Connect – Easter 2025 | Volume 24, Number 1
Nichole had her first encounter with God when she was very young. It took years of being in a bad relationship, an addiction to drugs, homelessness, incarceration and finally...
READ MORENichole had her first encounter with God when she was very young. It took years of being in a bad relationship, an addiction to drugs, homelessness, incarceration and finally...
READ MOREReggie spent 15 years growing up around gangs. “I was raised up in gangs,” he remembers. “Drugs and all that stuff. All kinds of trouble. That’s all I knew.”...
READ MOREIn Luke 15, Jesus tells his disciples the parable of the lost sheep and ends by saying, “‘Rejoice with sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way, there...
READ MOREFor Mike, drugs and alcohol were a way of running from a traumatic event he experienced when he was in his teens. He later got clean but relapsed after...
READ MOREThe first time Jesse came to Shelter KC, all he wanted was “to get the program done and make it look good. To say ‘Hey, I did it.’ I...
READ MOREHaving grown up with extreme childhood trauma, Dorrine is winning the battle against years of addiction and allowing God to work in her life. “Every day I take an...
READ MOREAfter struggling with addiction for most of his life, Anthony eventually found himself homeless. Thanks to friends like you, Shelter KC was able to offer Anthony a chance to...
READ MORERaised here in KC, DeMarco spent most of his life “in the fast lane.” His life was full of ups and downs – owning his own business and becoming...
READ MOREElizabeth began her struggle with alcohol and narcotics when she was just 15. But it wasn’t until she was in her 40’s that it got “really bad.” “I had...
READ MOREThanks to your support, Eric’s life was turned completely around after a nearly fatal auto accident and five years of addiction. Today he works here at Shelter KC, welcoming and...
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