06/18/2026
One year ago today, I publicly announced the launch of Hope Recovery Services.
To be honest, I had no idea exactly what the next year would look like.
There have been victories, open doors, and incredible moments where I’ve had the privilege of watching God transform lives right in front of me. There have also been challenges, setbacks, disappointments, financial stress, long days, hard conversations, and more than a few moments where I questioned whether I was doing enough or if I was even capable of carrying what was in front of me.
But through it all, God has been faithful.
This past year has reminded me that ministry isn’t always a stage, a pulpit, or a visible platform. Sometimes it’s sitting with someone in their pain. Sometimes it’s answering a late-night phone call. Sometimes it’s helping a family navigate crisis. Sometimes it’s simply listening when someone feels like nobody else will.
Hope Recovery Services has never just been a business to me. It’s been what I’ve often called “a ministry disguised as a business.” A place where faith, recovery, mental health, discipleship, coaching, encouragement, and practical support can come together to help people find hope and take their next step forward. And now we’ve added Hope Recovery Ministries as an outreach arm to the community~ creating even more opportunities to serve, encourage, equip, and walk alongside people both inside and outside of recovery.
I’ve had the honor of walking alongside individuals, couples, families, churches, treatment programs, and recovery communities this year. Every conversation, every session, every prayer, every testimony, and every person who trusted me with part of their story has been a gift.
I’m also deeply grateful for my wife Lisa, my family, friends, supporters, referral partners, churches, clients, and everyone who has encouraged, prayed for, shared a post, made a referral, or simply believed in what God was building through this work.
One year later, I don’t feel like I’ve “arrived.”
If anything, I feel more aware of how much I still have to learn, how much I still need Jesus, and how much hope people are searching for.
The mission remains the same:
To help people find hope, healing, purpose, recovery, and ultimately life in Christ.
Thank you for being part of this journey.
Here’s to another year of showing up, trusting God, loving people, and reminding those who are struggling that as long as there’s breath in their lungs, there is still hope.
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~Romans 15:13
~ Pastor Mike Bonomo
