Bill Hancock

I’M BILL HANCOCK, A YEAR AGO I WAS A LIL MORE THAN FIVE YEARS INTO A TEN-YEAR SENTENCE FOR TRAFFICKING. I HAD JUST BEEN DENIED MY RELEASE AND WAS STILL FULLY INTO AN ADDICTION LIFESTYLE AND MINDSET. OVER THE FIVE YEARS I WAS ABLE TO CORRESPOND VIA LETTERS AND LATER PHONE CALLS WITH MY WIFE CATHIE HANCOCK. SHE HAD TOLD ME IN A LETTER THAT SHE HAD BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THIS PROGRAM CALLED WINGS OF FREEDOM. IN MY THEN STILL USING MINDSET I DIDN’T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT.  BUT OVER MONTHS AND WEEKS TO FOLLOW, I WOULD READ, HEAR, AND BE MORE AMAZED BY THE CHANGES IN MY WIFE’S WAY OF LIFE. SHE WAS POSITIVE AND HAD FOUND SOMETHING IN THIS PROGRAM THAT I HADN’T EVER SEEN IN MYSELF OR HER BEFORE.  SHE WAS TRULY HAPPY AND ASKED ME TO APPLY SO WE COULD SHARE THIS TOGETHER AND I DID.  WHEN I LEFT PRISON I LEFT WITH A SINGLE BAG OF LETTERS AND A FEW THINGS I HAVE MADE, AND THAT’S ALL TO SHOW FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.  SINCE THEN THANKS TO THE WINGS OF FREEDOM, AND THE HELP AND ADVICE OF PASTORS AND STAFF,  I’VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WORK, LIVE WITH MY WIFE, BUY A NEW CAR, I SHARE IN THE SAME HAPPINESS I WAS SO AMAZED BY SEEING IT IN MY WIFE.  THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM MY EYES AND HEART HAVE BEEN OPENED TO THE WAY LIFE CAN CHANGE ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT YOUR WAY OF DOING THINGS SIMPLY DON’T WORK. THIS LEADS ME TO MY PASSAGE AND VERSE. MOSTLY BECAUSE PASTOR JOHN MADE ME MEMORIZE IT IN MY MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT CLASS.  PSALMS 127:1  EXCEPT THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILT IT.  MY WIFE AND I CAN ENJOY THE LIFE WE SHARE NOW BECAUSE ITS FOUNDATION IS BUILT ON THE LORD. AND I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING SOMETHING THAT PASTOR DIXIE HAD SAID, THAT I WILL REMEMBER THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND IT THIS. MAKE THE NEXT RIGHT DECISION! THANK YOU