I am a fifty two year old divorce' from a 25 year relationship which I wrecked through so many wrong moves, moves which for the most part were my own (something I could not admit ) prior to meeting Bob & Irma and learning of the great love affair Our God has called us into. They did not simply tell me of this love, but demonstrated it at every turn in our relationship! A relationship which I must tell you at first, was all them, They opened they're home to me and took me in when no one else would have me! I had gone as far out in to the worlds dark side that many of the criminal element which I had frequently associated with had even shut they're doors tome due to my mental instability, but every time I said or did something that most people would have called the police on me for or at least run me off never to speak to me again! they simply loved me more! oh sure I come from a rough back round and left home early and went my own way which fora man of my generation was doing something many of my peers never left home never sought gain full employment never raised a family got addicted to one thing or another and just slipped through the cracks . . . these are the people God has given Bob & Irma Knori a heart for, and what a heart!!! It is most simply put, the Heart of our Savior Jesus Christ! I am not your typical failure as a man nor was I the type of man you would invite into your home to live with you and your wife! I am a very large man at six foot five and well over three hundred pounds and I was a VERY ANGRY man and yet Bobby saw the hope of His Savior in me and helped me to quite my soul and to draw near to my God and to love in a way that was never possible for me without the relationship in which I am now in with my God and Savior Christ Jesus! and yet there is so little of the religion from which I have been running my entire life within the fellowship I am in at new journey ministries of Baldwin Park ca. I have learned how to love Gods love for me in and through Jesus and His Holy Spirits prompting to honor My Glorious and Awesome Creator GOD =) thank you Bob & Irma for never giving up on me! and in so doing showing me of that great love He has for all of us, God saved me from my sins, but your faith in Him has been very instrumental if not key or pivotal in that salvation but Hey he knew what he was doing when He brought me to you! didn't he? well Now as a bi-product of this relationship I now find myself in with my God it is all I can do to keep from running out into the streets and screaming at the top of my lungs to all those that don't yet know HE LOVES YOU HE LOVES YOU COME AND TASTE OF THIS GREAT LOVE!!!!
I am a mother of three children. Two sons and one daughter. My children all were very young, when they started doing drugs and going in and out of jails and prisons. For about 25 years this was our life, horrible as it was. I prayed and asked God to touch the heart of my kids and two years ago, my oldest son, Philip, came out of prison and decided to change his life, (this was God answering my prayer) I asked Irma, the pastor's wife if they would accept him in the Christian Home and she told me yes. Philip grew in this new environment and I was so proud of him. I thanked our Lord for saving my son from the old life, but I had my second son in prison. Eight months later, Eddie, my most rebellious son, came home and had nothing. He knew he did not want the old life, but what else? He talked and talked to Philip, his older brother and also decided to go to the Christian Home. When a bed became available, Eddie talked to Pastor Bob, and was accepted. He has now been there for 16 months. My son's were both accepted into this Ministry with open arms and a loving heart by both, Pastor Bob and his beautiful wife, Irma. Believe it or not, I am able to sleep in peace now as I never could before. My grandaughter and I attend sevices every week. We participate in most all of the social events with the church and of course the wonderful men that live in the home. After hearing their stories and getting to know them all, I realize that there is nothing that God cannot do.Just in case you want to know, my daughter, Loraine is serving a life prison sentence, but as I said.... there is absolutely nothing that God cannot do and Loraine has accepted the Lord in her life is content, but still working very diligently on getting paroled and God said in His Holy Word that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains so I know that Loraine will be home to join her family in serving our Lord.
I've seen with my own eyes the amazing works of the Lord through New Journey Ministries (NJM) and Pastors Bob and Irma Knori. Broken, beat up people become whole, spiritually and physically. Dysfunctional people who had no roof over their heads are now, by the grace of God, fully functioning in society in healthy ways. Self-supporting and drug/alcohol free, they are now passing on the grace, love and compassion that God and NJM has shown them to others. Through NJM Pastor Bob also provides on-the-job training for a variety of skills. Very practical yet fully immersed in the Word of God NJM is helping to save lives every day. I know that it has helped me tremendously reach a true, intimate relationship with my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ... and that has made all the difference.
I first found out about New Journey Ministries from one of the men that reside there at the sober living home. He was sharing his faith with me and telling me of the power of the love of Jesus Christ. I was already a Christian, but had been disconnected from my faith for some time. The man finished sharing with me and invited me to come to a Sunday Morning Service. He gave me the address and his phone number, said a prayer with me, and I went on my way. I truly believe that he was lead by the Holy Spirit that day to minister to me because prior to that, my heart was getting more hardened by the day, and my life was miserable. Two Sundays later, I went to the address I was given and met the man I had spoken with earlier. He introduced me to his brothers there in the home and then the Pastor, Bob Knori. I myself have a background of addiction and know firsthand how hard it is to maintain a sober lifestyle. I have almost 14 years clean time now, thanks to the grace of God, through no works of my own. After listening to the Word taught that morning by the Holy Spirit through Pastor Bob Knori, I found a whole new thirst for the Living Water! Pastor Bob teaches all about the love and forgiveness of Jesus, and that it's really just all about HIM! Bob's love of the Word and his fellow man truly are a remarkable testimony. I have become involved with the ministry now, and I operate the website and work on fundraising opportunities with them. I look forward to bringing much glory to the Kingdom through working with this ministry.