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OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE

days a week. The next three months, each resident
takes on a part-time job (3X/week) and attends morning
classes (2X/week). When he completes the first nine Going to the farm was the best decision I've ever made. My life
was a complete mess, and I had zero hope of it ever getting better.
months satisfactorily, the staff helps him find full-time Living on the streets, robbing, stealing, doing drugs, and being
employment outside the Farm while he continues to live in and out of prison was all I knew.
there until graduation. Food, housing, clothing/toiletry
needs, and books/materials needed for class are provided. Malta Farms changed all that. I came into a relationship with
Jesus and developed healthy relationships. It has been two years
Throughout the yearlong process, everyone who is not since graduation. I have a great job, my daughters are living
with me, and I recently bought my first house. Without the Farm
employed full-time participates each afternoon in a work none of this would have been possible. Malta Farms means the
environment—at the Farm or at a job somewhere in the world to me, and I love being a part of that family.
community. Malta Farms partners with local churches to
assist with service projects, and the residents volunteer Scott Callahan
regularly at community outreaches like FOUND and the
Dream Center. They also work on projects that generate
income for the Farm. A large portion of their annual And I am certain that God, who began the good work within
income proceeds from the Malta Farms Pumpkin Patch you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the
every October. day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 NLT
The miracle of transformation is celebrated at each
graduation. Family and friends witness brokenness
healed, ashes exchanged for beauty, and a life of
hopelessness restored to health and wholeness. Alumni
return. Residents bond. Smiles abound. Tears flow. Men
hug. And everyone thanks the God of Love who made
it all possible. According to one former resident now
living his best life, “Malta Farms is not just a place. It’s a
brotherhood.”

I was a long-haul truck driver when I failed a BAC and spent a
night in jail. I thought my life was over. I lost my CDL, my career,
and all my hope.
In August 2020, I came to Malta Farms where I discovered that my
identity did not lie in my addiction—but in Jesus. After six months,
I stepped back into life with freedom I had never before experienced.
I received my CDL, my career, and renewed hope. Soon I was back
to driving.

On my days off, I come back to the Farm where I always receive
encouragement. I see in the residents the hunger I once experienced.
I know they too can find hope. There's no condemnation here—only
a passion to help struggling men transition into the abundant life
they are destined for.
Jeff Creech
Dave's Roofing is Family owned

and operated since 1986