Allowing us to tell our story gives us the opportunity to
verbalize for others and ourselves the pain we have endured
which is important in the long journey of healing and wholeness
in life.
• Participating in the BTL program is beneficial for victims of
crime because it releases pent up emotions and gets you out of
self and into helping another person or people.
• Putting ourselves in each others shoes educates us both and
brings out compassion and freedom of feelings on both sides!
• Provides the space, the time, the tools, and the opportunity for
victims to focus on their own journey of healing.
• Participating in the Bridges To Life program has helped me to
better understand and solidify my forgiveness journey.
• We know we may make an impact, by putting a face to the
crime, on the lives of people who may otherwise go out and
commit those same crimes again.
• Telling one’s story is a vital part of the healing process. It has
also allowed me to watch myself grow emotionally and
spiritually, providing a ruler of sorts by which to gauge my
growth.
• Telling one’s story is essential to the healing process.
• When you go through horrific events in your life and you know
that God pulled you through it with His Unconditional Love, it
needs to be shared. If my speaking to prisoners can uplift and
change one life, I am very satisfied.