Healing & Restoration
Agape Home is a non-profit, residential treatment center for addicted and emotionally wounded women.
Our Philosophy
Our Belief
Agape Home believes that healing and restoration come through Jesus Christ. Our small groups, teachings and recovery program have brought wellness and freedom for almost 30 years.
During our 6-12 month program, you’ll learn:
- 12 step program
- Accountability
- Coping Skills
- Soul Care
- Boundaries
- Search for Significance
Each resident helps take care of the house and thrift store.
Meet The Team
Avida Sateri
Candice Mishkin
Avida Sateri
Director
As a graduate of this very program, I understand the struggles and triumphs of every woman who walks through our doors. My personal journey from addiction to recovery has given me a unique perspective, one built on empathy, resilience, and a deep belief in the transformative power of God. Now, as the director, I am dedicated to cr
Director
As a graduate of this very program, I understand the struggles and triumphs of every woman who walks through our doors. My personal journey from addiction to recovery has given me a unique perspective, one built on empathy, resilience, and a deep belief in the transformative power of God. Now, as the director, I am dedicated to creating a safe and supportive environment where women can heal, grow, build a fulfilling life free from addiction, and most importantly, build a lifelong relationship with God. Isa 40:31
Kelly Aaron
Candice Mishkin
Avida Sateri
House Manager
My name is Kelly, and I am a recovering addict with 11yrs clean.Through the Agape Home I found freedom from addiction and discovered a life filled with hope. Today I dedicate myself to helping others walk that same path from bondage to breakthrough. I work alongside women in there recovery guiding them to lean on Jesus for
House Manager
My name is Kelly, and I am a recovering addict with 11yrs clean.Through the Agape Home I found freedom from addiction and discovered a life filled with hope. Today I dedicate myself to helping others walk that same path from bondage to breakthrough. I work alongside women in there recovery guiding them to lean on Jesus for strength, healing and for everything. The beauty of working here at Agape is that I can truly relate to the struggles these women face I've walked through pain, the doubts and the fight for freedom and now I get to stand beside them as they do the same. Jer 29:11
Candice Mishkin
Candice Mishkin
Candice Mishkin
Addiction Counselor
I have a burning passion to see others be healed, set completely free and move unhindered into the plans and purposes God has for their lives. My heart’s desire is to lead people into Freedom body, mind, spirit and soul.
At Agape I was miraculously set free from my 20-year crack addiction. After graduating this very p
Addiction Counselor
I have a burning passion to see others be healed, set completely free and move unhindered into the plans and purposes God has for their lives. My heart’s desire is to lead people into Freedom body, mind, spirit and soul.
At Agape I was miraculously set free from my 20-year crack addiction. After graduating this very program I got a Bachelors of Ministry from Freedom Seminary, I attended Wagner University of Deliverance Training and I am a facilitator of Elijah House Inner Healing and Restoring the Foundations. For 15 years I ran this long-term drug and alcohol facility and prison ministry. Due to my experience, I have discovered that it is vital to connect with each other, learn from and encourage one another and create a structure of accountability in order to maintain the life Jesus intended for us. Now I get to counsel the women on an individual basis. Jn 8:36
Welcome to Agape Home Inc. Rehabilitation Center
Our Program
Agape Home is an all female, faith-based 6-12 month residential center for women in Moore Haven, Florida.The program helps you build a relationship with Christ and others to overcome life challenges, addictions, and mental health issues. We know life can get hard and we need help to overcome our issues and triggers.
We believe healing and restoration are found through Jesus Christ and the 12 steps. We provide a safe, loving environment to heal spiritually and emotionally. You’ll benefit from bible studies and praise and worship services to learn God’s principles and apply them to your life.
Our Approach
You’ll learn essential recovery tools, like accountability, communication, and work ethic, through your onsite responsibilities. Each resident helps take care of the home and the thrift stores. These experiences promote relational skills and help you nurture healthy relationships. We have been successfully raising up beautiful women who have been emotionally wounded and traumatized for 30 years. We have countless residents who return to their families and children after receiving emotional, spiritual and even physical healing here at our awesome home next to the peaceful Caloosahatchee River.
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WE DO NOT CHARGE THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM FOR YOUR HEALING AND FREEDOM --- Come as you are, we can provide for all of your necessities. Our team are graduates of Agape and we want others to experience an abundant life!
CALL (863) 946-2228
E-mail Agapehomefl@gmail.com
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If you're ready to start your journey to recovery or have any questions about our services, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're here to help. Feel free to call with any questions we would love to support you on your journey.
Help Our Cause
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve conditions. Your generous donation will fund our mission. We are a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible. Send checks to P.O. Box 1253 Moore Haven, FL 33471
TESTIMONIES FROM OUR CLIENTS
Sofia / December 2024
As I stepped into the program at eighteen, a whirlwind of emotions swirled within me. Excitement mingled with uncertainty as I faced the unknown territory of living away from my family. Unlike the traditional college experience, I was immersed in a community focused on spiritual growth (without the use of hallucinogens). Now looking back, I am very appreciative of the lessons I learned while I was in phase I of the program. The lessons I learned in phase I continue to shape my life in SLT. I am grateful for the opportunity to grow in my faith and discover my true purpose.
As I reflect on my experiences in phase I. I realize that the most important lesson I learned was the power of trust. My whole life I have been taught that the only person I can trust is myself. Consequently my initial thought with re-applying to colleges and finding monetary opportunities was to do everything independently. God calls us to be independent on the world, but simultaneously to become dependent on Him.
God has graciously provided for me with amazing support, financial opportunities, and acceptance letters, yet there are many more unknown factors still to come. I would love to end this testimony with a happily-ever-after ending, however, I am still in the midst of my waiting period. But in the end isn’t that the most powerful testimony of all? “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Cor. 5:7.
Jessica / March 2022
Hi! My name is Jessica. I am currently in the Agape Home program. I just want to thank God for loving on me and showing me that He is alive!
When I was six I was molested many times by a family member and at eight by another member of my family. My parents were addicted to drugs during my childhood years. My father was also very abusive to my mom and to his children. When I was twelve, I was smoking cigarettes and by fourteen I was smoking weed and drinking alcohol and going to parties. I started smoking meth at age fifteen. I grew up around drugs, alcohol and partying so to me it was the normal thing to do.
I was pregnant at age eighteen by a guy I barely knew. We stayed together for eight years and had three children. After each birth I went back to using meth to escape the pain.
After hitting rock bottom, I thought my life was over. I had charges in four different counties, two different states, had been to prison and lost my children. I cried to God to please help me. Little did I know, He really did hear my plea! If I had been out of jail one more week, I knew I would be dead. I went to jail again and God opened doors for me to get to Agape Home. By state laws it was impossible for me to come here because of my charges but with God nothing is impossible.
Since I’ve been here I have been born again, baptized and am a new creation in Christ Jesus. I am learning here to let go and truly let the Lord have me. I am so thankful for what the Lord has done in me and is doing in my life!
Lisa / September 2019
I have been to several different rehabs as well as in the Santeria Cult. God gave me the revelation that He is not allowing me to place a Band-Aid on my heart this time.
Now God is performing open heart surgery. So I placed myself on the operating table. As with all surgeries there is a lot of planning beforehand. This surgery was planned by God years ago. I had no idea I had a doctor’s appointment at the Agape Clinic.
Years ago I went to see a man that performed a crazy ritual on me to help me with my drinking. I believed this man could heal me. It was expensive but the ritual didn’t work. I kept drinking. I didn’t think I could stop.
I then went to the family doctor and he gave me medicine and told me I was going through postpartum depression and could take Xanax and feel better. I took one pill and didn’t like it so I kept drinking. I was searching for a healing in all the wrong places. I went to Faith Farm Clinic. This is where God removed ritual beliefs from me. Wow, I thought I was fixed but I continued to drink. God sent me to another clinic – The House of Pearls Clinic. I loved it there and got to know God in a personal way. I didn’t know I could talk to Him about everything. I knew He was my Father, and my friend but I didn’t know He was a cardiologist. He saw that I wasn’t taking the medicines He prescribed at the House of Pearls – my Bible medicine and my prayer medicine. I didn’t even go to the Church pharmacy for a refill. I began drinking a short time later so the Doctor sent me on a trip- A trip to the police station, a trip to the jail and now my final destination: The Agape Heart Institute.
Jesus is the chief Cardiologist Surgeon here. I have been in surgery since November 2018. I found out my heart wasn’t open to receiving new medicine so open heart surgery began. Jesus said He has to take 12 steps instead of 12 stents and insert them in my heart. There were all kinds of blockages in my heart. Step 1 had to be put in twice after the first attempt failed. Now we are working on the rest of the steps.
All of my family are in the waiting room. I’ll be okay. I’m taking all my medicine as prescribed and visiting the church clinic twice a week. I am recovering and looking forward to my new life in Christ.
Kelly / 2014
Hi my name is Kelly. I’m 37 years old. I grew up with my mother…my dad wasn’t a part of my life. At the age of 14, I decided to reach out and visit my father in Tennessee. I thought the visit was going well until that night when he sexually abused me. I felt ashamed, alone and very confused.
In high school, l got mixed up with the wrong crowd. I started skipping school and turned to alcohol. Soon I turned to harder drugs such as pot, cocaine, crack, prescriptions drugs and heroine. Eventually this led to the use of needles and I was hooked. I would look in the mirror and be disgusted with who I had become. The depression led me to hating myself and I started cutting to ease the pain. I began seeing a doctor for my depression and he diagnosed me with several disorders and prescribed 10 different medications, which took me further into addiction.
In June 2013, my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Due to addiction I was not there for her mentally or physically. She passed away on August 28, 2013. She was my best friend. I felt my life stopped and I had died. My Mom had asked her best friend to take care of me and to help me with my finances. Knowing I could manipulate her, it was easy for me to purchase drugs and I slipped further into depression. Using drugs seemed easier than facing the loss of my Mom. I met another woman who had been a crisis counselor. I hated this woman because she spoke truth to me. One day she asked God what she should do about me. He told her, “Everyone needs to be saved”, so she asked me if I wanted to live or die. I told her that I choose to live. She introduced me to Jesus and encouraged me to get involved in a church to start my healing.
In September, I was court ordered to go to a program. The lady who led me to Christ found out about Agape Home and so I entered the program in November of 2013. During the time I have been here, the Lord has brought me out of addiction, healed me of all the diagnosis, pulled me through the loss of my Mom and has shown me a new way to walk with Christ.
Therefore, I am forever grateful for God who has given me a second chance.
“This means that anyone that belongs to Christ has become a new person, the old life has gone; a
new life has begun.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Christina / December 2013
I started drinking alcohol and struggled with bulimia during my teenage years. When I moved away to college, my drinking escalated and I began to smoke marijuana. It didn’t take long before my grades dropped, I had trouble keeping a full time job and my bills weren’t getting paid. I decided to move back home and go to college in my hometown. I got a job as a waitress in a bar and went deeper into the party lifestyle. I withdrew from college because drugs, sex, alcohol and smoking consumed my life.
I got pregnant with my son and soon after got married. I was prescribed some narcotics by my doctor which started me on an agonizing addiction to prescription pain pills. Two years later we had our daughter. I turned to stronger pills and harder drugs and started using needles. I would do anything to numb the emotional wounds I sustained through traumatic events in my early teen years.
Within 8 years my husband and I lost everything – our own home, our business, two nice vehicles, our kids and our families. There was nothing left to our marriage and visits with our kids were getting few and far between.
I visited my daughter at her preschool one day and she asked me, “When was the old mommy coming back. I liked her a lot more before she got sick.” Within a few weeks God placed me at Agape Home and my husband entered a men’s program.
In just a short time God began to put my life back together. My children come to visit regularly and God is teaching me how to be a mother. He is restoring my marriage and the rest of my family.
“I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do is; forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead.” Phil 3:13
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If you're ready to start your journey to recovery or have any questions about our services, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're here to help.