Let Your Light Shine – Edith’s Story
Born in 1926 in Nazi Germany to a German Catholic family. Raised under Adolf Hitler’s German rule with the SS constantly watching over every conversation, often making sure that even the children didn’t make fun of the tyrannical dictator in their outside playtime. Edith knew her family was poor and needed material for clothing, so … Read more
A Gateway Story – Little House
(We met Sally and Lee back in April of 2019 at a Gateway Stories night. Since then we have grown close and Sally is a beautiful woman of prayer and service to the King! This is the story of how the Little House ministry was birthed.) Five years ago in my morning devotions , I … Read more
Haydee’s Story
I met Haydee at a prayer meeting this January and when I heard her story, I knew that it needed to be shared. My childhood was extremely traumatic. As a young girl, I was sexually abused by my father for seven years and ended up on drugs and alcohol at an early age. By the … Read more
What is Gateway?
Many people want to know, What is Gateway Stories? What do you do there? and What does it mean to me? We are a local community outreach, that gathers both in our home and also in other locations where we meet new guests each month within our local area, share a fellowship meal followed by … Read more
Timothy’s Story
It was a warm Friday evening. The Gateway team had arrived by 5:30pm to a halfway house off Airline Drive where about 25 men on parole live. These guys are each working to get their lives back on track. We came to start setting up for an outdoor event. This was our first time to … Read more
Beauty in Imperfection
We often talk at Gateway Stories about how there is beauty in imperfection. A few weekends ago, Joey and I traveled to San Antonio to visit some very close friends of ours from college, Glenn and Melanie Dodson. Glenn was Joey’s best man in our wedding 30 years ago and Joey stood as Glenn’s best … Read more
Stephanie’s Story
“Growing up I was never taught one singular religion. My religious upbringing consisted of “God is love”, “All religions have truth”, “reincarnation is real”, and “we have spirit guides in the unseen realm”. It was a pretty hippie atmosphere. I remember as a small child always being drawn to the one Children’s Bible that was … Read more
The GateKeepers
What is a Gatekeeper? Quite simply, the Lord appointed gatekeepers because he wants a house with open gates so that his people can eagerly enter his presence with praise and thanksgiving. Gatekeepers are those who make a way for others to come. They are our volunteers, prayer partners, strategic partners, and our return guests who are … Read more