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If you value peace and prosperity of soul, you will not neglect to pray. It is prayer that keeps us up above the clouds and brings heaven down. It is not those who have plenty of time to pray that do the most praying, but they who take the time.  O God! Take our hearts and compress within them that pure love from thine own heart that will cause us to pray. 

I appreciate everything the New Life VCHC gives to the unhoused. The food, showers, free store, lockers, and free phone services. But I am most grateful for being able to use a clean bathroom. I know it sounds so simple. But the homeless get turned away from public restrooms or forced to purchase an item before stores and restaurants will allow us to use their facilities.  I am appreciative of a clean toilet with hot water and soap. Thank you!

My mom shot and killed herself in 1972 when I was 12 years old. Since then, six more people in my family have committed suicide. I tried to kill myself, but Jesus saved my life! When I was 14 years old, I was raped by a child molester. I ran away from the reform school. The court sent me there for stealing a car to run away from a home that the court sent me to.

My family abandoned me and left me homeless. I never imagined this would happen to me. Never! I am so lost. I thank God for the New Life VCHC! A place of warmth and hope. I am a believer in God. Please keep me in your prayers!

I am confined to a wheelchair due to my deteriorating health. I got evicted and now homeless. The New Life VCHC helps me every day with clean bathrooms, good clothes at their free store and fresh, hot meals. God has me and gives me the strength to keep going.

After the loss of my family, including my twin brother, I became homeless. I was sleeping under a bridge when Rev. Ray found me. I was dirty, hungry, alone, and afraid. It was through the NLEC training program in New Bloomfield that I finally found security. I discovered security through the program and Jesus Christ. I now work in Springfield, Missouri helping with the mail and other front desk duties.

Volunteering is a natural part of loving our Jesus in word and deed. And the New Life VCHC is the perfect place to love those who are forgotten. We say to each of them–your life has value. It has meaning thru Jesus!

Having recently become homeless due to domestic problems, I knew this life was not for me. But I had another problem besides homelessness– I like alcohol too much! Some days when I was so stoned, I could barely walk or talk. But the staff at the New Life VCHC never gave up on me!

Although I did not go into combat, I am an army veteran. I love helping people. I think this is the calling on my life. I was trying to take care of my mom. She was homeless. She lived in a tent at Tent City here in Springfield. When I came to visit, I was shocked to find her dead in her tent!

God loves us with such incredible love as He has demonstrated through the sending of His Son for our redemption.

Psalms 15:1-5 says, “Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?