My name is Keegan Hollett and I am a child of God. I was born into a family of 5 and I was the middle child with two older brothers and two younger sisters. I was introduced to God through church and Sunday School as a young child. The example I was given at home did not match what I was being taught at church so I fell away and turned my back on God at about the age of eleven. I endured different types of abuse throughout my childhood and lost my mom to cancer when I was twelve. These things caused me to become angry with God and to blame him for everything. When I was eleven, I had my first bout with alcohol. I ended up hospitalized with alcohol poisoning where my heart stopped and I was fortunate to have survived. I know now God had a different plan for me and it wasn’t my time to go. I quickly progressed to marijuana and then on to harder drugs regularly. I in turn became very to the people around me and my life spiraled out of control. After several attempts at recovery in multiple rehabs, I reached out drunk, sick, and totally broken again to leadership at ShekinahGO Men’s Recovery Home.

When I arrived here in Moncton, I totally surrendered my will and life to God and put my faith in Jesus. I was delivered and given Grace and am learning to actively inspect my character and let the Holy Spirit renew my mind. I have dealt with grief from the death of my mother and am getting to the roots of other types of abuse through forgiveness and confession.

I am making amends with those that I have harmed and God is restoring family relationships. When a sinful thought or temptation comes up, I take the thought captive to the obedience of Christ as it says in scripture. I try to stay grateful each day. I don’t pretend to be perfect but I am growing every day. My favourite time of day now is spending time in Worship, God’s Word and Prayer. I want to live the rest of my life sober and showing others the Love that Christ showed to me. All the glory be to Him.