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The
Need
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The
Need:
Missionaries
overseas are overwhelmed with extreme spiritual, social and material
needs. Intense
ministry and spiritual battle puts tremendous pressure on marriages and
family
relationships. This pressure is multiplied as we send more families to
restricted access countries in the 10/40 window, where they lack the
support
systems of more traditional missionaries.
When they
return to the U.S. for “furlough,”
they are expected to travel with their families, usually during the
hot, humid
summer months. They speak with churches and individuals, raise new
support,
take care of medical, dental and educational needs, purchase hard to
find
items, visit family members, and on and on. They travel thousands of
miles by
car, sleeping in different beds every other night – four to five in a
motel
room or in someone’s spare bedroom. They, and their kids, are on
display 24
hours a day. And then, when they return overseas, their neighbors often
ask,
“How was your vacation?” These
pressures, home and abroad, are leading to more cases of burn-out and
premature
departure from the field. These precious laborers need care.
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The
Response
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Shelter
Ministries was founded
in 2001 to “provide the poor wanderer
with shelter.” Isaiah 58:6,7. We provide a place where missionaries can
recover
their energy and renew their vision; a place where they can reconnect
as
families, and linger with Jesus, so that He can meet with them
and speak
to their soul and spirit. It’s a safe place to rest, walk, pray, read,
play
with their kids, get re-acquainted with their spouse, evaluate, renew
and
regroup.
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Is
it time for a break? |
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Is God asking you and your family to come
away with Him, to be renewed personally, to spend time with your
family, to be refreshed by His presence? |
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Contribute Today |
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Help provide a place of rest and renewal
for missionary families.
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Take a Tour
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Take a tour of Grace Suite and the 20
acres set aside for you to visit with God.
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