{"id":5434,"date":"2019-02-03T16:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.in2action.org\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:05:03","slug":"resident-remarks-feb-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in2action.org\/in2action\/resident-remarks-feb-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Remarks &#8211; Feb. 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Resident Remarks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kentis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel coming into the world the cards were stacked against me. Being born the third child of a young 20-year-old single mother living in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Southside Chicago (Roseland), my chances of success or even survival were slim. I became accustomed to violence, drug use, gang activity, and criminal activity at a young age. By age 24 I had been arrested or jailed 21 times, which managed to land me in the Missouri Department of Corrections for 18 months. As my release date was getting near I started looking for housing and I heard of In2Action through some people I was in treatment with. I sent my application in and received the guidelines and rules, my first thoughts were &#8220;so many rules&#8221;. I thought and prayed on my options and I kept being pointed back to In2Action. I knew going back to Chicago would have not been a good choice. I had a &#8221; chameleon&#8221; survival method at the time, I am very good at blending in with my environment. Put me around the color blue I turn blue, leave me with wolves I turn into a wolf, if I&#8217;m around trouble I become part of it. The environment I needed was one that would nurture my spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived at In2Action I knew it was something good. The first couple of days the residents went out of their way to welcome me into the house. The first morning wasn\u2019t so tough since I was used to waking up early and sticking to a strict schedule after leaving a Gateway Treatment Program. I was just happy to not be fenced in. We residents have a saying that you can come to In2Action and accidentally change your life. I was that accident! I had faith but not a strong faith. Giving my life to God changed me fully.<\/p>\n<p>I enrolled in a trade program at Job Point and found another group of people that wanted to succeed and be better. After 20 weeks of study, determination, and a 4.5-mile daily walk, I walked across a stage, received a diploma in one hand and shook the hand of the V.P. of Job Point with the other. My first ever graduation! \u2013 and that\u2019s only the second thing I\u2019m most proud of since coming to In2Action. First is being 6+ months sober after 15 years\u00a0of drug addiction. I plan on turning those months of sobriety into decades, furthering my education, and being the father I never had to my beautiful 8-year-old daughter. I recommend that anyone who wants to find the way to be a successful member of society come to In2Action, they know the answer. *Spoiler Alert!* It\u2019s putting God first. We are a family of God-fearing, God worshiping, God first men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resident Remarks Kentis I feel coming into the world the cards were stacked against me. Being born the third child of a young 20-year-old single mother living in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Southside Chicago (Roseland), my chances of success or even survival were slim. 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