My name is Cinda, our daughter Alyssa was in the program from August of 2001 until April of 2003… I have enjoyed the occasional calls from parents who are in the same position we once were. What a blessing to be able to encourage them in this most difficult decision that they are facing. This is one way that we can give back to the program that helped our daughter so much.

Dear Phil and Tim,
We would love to give our kudos to New Horizons and we know Mom and Dad Johnson are looking down from heaven saying the same thing. We had the same heavy hearts that the parents do who are looking at NHM or have children in the program. Today our daughter LLindsey is an ER nurse with a BSN, starting on her Masters part time and all the crazy stuff of ADD has become a real asset when she is working hard to save someone’s life and she does save lives. Her reviews are fabulous and comments that she can “bounce 20 things in the air” and not get rattled are true. This is her passion and she can think on her feet and react without panic. She completed her degree, with Mom and Dad’s help, at age 28 but she did it. Rough along the way - you bet! Sometimes all you can do is pray, walk away and let them stumble. Oh, there are some paybacks going on with 9 yr. old daughter Aliyah! Deb says “Paybacks are good!”

I am writing this to encourage the staff at New Horizons. My child graduated from New Horizons in 2000. It took a lot of courage to bring my child to the Marion campus in the summer of 1999 to head for Canada. I prayed about this decision for a year, and knew clearly in my heart, that God was directing me to New Horizons. The courage was not needed just for the monetary amount needed for this program, but mostly for the trust that must be placed in the New Horizons staff. When I pulled into the parking lot that summer day, I will never forget the words that were spoken to me. They were, “We are aware of the situation.” That may sound like nothing to most of you, but for a mother that was painfully seeing her child head down the wrong road for a number of years, with no one to help, these words were the deepest comfort to my mother’s heart.