Pawel's Story

Pawel came to London aged 18 looking for a job. But a few beers after work with mates soon turned into a self-destructive addiction to alcohol. Twelve months later, Pawel was homeless and alone. For two years, Pawel slept under bridges and in shop doorways around Waterloo and London Bridge. “I just wanted to give up,” he said. “I drank until I went to sleep. I was in a big hole and couldn’t climb out.”

But when Pawel stepped into our centre for homeless people, Webber Street, things began to change.

“From the moment I first went in, I felt loved,” said Pawel. Every morning, after receiving a free hot breakfast, Pawel heard the gospel – and his heart began to open to Jesus. “I started feeling different,” he said. “If what they were telling me was true, I wanted to go and see.”

Pawel went to rehab, stopped drinking and gave his life to Christ. Today, he’s married, with a good job and a beautiful family. “Jesus is the centre of my life now,” said Pawel. “Looking back, I see a completely different person. My past tells only of the goodness of Christ, and where he’s taken me from.”