Jimmy Baltrush used to call the woods in Citrus County home.

“Just like the picture, that’s what I was living in, underneath pine trees,” Baltrush told Spectrum Bay News 9's Katya Guillaume.

There was a time when he'd walk a little way to find a safe place to sleep.

“I’m not from this area," he said. "I’ve been here about five years but I lost everything when my wife got cancer and died.”

That's when the rough started to get rough for him.

“There’s a post office," he explained, "And that’s where I stayed was right there when it was pouring down real bad.”

That was until he met Greg Pelletier. Pelletier is an Air Force Veteran and the president of "The Bridge 4 Veterans" non-profit organization in the county.

“We just did what we wanted to do," Pelletier said, "And had goals that we wanted to reach and that’s to bring the veterans in, provide them all the resources and get them back out on their own to where they can be confident and happy again.”

Jimmy also served in the military. He enlisted in the Army at a young age and spent a year in the force before a back injury forced him out.

Pelletier and other military veterans in Citrus County search for other vets like Jimmy who may need help but do not know where to turn.

“I’ve seen a lot of them at like Race Trac and I’ll approach them and talk to them and if we can provide help, I do,” Pelletier said.

Thanks to that help, Jimmy has a steady roof over his head and he's collected a few things, a few important things like a coffee maker and a flashlight but the one thing he said he never went without was his Holy Bible.

He said he always turned to his faith regardless of how rough things became for him.

“I ask God, 'Why am I going through this?" he said, "I’m a good person and he’s got a reason for whatever I’m going through."

Some lose faith base on their situation but Jimmy never lost it and now he said he is trying to save others the same way Pelletier and the others saved him.