CWJC/CMJC Blog

  A strengthened faith, a supportive faith family, and a hopeful future are all things Desiree Haller feels she gained by participating in the programs Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC), a WMU Compassion Ministry, has to offer. Desiree grew up in Tennessee’s foster care system before aging out at 18 years old. She later moved

  Giselle Gonzalez-Rivera said she wondered if she was crazy going back to school in her late 30s with three young children.  But she found a group that encouraged her — Moving Forward Chattanooga, a Christian Women’s Job Corps site — and in April she finished her licensed practical nurse certificate at Chattanooga State Community

  Peggy Meeks said Cross Walk to Life, the Christian Women’s Job Corps site she leads in Las Cruces, New Mexico, has one common need — English classes. “Our group really is non-English-speaking people,” she said. “They’re comfortable in our smaller setting, whereas so many of them can’t go sign up for something at the

Marie Beam says she’s always liked working on cars. She found out early on that she didn’t like being stranded — she’d rather be able to do something about it when her car had problems. “I started learning how to do it myself,” she said. Then she started helping the women in her apartment complex