something like that in our state of IL. I have provided a link below to the webpage for the camp for your interest https://www.providencerecoveryplace.org/mens-recovery/