John Nelson, Families Recover
Proverbs 24:8-9 (ESV) Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.
John Nelson is a longtime friend and supporter of WCNO. John began by saying that when he was younger, the rules didn’t apply to him. This caused him to become an inmate in the jail system – a lot, and homeless – a lot. But he learned that you can’t go back to where you came from. Today, after much heartache and losing his wife to a drug overdose, John spends his time rescuing people from the streets, from the life of addiction and back to being productive citizens.
John said – he had a ‘rescue’ yesterday. A woman he knew, Jamie had been using Fentanyl for the past 3 months. She was in very bad condition. Through the connections that John has, he was able to get her the help she needed. He walker her into New Horizons yesterday.
When John helps someone, and the drug dealer’s phone number is in the phone, he turns it over to the local authorities.
John says Families Recover has been debt free for 13 years, but they need financial help! They need donations to operate! Families Recover helps single moms who have been clean for a year by giving them a car. John thanked WCNO for the auto that was donated to the station. When this car was donated to WCNO, Jonathan said “I gotta call John! Gotta call John!”. He said, the station could have sold it for a few dollars, “but the car came in – and Together, we can do so much more”.
John said, there are a lot of people that can afford to help, some even with large donations. Later, he restated that Families Recover needs your donations. It is a 501(c)3 so you can receive a receipt for taxes.
You can contact John Nelson anytime – 772-285-5828 or by going to the website: FamiliesRecover.org
As always, you can hear this entire interview on WCNO.COM – ON DEMAND
