
Over the past 14 years, we have had 100's of men and women enter our Regenesis personal development recovery program. We have heard countless stories of people from broken homes, survivors of domestic abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, and many more tragic backgrounds. Here at our program, some of our intakes have built a relationship with Jesus Christ for the first time in their lives and have broken their cycle of depression and poor life choices. We have witnessed people suffering from decades of drug abuse go completely sober. We have also witnessed people who never had a healthy relationship with their families become better parents, husbands, wives, sisters, and brothers. Please read some of the testimonies of how Regenesis has changed lives and from families whose fear of losing their loved ones ended.

Growing up I had 2 mothers. I had one who was fun loving, kind, always tried to be fair, who showered me with love and praise, and who brought me Ukrops cupcakes after work. And I had another who cursed at me, left me at home alone until 2 or 3 am because she was out doing whatever it is she did, made me hide in the back seat of our car when she took me with her to buy drugs, stole my birthday money, returned my clothes and sometimes our food for money, robbed stores and begged for money with me right there, did drugs with me in the same room, and once, slapped me across the face when I got in the way of her drugs.
Her addiction took her away. It took her soul and made her do terrible things. It made me wonder why I was never enough for her to stay clean and led to me having lifelong problems with anxiety and depression. It made her stay with a man who bullied me and emotionally abused me. It took every ounce of light out of her eyes. She got so dark. And then she’d get clean and I’d get some of that light back. And then she’d go to jail or start lying about where the grocery money went and I knew she’d found her way back to her addiction. As I grew older I got to the point where I couldn’t stand to think about her, much less be around her. So when I was barley an adult I made the decision to cut her out of my life. The constant worry of getting a phone call saying she was dead ate me alive but the pain of seeing her as an addict was too much to bare. She wasn’t at my wedding. I didn’t want her to meet my son. She was a patient at the same hospital I worked at for years and I was so embarrassed that my coworkers knew where I came from.
But then, she found Regenesis. She’d been through drug court and other rehabs and they never stuck. It was never very long before she went down that road again. But now here we are 4 years later and not only is she still clean, but she is an extremely involved Gigi who my son knows and loves, and I have gotten my mother back. This program gave me that fun loving, kind, and caring mom back. Becoming an adult, a mother myself, and an RN I’ve learned so much about addiction and the grip it has on people. I have learned that not only is my mother human, but that she had her own trauma and grew up in an unfair situation that led her down that path. I understand her more now than I ever have. I have the words “Serenity, Courage, Wisdom” tattooed on my back and never even realized until years after I got that, that I learned that prayer in NA meetings with her as a little kid. It’s a constant reminder that no matter how low she got, she always tried to come back to me. Regenesis helped her find God and helped her stay on the path to being her true self. I will forever be thankful for this program and the village they have given her.🌱
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My name is Felicia and I met Melissa while working for a mental health agency here on the shore. Upon getting Melissa on my caseload I knew I was faced with a challenging case. I knew she had a history of mental health and substance abuse but according to her she did not struggle with addiction any longer. Melissa always cared for her children the best way she could. As time went on I began to notice a change, she wasn't keeping herself up, no longer cooking, bills not getting paid, her house was a complete disaster, she wasn't being truthful and her behaviors proved to be risky and dangerous. There where times there was no food in the home, I remember once she caught her kitchen stove on fire from being under the influence and passing out. I never knew what kind of call I would get from her oldest daughter Lydia who at one point I allowed to come stay with me. Melissa would go days without sleeping, would be seen walking the streets staggering. Seeing this, seeing the hurt in her children really broke me. It made me realize addiction is a far more than someone waking up and choosing alcohol or drugs. It takes over you, it's an illness and the only way out is through help and admitting you have a problem. Several times Melissa was sent to a rehab facility but it never worked out, she would come back and within a week she was back to old habits. Towards the end things got really bad, I was faced with challenging decisions on to report to social services, not get her any more financial help to get or keep her lights on, not help her pay her rent as her kids were still there and needed a place to stay. I knew the only true way to help her was to allow her to hit rock bottom. I worried about disclosing to social services as I had a great relationship with Melissa and her children, I worried where would her kids go. But I knew she needed help, and regardless of what I could lose (the trust of the family, the relationships I had built with them) that Melissa losing her life and her children was far greater!! Best decision I ever made! Melissa was then given the choice of rehab as she was risking losing her children which she would NEVER want!
When Melissa started Regenesis, I knew after a month this program was different. She wasn't able to just come home, she had responsibilities, she was getting a closer relationship with God, she was surrounded by great people. Melissa had always had faith, and always talked about God, yet you could tell she was struggling and needed a change in her environment. That all changed!!!
Melissa is a completely different person. She is finally going after goals she often talked about,
She has her own place, she's stable, she’s happy, she’s getting back in school, holding a job and just being healthy!! I highly, highly recommend this place!! Definitely saved Melissa!!!
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He heard me and a week later I got a visit from a pastor who told me about God and I accepted Jesus and was saved right there through the glass of the visitors window at Riverside. From there I went through a faith-based recovery program but I just wasn't ready, so after a couple years I ended up relapsing right in the place where I had learned about God. I went back out on the street for another number of years until I found myself with multiple hospital stays because of blood infections due to using dirty and overused needles. I almost died more than once with heart infections and abscesses on my spine. After 2 years of spending 3/4’s of that time in and out of a hospital I finally came to the realization that I was going to die soon. I had heard about Regenesis from my caseworker in detox so I called. I had no money and only the clothes on my back and they accepted me just as I was. During my time in the women's home I not only learned about God, but I learned how to have a relationship with God how to put him first how to think of him when making decisions and started to want to make Him proud. I also learned how to listen to the Holy Spirit and know that it was God speaking to me. I realized that God had been with me all along through the times I should have died and didn't. The pastors and overseers at Regenesis helped me see that I'm still here because I have a calling on my life, much more than the drug addict I had accepted being. I have a calling to help people in my same situation, come out from under the hand of the enemy and to show them that God has something so much better for them. In the four years I've been at Regenesis, I have restored the relationship with both of my oldest children and I have a relationship with my 14-year-old son. Also I'm in a relationship with an amazing Godly man . I got my license back after 10 years, I own a car, and I opened a bank account. I live in a beautiful ministry apartment and I'm on staff at Regenesis as a Thrift Store Manager. I am a leader here and I have been taught by my mentors what it means to be a Godly woman. Regenesis has made it possible for me to work and live in a place that keeps me accountable and at the same time I get to pour into men and women struggling with addiction and coming into the program behind me. Watching other addicts being transformed from death to life the way I was transformed, is the biggest blessing in my life. I have been changed in the four years I've been at Regenesis and I can never ever imagine a life without God in the center of it, or without my Regenesis family. So if you're reading this and you're struggling, hurting, sick and stuck in a place of accepting that there's nothing better for you, I am walking, talking, living, breathing, proof that God can change your life, just like He has mine, this is my story of Grace and if He can change me, He can change anyone. So please call Regenesis it can help change your life! -KS 🌱
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Regenesis allowed me to not just live and work but actually learn, become a leader, walk hand and hand mentoring me in all areas of life, spiritual and everyday life skills. They have the love of Jesus as well as a covering, but they have real life processes they have walked through themselves, learned, been taught and continue to pour them out into their team on a daily basis! My life is changed because of Jesus, my life is changed because of the willingness that my leadership here at Regenesis is investing in each individual.
We are now a family of six because God has seen fit to add a nephew to our family, we are honored and forever grateful for Regenesis who has never turned away our hearts .
So if you are in relationship with your addiction like I was, Regenesis is here for you, I’m here for you . I will pour my heart out, walk through it with you just as my leaders have me. Jesus sat with the sinners, let me sit with you today .
If your willing and ready, Regenesis is the place to be. Growth happens in this place. What I imagined was a house manager, but what God imagined was way more, without my leaders I would not be where I am today .
Five short years later I am now the Program Director as well as the Womens House Manager and a ordained Pastor.
Philippians 1:6
I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
-April Parrish
Regenesis Program Director
Women's Home Director
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Addiction is a terrible disease. It destroys lives. It kills the individual and causes misery to those who love the addict. Not only does the individual lose the quality of his/her life, but family and friends lose the qualify of their lives as well. No one is immune from the addiction trap. The addiction demon wants only one thing, to kill and destroy the lives of as many as can be taken. After a terrible car accident, I witnessed my son go from a loving, carefree, intelligent, and capable adult to the deepest depths of addiction. It started with the opioid drugs prescribed to him by uncaring doctors filling a quota, to buying the medicating off the black market, to trying heroin and the trap was sprung. To the deepest depths of human suffering. All the while family and loved ones unknowingly enabled his addiction by trying to help. By giving him money. By buying things and doing things he should have been doing for himself. This is the great lie we tell ourselves when faced with losing a loved one to addiction. That somehow, they will snap out of it and recover on their own. I have come to realize a horrible truth. There are only two ways out of addiction. Death or recovery. It’s a hard truth to come too. Drug and alcohol addiction are killers and unless a person gets the help and treatment needed, death is the only outcome. I witnessed my son recover, and relapse more times than I can count. Every program he submitted himself too was state sponsored and didn’t really address the root cause of his suffering. On his last relapse, he overdosed and died. Literally. The emergency crew gave him CPR and Narcan hoping to revive him to no avail. Only after using several Narcan doses and a heart defibrillator, were they able to get his heart beating again. Back into another 30-day state sponsored recovery program. All the old methods used that had failed him in the past. After the money ran out, they pronounced him recovered and sent him back on his way to fend for himself. As time moved on, he did all the tasks taught to him but suddenly unable to cope with the stresses of life, along with a stack of court hearings and facing jail he came close to relapsing again and knew this time would be his last relapse and death awaited him. He reached out for help. We reached out for help to get him into another program but wanted something different this time. He found a program in VA and was dropped off there to start his recovery program. The members of that program decided he wasn’t a good fit for their program since he failed to complete the full program in the past. All seemed lost. But the program coordinator reached out to Regenesis and they accepted my son into the program without hesitation. This program has proven itself to be a Godsend and has changed my son’s life. The leaders of this program are God centered and work with the individual and don’t treat them as a statistic. They genuinely care for the individual and guide them out of the darkness and into the light. From detoxing to learning new life skills to help them cope with the extra challenges a life of recovery. From living a miserable existence to fulfilling all the promises of a life well lived. Regenesis builds and restores people to where God intended for them to be. It is a lifelong road to recovery. Over the past year, my son has gone from the bottom of the pit to standing on his own and becoming more self-sufficient in his life. His faith has become stronger and lessons taught in the program has given him a clear perspective. He is being restored in every area of his life, from reconciling his criminal background, to a good paying job, to finding a place to live and his own transportation. He is restoring relationships long broken and becoming the man he was meant to be. I can’t thank the staff at Regenesis for their unconditional love and patience leading my son to a better life. Life has no guarantees, but this time, I believe the odds are in his favor and to God be all the glory. If you, or a loved one, are trapped in drug or alcohol addiction and can’t find your way out, Contact Regenesis! They can help, but you need to take that first step to a life of recovery. 🌱 JW
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I was very unsure and apprehensive about what the next nine months of my life were going to be like. There were several days that I wanted to quit; but persevering was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
At Regenesis, I restored my relationship with God. Pastor Gary and my other leaders have taught and shown me that our relationship with God goes much farther than simply “being saved.” I found my true identity and as a result, I’ve gained a healthy self-esteem and I hold my head high because shame and guilt no longer define me. I no longer suffer from depression after 30 years of torment.
My leaders have also helped me discover my talents and how to handle difficult situations. I went through a divorce and my brother died unexpectedly. Before, I would have gotten high and drunk to deal with those situations but instead, I turned to God and leaned on my leaders and friends to get me through because here, I found out what REAL, unconditional love is.
Regenesis helped me get my drivers license back after 11 years. I started working here and found out my passions (which is cooking and serving others) and they’ve allowed me to do that with full support. I bought a car MYSELF for the first time ever. All my other cars had been given to me or my ex-husband bought them. I started back to college after 20 years. I had to have two surgeries on my foot while I was here which prevented me from doing my regular job, so they found something for me to do so that I could continue to get paid.
The first 30 days as a student, you are on “blackout” which means no contact with family. Easter was less than two weeks after I got here. We were doing something in the park for the town of Petersburg. They told me to call my children and tell them to come. I was able to spend the day with them. They made it possible for me to go to my son and one of my daughter’s high school graduations. I was also able to go to one of my son’s college football games. I have my own apartment and my children come to stay the weekend or the week. So my relationship with my children has been restored. They are very adamant about having a relationship with your family, especially your children. I also found the love of my life which I will be marrying in September.
Although I wanted to run away as fast as I could sometimes because learning to be responsible, getting corrected in love, completely learning how to live a healthy, rewarding life and going from stinking thinking to right thinking is very hard - staying here is without a doubt the best decision of my life. -ML
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I volunteer with the House of Esther because I believe King’s words that we are called to do a job and that we should do that job well. And I want to work with an organization that is doing its job well. Regenesis and the House of Esther provide biblical and job training that give women the opportunity to change their lives. In over a decade, I have seen families reunited, recovery from addiction, and cycles of poor decision-making broken. Through God’s grace and a commitment by the women, I have witnessed people go from broken and distraught to confident and at peace. I Timothy 2:5-6b says “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all…” One thing I love about this verse is that there are no caveats as to who Jesus gave His life for. He died for all. There is no way to misunderstand that simple word. No person’s sin or past is so bad that Jesus can’t forgive it! So it doesn’t matter who you are. That simple word “all” means just what it says. Prostitutes, pastors’ wives, and every walk of life in between have come through the program over the years. People with various criminal backgrounds, addicts or those in recovery, persons suffering from neglect and abuse or persons who were the abuser, and differences in education, careers, or family situations don’t matter! “All” are welcome. “All” can find hope. “All” can find healing. “All” can find a better way, a path to restoration and peace through Jesus Christ 🌱. -KK
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This way of life was new to me and I knew nothing about the bible or prayer and worship. At Regenesis they taught me to memorize scriptures and through the washing of the water of the Word my mind began to change and my heart began to soften. They gave me many opportunities to use my gifts of serving ,teaching, and managing. They saw something in me that I did not see. They saw what Jesus sees. And even though it isn't always easy to love difficult people they never stopped loving on me and believing in me. The program is so much more than just a rehab. It is an eternal family that nurtures your eternal being. They planted seeds of righteousness and love in me that have been being watered by the Lord. I look back and I am so grateful that even when I wanted to give up my Regenesis family wouldn't. I thank God everyday for them. Today I am being a light to the lost and bringing joy to others through the power of God's spirit alive in me. -LW 🌱
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Regensis showed me how to manage life on life’s terms, and how to handle situations that I never thought I could work thru. I gave it all to God. That is what got me through when I felt I didn’t think I could.
Now I have a good support system, and a woman that will be by my side no matter what happens. I have a steady job and can support myself financially and have never been able to do that before. I have joy in my life now that I never experienced. No matter what the situation, I now know that joy, peace and comfort I found, can never be taken away. I’m now also a man that people want to be around and family, friends and co-workers know they can now depend on me. I would like to give a BIG thank-you to every staff member at Regensis. -DH
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my left lung collapsed with a tear in my diaphragm and my spleen ruptured. It was only by God’s grace & mercy I survived.
The doctors gave me a 20% chance to live. They put me on high amounts of opiate pain medication due to the extent of my injuries. This went on for two years while I was getting all the surgeries I needed to fix my damaged body. Then pain management for another 5 years. Eventually the pills weren’t enough because my tolerance went up. Now I was hooked.
I transitioned to hard street drugs like heroin and cocaine. I’ve overdosed over 20 times and I should be dead. God had a different plan for my life. I was led to the Regenesis program in June of 2021.
When I got here I wanted one thing to have a closer relationship with God. Getting high, I’ve found, was a symptom of my life being unbalanced mentally, physically, and spiritually. I have been blessed with a great deal since I’ve applied myself to the journey to sobriety and reconciliation with God. It’s been a process and hard work, although, it is worth it. I love my life today. It is not perfect by any means, and that’s okay. I’ve learned skills to cope with life on life’s terms. With God the impossible had been made possible. Everything that I thought I had lost in my addiction is systematically being restored in my life
and in ways I couldn’t imagine, such as, my family, relationship with my son, freedom, finances and a stable productive life. Most of all, I am grateful for another chance at life. Praise God!
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-Nichole ❤️
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I found out about the Regenesis program and applied and was accepted. I’ve been here now since 12/17/20, and graduated in October 2021 and I have changed my life completely. This program taught me how to live life. Taught me about God and his freedom. I’ve grown tremendously in so many ways. They taught me how to have a work ethic, helped me get my kids back in my life. My husband is currently in the program now and they are helping us work on our marriage and become better people and parents. I could go on all day about the changes that I’ve made in my life since coming to Regenesis. All I know is that The family that I’ve gained at Regenesis has stood by me while I’ve struggling and changed my life for the better and I am forever grateful. My life has changed forever and I can’t wait to see where God is gonna take me from here!!! There is hope!! Call today!! 804-451-4481

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After seeing many doctors and doing physical therapy I was sent to pain management for my chronic pain. The pain management doctor placed me on Oxycontin and Percocet. At this time I was in nursing school and really believed in our health system and my doctor's. I was told that I was dependent and not addicted like an addict. I was different!!! I had NOTHING to worry about! Boy, were they wrong!!! As you can imagine nursing school was stressful and before I graduated I quickly realized that these medications not only relieved my physical pain but my mental pain and almost made me feel super human. I graduated nursing school and landed a job in the operating room as a Registered Nurse. After 2 years of taking them as prescribed, I started taking them for almost anything and needed more and more. Then one day my doctor abruptly left the practice and I was given a new doctor. My new doctor knew I had a problem and kicked me out as a patient, only writing me one script and saying good luck getting in some where else.
I didn't know what to do. I was convinced I didn't have an issue and that I needed these medications to survive. Having no where to get pain medication I ended up at a methadone clinic because the sickness from withdrawal and having to experience my physical pain was more than I could bare.
However, going to a methadone clinic only lead me to meet other people who had this similar addiction and I started to spiral out of control, doing anything I could get my hands on. My addiction was no longer manageable. It was managing me.
I slowly started loosing everything I had worked hard for. Lost my job and shortly after my family and home. I attempted suiced countless times until the last time when I ended up in a coma hooked up to machines in the ICU. I was so mad at God for not taking me because I thought I was done. But God knew I wasn't done and had a plan.
I spent 14 days in the hospital and was finally released when I found a rehab that could take me. No one wanted to take me but Regenesis did! They looked past my multiple health issues that the doctors claimed I had.
These beautiful, loving and caring people at Regenesis knew how the power of God could heal ANYTHING and truly believed that it would happen and it did!!
It brings me to tears when I think about where I used to be and where I am now and it's all because God and Regenesis. -MT
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