CONROE, Texas – Johnny Wagner wants out of a difficult chapter in his life.

“If I had to stand on the side of a road with a sign, my sign would say looking for work,” said Wagner.

The 35-year-old father of a little boy is fighting to get off the streets to become a “mariner, I want to work in the ocean” as he described it and to also take care of his son.

Wagner has been on the streets now for a few months with every night’s focus being on survival. In the mornings though, he finds hope at Miracle City in Conroe.

“I believe in every person here,” said Luke Redus founder of Compassion United, the organization that operates Miracle City.

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