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OA Photo by Mark Sterkell
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By Lyndsey Weaver, Reporter
Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - When you leave here, you feel blessed.
Machalie Jarrett, 25, stood among the displays of candle holders, purses and picture frames at the Women of Worship Fashion Warehouse where she’s learning how to hold a job as student in the Mission Messiah 12-month recovery program.
Her smile is infectious and the change in her heart for Jesus emanates in all she says. Jarrett could be mistaken for a brunette Emma Stone, especially with the rasp of her voice. On Sept. 25, she was released from prison after serving time for drug charges. While incarcerated, she started attending church.
“I decided to change my life. You decide how you want to live. I was tired of making mistakes that led me here,” she said on Wednesday inside Mission Messiah’s store on Grandview Avenue.
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