09/23/2025
Congratulations Amber Calloway on FOUR YEARS! It is a blessing to see graduates continue living in freedom.
Who the Son sets free, is free indeed. (John 8:36)
🍁OCTOBER GRADUATE TESTIMONY🍁
My name is Amber. I am 29 years old. I have 3 boys and I'm from Owensboro, KY. I grew up in a dysfunctional home. I remember having a good life with my parents until the age of 5. My dad was a roofer and at the age of 5, he was electrocuted. The electricity blew his hands and feet off his body and also caused his heart to explode. A few years after that, my mom began her life of addiction. She left me and my 2 sisters at a babysitter's house and never came back to get us. We were molested everyday by the babysitter's husband and 3 sons. Everyday they would set us in the heat or paddle us if we would not let them mess with us. All I felt was fear, abandonment and a lot of insecurity. A year later, my grandma rescued me and my sisters from the abuse. I'll never forget the excitement that day! Once at my grandmothers, she began to show my oldest sister favoritism. It left me truly believing that I was truly unaccepted. I felt rejected, insecure, disapproved of, unwanted and the biggest one I was unlovable. At the age of 13, I started finding my identity in men, s*x and drugs to cover up all the pain and hurt I felt as a young girl. I ended up in jail over 8 different times, drug court, a group home, foster homes and eventually the streets. I had gone through 9 different rehabs. My life was out of control and almost seemed impossible to fix. I tried committing su***de 3 different times, which ended up with me in mental hospitals. I began to use Methamphetamines intravenously. I was at my lowest place in my entire life. I remember throwing myself down on the ground with every bit of my heart, crying out to God. I yelled at Him and said "God, if you are real, then reveal yourself to me"! Two days later, God revealed Himself to me. It gave me a vision in a mighty and powerful way and in that very moment, he removed my heart of stone and gave me a heart of flesh. He spoke to me and said "you are now clothed in the robe of righteousness. Not only do I the Father see you, but Jesus does as well". At that moment, I knew who the Father was. From 2016, when I got saved, until now, I have had battle after battle with the enemy. I've relapsed over 6 times, but I can now stand here and say that God has found me every time in the middle of my storms and rescued me. My story has been a story of rescue. It is also a story of the long and sustained pursuit by the one who loves her the most and knows her best, our Jesus.
September 2021, I was in another dark place. I was shooting up again, but this time, shooting up to take my life. I was determined to get out of this world where the enemy kept torturing me. But God! He once again reached down from heaven and spoke to me so clearly and told me that he was raising me up once and for all out of the life of brokenness and healing my soul. He was sending me to a place called Teen Challenge and he was going to bring restoration to me. No one had ever told me about Teen Challenge. Jesus did! There have been a couple different times the Holy Spirit has met me at the altar and his healing power and love has healed me. I felt it and I saw it. He has called me 6 extra months to stay and do an internship. He's using Teen Challenge to get me prepared for the calling he has on my life. On September 13th, I had 1 year sober and in March of next year, God has called me to the Teen Challenge College of Ministry in California. I am continuing to follow Jesus each step of the way. I love Jesus so much because He has loved me more than anyone I have known. His love is changing me.