Read about the lives that are changing through the Angel Tree stories brought to you by the churches, children and families involved in this ministry of reconciliation.
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On the Other Side of Angel Tree |
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By Zoe Sandvig|Published Date: June 12, 2009
 Common reports show that children of prisoners may be up to seven times more likely than other children to go to prison themselves one day. When Angel Tree® volunteers give a gift at Christmas, or mentor a child, or send a child to summer camp, they're doing so with the hope that even just a few of these kids won't be swept away by the tragic trend of generational crime.
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 On December 1, 2008, our dear friend and brother Jose Abreu went home to be with the Lord. Jose was, as Chuck Colson has said, a true "Living Monument" to God's grace, mercy, and love.
Jose gave his life to the Lord while in prison, and, along with his dear wife Mayra, devoted the rest of his days sharing the love of Christ with prisoners and their families.
We will miss him very much, and we invite you to read his story, first written in 1993.
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By Zoe Sandvig|Published Date: June 04, 2009
 Twinges of fear plucked at 16-year-old Cory's mind as he jumped in the family car for a week of vacation with his parents and younger brother. He tried to shove away images of a similar journey years earlier-a journey that began with itches of excitement for a week of fun with his family and ended in a child's nightmare.
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Life-changing events can take years. Or a split second.
For Joe Avila, 51, the world turned upside down in one horrifying moment in September 1992—pierced with the sounds of screeching tires, crunching metal, shattered glass, and the last gasps of life.
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 Jessica had hit rock bottom: no money, no food, no rent. With a toddler and an infant to care for and her husband in prison, she began to wrack her brain to think of who could help her. She had burned bridges in the past. “I started thinking of who could help me… my grandma? My dad? Friends? Teachers?” Sobbing, she finally came to one conclusion. “There’s nobody on this earth who can help me.” And that’s when it clicked. She said it again aloud, “There’s no one on this earth who can help me.”
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An Unexpected Dinner Guest |
By Mark L. Earley|Published Date: June 04, 2009  A few days before Christmas in 2003 I got to hear first-hand about the impact of Angel Tree. My wife was out of town with our two oldest boys and not being one to want to unduly mess up the kitchen, I took our three youngest children out to dinner at Red, Hot & Blue, a barbeque diner in Leesburg, Virginia. It was a bitterly cold evening, and there was not much of me that was not bundled up even as I began to order. Mentally, I was in the same mood, I just wanted to huddle with the kids and keep to myself.
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