Meet Joe!

Birthplace:

Yazoo City, Mississippi

Favorite Color:

Purple

Favorite Food:

Tri-Tip

What he does:

Joe is a recent graduate of Kingdom Awakening Apprenticeship and is now on staff at  The Father’s House working full time as a house leader for Rehab clients. He is also the director of the church’s “visiting in person” ministry and leads many teams per week out  into the city of Oroville to visit the elderly, the sick, the homeless, and members of the community in their homes. 

           

Joe hard at work on a recent outreach to Burien, WA

Ladies and Gentlemen, this guy is the REAL DEAL! Joe Bestwick is the definition of a life that’s been transformed! Want to see the power of what a life surrendered to Jesus can produce? Joe is the PROOF of the existence of a living and breathing God, who is not only interested but INVESTED in the lives of his kids!

            A mere five years ago, Joe reached the pinnacle of his hopelessness. With no place to live, and horribly lost in addiction to alcohol and hard drugs, Joe was left with no option other that to live under a bridge. 

 “I was completely lost—putting needles in my arms every day.” Joe will tell anyone who wants to know. “I was totally broken.”  

Unaware of the potential hidden inside of him, and having nothing to live for, Joe was set on the fact that life simple was what it was. He never expected anything to change—but Jesus had other plans! 

 Through a series of events, Joe stumbled into Life Recovery Ministries, and set out on the adventure of a lifetime! Although there were many things that Joe learned in his time in the program, he’s not shy to say that the greatest thing he learned was how to have a relationship with Jesus—and that it wasn’t always easy.

Joe and Senior Pastor, Vicki Orsillo

 “God put leaders in my life here, and I had to learn to follow them by example,” Joe said, “and it’s through following those leaders that I have learned how to follow Jesus.” 

After his graduation from Life Recovery Ministries, Joe dove head first into internship and then into Kingdom Awakening Apprenticeship.

 Since his enrolment in Kingdom Awakening, his relationship with Jesus has continued to grow, as well as the understanding of who God says he is. “Our relationship right now looks great!” Joe told us, “He loves me and I love Him—I’m the son of the living God!”

 These words of Joe’s, that he’s the son of the living God, are so much more than mere words! He puts them into action every day by giving his life away to the people around him and continuing to submit himself to the leaders God has placed in his life!

 We love you, Joe!