Isaac was delivered from addiction in 2002. He was lost in addiction and was court-ordered to a year-long Christ-centered recovery program where he met Christ and found freedom from addiction. As he found peace and freedom from addiction, he felt a burden to share this freedom with other people struggling with addiction. While attending the Foundary School of Ministry, he met his future wife, Rana, and married her in December 2004 after graduating. After graduating, Isaac went to work at a non-profit residential program. Beginning as a counselor and dorm supervisor for his first year there, he was then promoted to men’s program director where he served for the next 9 years. During his time there, the program grew from 30 men to 250 men and 60 women. He was also instrumental in helping to start the new women’s program. In 2014, they felt that their season was up at that ministry, and God began to put the vision of Big Fish Ministries in their hearts. Big Fish Ministries was founded in April 2014 and Isaac and Rana moved to the Gulf Coast in Sept. 2014. The first building was leased in Jan. 2016 and Big Fish Ministries admitted their first resident on Feb. 29, 2016 (leap day). Since that time, the program has grown to house 25 men with a new women’s program that also launched in Apr. 2019 with the capacity to house 18 women. Big Fish Ministries has grown from leasing a small garage apartment to owning both facilities where the residents are housed and operating two thrift stores on Hwy. 59 in Foley. He and his wife Rana have two sons, Samuel born in 2007 and Jude born in 2013.

Rana was born again in 2008 at a Easter service in Woodstock, Alabama. Rana and Isaac met in 2002 and married two years later in 2004. The burden of Rana’s heart aligned with Isaac’s and after 10 years of serving at a men’s and women’s residential program in ministry in Anniston, Alabama, they founded Big Fish Ministries in April 2014. Rana and Isaac have two sons, Samuel born in 2007 and Jude born in 2013.

Tasha joined Big Fish Ministries in 2019 as a Women’s Program Mentor, where she helped lost and broken women be transformed through faith-based recovery. She currently serves as the Women’s Program Director where she continues to help women find redemption, hope, and freedom through Christ.

Tasha spent twenty years of her early life struggling with opiates and methamphetamines. She was delivered from addiction in 2016 after being court-ordered to attend The Lovelady Center, a year-long, Christ-centered recovery program in Birmingham, Alabama. At The Lovelady Center, Tasha encountered the love of Jesus and found freedom from the chains of addiction. She soon began working in the Intake Department at The Lovelady Center where she discovered her calling to guide people out of the darkness to find freedom through Christ.

She lives in Foley with her children.

Joseph Fowler is a former addict/alcoholic and atheist saved and transformed by the power of Christ. He came to know the Lord in 2012 as a student at the Center of Hope in Anniston, Alabama. It was there that Christ revealed Himself in a supernatural way and called Joseph into ministry. He served as a pastoral counselor before returning to his hometown of Foley, Alabama. He joined the Big Fish Ministries team, where God is using him to bring the message of the Gospel to the lost, broken, hurting and hopeless.

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” (Isaiah 61:1)

Joseph lives in Summerdale, Alabama with his two wonderful children.

Zondra Watson is the BFM Women's Program Mentor. In this role, she walks alongside students in recovery, supporting them through each step of their healing process.

“The Lord told me very audibly about a year and a half ago that he wants me to minister to women on many levels, which personally threw me for a loop since I have always strayed away from women due to our ‘multiple personalities’,” Zondra laughed.

When the Lord impressed this call on her heart, she knew she had to start taking steps forward in preparation for the work he would reveal to her. Zondra’s experience leading multiple small groups, as well as her involvement with her church’s prayer team, laid the foundation for the Lord’s next assignment.

“My heart has been very broken towards women who walk in pain daily but either don’t see their own pain, or they do see it but have no idea what to do to fix it,” she said.

The BFM residential women’s recovery program offers a safe, home-like environment that fosters healing and promotes growth. Our Christ-centered approach to recovery includes biblical counseling, case management, educational assistance and more to help women fulfill their God-given callings.
“By helping women understand God’s Word and the promise that he truly loves them no matter what they have done, they can move on from their addiction and live the life God has for them,” Zondra said.

Dr. Michele Morgan established God’s Way Enterprises, Inc. in 2001. As the inventor of TheMaxBit gardening tool, she hopes to change the way you dig holes! As an educator, she desires to teach others God’s perspective on different topics. As an author, she writes to communicate God’s love in print. As a minister, she desires for her love for Jesus to show in her walk. In working with Big Fish Ministries, her heart is to bring awareness, involvement and support in a ministry that resonates with her own story.

Michele has two beautiful daughters and three handsome grandsons. She lives on the Alabama coast.

Brandy Bolton joined our team in 2023 after graduating from Big Fish Ministries. For a long time, she felt a call to ministry and leadership, but due to her struggle with addiction, she ran from that calling. The Lord grabbed her heart in a mighty way during her internship with us, and after graduation, she became a full-time staff member at Big Fish Thrift Store, where she currently serves as manager. During her time on staff, she has found joy walking alongside the ladies in our program and preparing students for employment through job readiness training. Brandy resides in Magnolia Springs as the house leader at our Women’s Transition Home. She has three children, and her prayer is to continue walking in the freedom of Christ while modeling that freedom to others.

Meet Kim Martinez, administrator extraordinaire! Kim’s experience in the marketplace goes beyond office management and human resources. Her leadership skills span several industries, including franchise startups, sports, health and food management, church finances, real estate and property management. Kim has been with Big Fish Ministries for 1.5 years. She helps oversee much of the day-to-day operations at our thrift stores, which includes handling accounts and HR. She and her husband have five adult children and 14 grandchildren. They live in Foley, AL.

After a supernatural experience with God, James was freed from a 10 year addiction and called to recovery ministry where he now serves as our Thrift Store Manager. The Lord has restored his relationship with his wife and blessed them with a miracle baby after many years of trying. Living clean and sober and starting a family were things he thought were impossible, but God is God of the impossible.

"But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?" Galatians 4:9

After graduating from Big Fish in 2021, Taylor found true freedom and purpose in serving Jesus. He had always felt that he was called to ministry so he attended Bible college and went through the School of Ministry. He is a certified Genesis counselor and an intern ar Summit Church. Taylor serves as our Men's Program Mentor where he leads men to freedom and helps them step into their gospel purpose. He lives in Foley, AL with his wife of 10 years and their three wonderful children.

"Behold, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth Do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:19