My name is Destiny Jones, and it’s hard to know where to even begin. There has been so much brokenness in my past that it would take hours to even put it all down on paper! Growing up, my home life was filled with physical abuse, dysfunction, divorce, and pain. I pretty much lived in the counselor’s office at school trying to deal with the issues of my family, but I realized that focusing on my school work was a…
My name is Ashley, and I HAD to share our story with you… We visited Milestone two weeks ago, then we came back again last week—and in those two weeks our lives have changed. The “Who Am I?” series has not only impacted my husband and I, but our kids have been changed as well. We have five amazing and beautiful children. Abriella (Abbi) is our 8yr old. She loves to read, she’s a girly girl, but she also loves…
Dear Milestone family (yes, FAMILY! It warms my heart to use that word), I’m not usually one to reach out and share my life, but since finding you 5 months ago I feel the need to do so! My husband and I moved to Texas from Ohio in July. After filing for bankruptcy, losing our business, and our first home, we needed change. Our 2 years spent in Ohio following my husbands 5 year enlistment in the Marine Corps were 2…
My name is Lori Aguilar. I have two sons and the three of us moved to Keller about a year and half ago. I had never fully surrendered my life to Christ…we moved, things got busy, and I became disconnected in so many ways. I started to become someone that I truly wasn’t and I realized that the happy, fun, silly, party person that I thought I was—in reality—was not happy at all. I had learned to cope with my…
We’ve all experienced moments where we don’t fit in, aren’t picked for the team, or aren’t invited to the party. We get overlooked, feel undervalued, and don’t see ourselves as adequate to do the job. We all face pressures, challenges, and expectations every day that can make us feel like we don’t measure up. Social media makes it easy for us to compare our ordinary, unexciting, mundane day to everyone else’s highlight reel. And then insecurity creeps in. The truth…
In 1988, I started on a journey in the United States Navy. I was married shortly after I joined and my wife Kelly and I have moved nine times during my career. In 2010 I was selected to Master Chief and one year later became a Command Master Chief. This was the pinnacle moment in my Navy career and I thought I had it all. I attained the highest possible rank leading thousands of sailors and traveling the world… but…
Sometimes it’s easy to think you’re alone when you face a struggle or difficult circumstances. The truth is, none of us are immune to pain or challenges…it’s a part of being human. The Bible tells us we aren’t meant to walk through these things alone. It’s how God created us—we are hard-wired for relationships. Zack Linton recently shared with us his experience in encountering freedom through spiritual family here at Milestone: Shannon and I experienced a lot of pain early…