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How I thank God for your faithful partnership which has made such a big difference for good in the lives of so many homeless children, women, and men. When I think of how you have helped Ruby who recently came to NLEC I can’t help but praise God for raising up caring individuals like you to help New Life at this time of great need. 

New Life Evangelistic Center is a community of believers who are working through the love of Christ to share hope and help with those in need. The New Life Zoa Free Paper 2.0 is our resource to share the message of Hope to those in need.

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. 

Staying calm in a chaotic world can at times prove to be a real challenge. Perhaps you are like me. When I have troubles coming at me from every direction, I have a tendency to get frustrated, upset, and anxious.

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!

I am usually the one helping others, so it is kind of strange for me to be asking for help. I rented out rooms in my house and the tenants failed to pay me. Now I am on the verge of losing my home. But I need help in heating up my house. I don’t have money to repair my furnace, so I need propane assistance. I am very appreciative of the financial assistance I got today from. The New Life VCHC! God bless you all!

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.

On February 9, 1979, I was walking to my girlfriend’s house, cutting through a gated community.

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!

This morning while I was on a prayer walk, I came across a man who was taking his cat for a walk.

The first words you spoke to me, “you are saying some radical things", as you grinned really big.

Whether it is bloodshed in the streets or families being ripped apart along with democracy, we need victory over the powers of darkness.

There is Hope, Christ is Risen!

Death is a reality that every person must face. It plagues all of mankind, no matter how rich or poor, smart or dumb you are.