This place put me back on the right path
Tommie grew up in a good family with a strict father. But because “everybody was doing it,” he started using drugs when he was just 12. At 16, he...
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I Have God Back in My Life
Ivan lost everything he had and became homeless. But with his faith restored and life rebuilt, he plans to finish his college education and become a drug and alcohol...
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A Heart of Gratitude
Randy overcame abandonment as a child and an addiction to alcohol. But Shelter KC was there with the support he needed. Randy’s mom died when he was just seven....
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Destitute and Broken
Raised in a Christian home with a grandfather who pastored a church, Ursula’s life was going well until her mother died of breast cancer just a month before Ursula’s...
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Welcomed Back With Open Arms
Tom has been a guest here at Shelter KC off and on for 18 years. His journey began in 1998 when he lost his mother, his brother and his...
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Joy, Confidence, and Empowerment
“Joy, confidence, and empowerment… that’s what Shelter KC means to me,” Tina says. When she arrived at our door, Tina was lacking in all three of these areas. That...
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My name is Sandy and life for me has felt like a series of earthquakes. Every time I feel like I’m steady, everything shakes apart. The turmoil started early...
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Set-Free
In the first 12 years of Robin’s life, he was abandoned by his mother and father. He was abused and terrorized by his alcoholic uncle. Then his aunt, the...
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TREVA SAW THE SIGN as she walked down Prospect Avenue, anxious about her future. “I had just completed a stay at a nearby recovery ministry. Their program only allowed...
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Leading by Surrender
Sarah grinned ear to ear, pushed her graduation hat tassel out of her face and looked around the room full of guests who’d come to attend her graduation from...
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A Long Walk Home
On a brutally cold day last winter, Eric found himself at the end of his hope. “For more than 18 hours I hid from security at North Kansas City...
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Joe’s 2018 Christmas Letter
CHRISTMAS HAPPENS A LOT at Kansas City Rescue Mission. You see, Christmas marks the moment in time when God stepped into the confusion of a dark and dying world...
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“The Strength of My Life”
“I WAS STANDING BEHIND THIS BIG GUY, waiting to check out with the cashier and I caught a glimpse of a tattoo on his forearm quoting Psalm 27:1,” Rob...
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Cold Snap Leaves Beds Filled and Shelves Empty
THE CHILLING TEMPERATURES in December 2018 and January 2019 tested the strength of our Center staff as they provided warm, safe shelter for over-capacity crowds night after night! “We...
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Follow the Sign
At Shelter KC we see God's vision come to light every day in big and small ways. This is the story of Eugene and God's sign to him through...
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