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\n\tPig farming is hard work. It\u2019s dirty and smelly. But for Victor, it\u2019s also fulfilling.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven in this humble job, I know that I have value and worth,\u201d Victor, who manages the Teen Challenge Honduras\u2019 Pig Farm, shared. Believing that his life has value is new for Victor. Growing up, he didn\u2019t feel loved or supported by family. In fact, he spent most of his life thinking that he was unlovable. \u201cMy father was an alcoholic,\u201d he says. \u201cI felt alone, sad and unprotected from my parents\u2019fights.\u201d<\/p>\n
By the time he was 12, he was desperate for an outlet. Some sort of peace or relief from the yelling and dysfunction.\u201cI started smoking cigarettes,\u201d Victor says.\u201cThey became an entry drug.\u201d A few years later, Victor was using cocaine and crack. \u201cIt helped me forget my problems at home. At least for a little while,\u201d he says. But when his only safe family member \u2014 his grandma \u2014 died, he felt even more alone and spiraled deeper into drugs. \u201cI felt like there were only two roads. Death or prison,\u201d Victor says.<\/p>\n
Then, Victor heard about Teen Challenge and he knew there was a third path he could take. \u201cWhen I came to Teen Challenge, it was the first time in my life that I felt like someone cared. I felt valuable. I found real knowledge about Jesus and now I can feel Jesus at work in my life.\u201d After 16 years living in the prison of addiction, Victor is finally free. He loves working on the pig farm because he knows he\u2019s part of something bigger. He knows that his work brings in money that keeps Teen Challenge Honduras running, helps to feed the students and staff, and he is learning important job skills that he will use the rest of his life. \u201cI can\u2019t say thank you enough,\u201d Victor says. \u201cWithout Teen Challenge, my life wouldn\u2019t be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pig farming is hard work. It\u2019s dirty and smelly. But for Victor, it\u2019s also fulfilling. \u201cEven in this humble job, I know that I have value and worth,\u201d Victor, who manages the Teen Challenge Honduras\u2019 Pig Farm, shared. Believing that his life has value is new for Victor. Growing up, he didn\u2019t feel loved or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n