The Community Rescue Mission has helped many people find housing, jobs, safety and security in the hardest times of thier lives. When I first arrived at the mission I was somewhat depressed concerning my situation but I was immediately immersed in a Christ-like atmosphere of love and counseling that began to lift my spirits. It wasn’t long before I was out looking for work and attending regular chapel services with my boys in tow. Within two weeks I had found a job waiting tables at a local restaurant. I also was put in touch with DHS and through them was able to find an apartment for my boy’s and me. As I now look back on my stay at the Community Rescue Mission, I see that the counseling I received from the mission’s staff was instrumental in my journey back from homelessness. Before the mission, I hadn’t attended church like I should have but while staying there I was required to go to chapel and weekly meetings that truly helped my boys and me to see that the discipline of having to attend church had become a very positive thing in our lives. I thank God for that. He brought me back to church. I could go on and on about things that I feel the mission has helped me with but I will close with these: The kindness and caring the staff showed my family set an example to my sons and me that we can follow as we now make our way back into the world. Secondly, I was given a chance to get on my feet and shown how through the Christian Principles set out in the Bible and taught to us by Mr. Hilts the Executive Director. I again thank you from the bottom of my heart. C.E. I just wanted to say that the mission has given me a place of refuge and allowed me to make a brand new start with my life. I am grateful that the location of the mission is such that I can walk if needed to many of the 12 step meetings that have been instrumental in my recovery from addiction. The staff here at the Community Rescue Mission is wonderful and so helpful. Their willingness to provide transportation to any place that we need to go is a welcomed site for so many of us arrive without a way to get around. I can also say that I truly feel safe when I am here at the mission. Safe from many of the things that once brought me much pain and grief. I now feel that I can reach the goals that I have set for myself and not be held back by my surroundings. Thank you, everyone! I can’t say enough how the mission has helped me in my recovery.
K.T.
“I personally feel that I have a place of safety, here at the mission. One that allows me to be at ease and not worry about where my next meal will come from or where I will be sleeping that night. For myself, having the medical problems I do has caused me to have to use a service dog that alerts me to any impending seizures that I am going to have. The Community Rescue Mission is the only place in
M.T.