by Break Free | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
From one phone call, everything changed. My life had been marked by insecurity. Relationships, identity and possessions never seemed to bring security. I grew up living with my mom and her siblings. A positive to this was my uncle taking me to church from the ages of...
by Break Free | May 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Where’s Daddy? This was the question I asked my mom everyday. I grew up in Bolivia in a family where my dad was never home. When he was home, I remember hearing the fighting. The story was always the same, my dad was out working all day and came home drunk. I...
by Break Free | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was living a life full of lies, theft, hypocrisy and stubbornness. My family life was unstable with my father gone and my mother often absent and troubled due to difficult life circumstances. I was 15 when I was first introduced to breakdancing. I was drawn to it as...
by Break Free | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
My two sisters and I were sitting inside a police car about to be put into foster care. In that moment, all I could think to do was pray. It was the summer of my sophomore year of high school and as hard as this was, I was about to meet God in a very powerful way. My...
by Break Free | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
I remember the day my life was divided into “before” and “after.” Growing up in Borshagovka, Ukraine, living with eight relatives in a three-bedroom house was difficult. Showing signs of mental illness, my brother made us live in fear. No personal space, fights and...
by Break Free | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was in a YMCA in Melbourne, Australia that God changed the direction of Michael’s life and birthed a ministry that would reach many across the globe using a unique art form: Break dancing. Michael learned break dancing as a hobby while a college student. In...
