Daniel chased alcohol and parties with everything he had, certain they would set him free. Instead, they hollowed him out—leaving him “like a zombie,” numb and trapped in the very things he thought would bring life.
While in rehab, his dad mailed him a Bible. As Daniel began reading, God started to break through. “He showed me through his Word that trying harder would never be enough—because Jesus already was. Jesus made me right with God.”
After leaving rehab, Daniel connected with New River Fellowship, where his faith began to grow. “The gospel that was once familiar as a child turned from knowledge about God to a passionate hope, belief, and relationship with him.”
Today, Daniel is on staff at New River and, in partnership with the church, runs a faith-based recovery home. It currently houses and disciples 13 men—men walking the same dark path Daniel once knew. Many have come to faith in Christ and been baptized. They’re praying to open a second home next year, welcoming even more men into gospel-centered recovery and community. Daniel calls it “a great joy and honor” to use his past to reach deep into Fort Lauderdale’s addiction community.
Looking ahead, Daniel senses a strong call to plant a church through Acts 29—one marked by the same love, truth, and discipleship that rescued him. His vision aligns with Acts 29’s mission to plant healthy, multiplying churches so more men and women, in every kind of brokenness, can encounter the hope and freedom found only in Christ.

Once enslaved to addiction himself, Daniel now uses his past to connect deeply with men trapped in the same struggles. In partnership with New River Fellowship, he leads a faith-based recovery home where many have come to know Jesus and be baptized. Daniel shares, “I don’t know exactly when or where God will take me next, but I feel a strong call to plant a church through Acts 29—a church that replicates the kind of love, truth, and discipleship that pointed me to Jesus and held me back from the gates of hell.”