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Things once separated are rejoined Things once broken are mended Things once wrong are made right God calls all this reconciliation God s mission is to reconcile all things individuals and communities hunger of o the stomach and hunger of the soul all things physical and spiritual to Him

Things once separated are rejoined Things once broken are mended Things once wrong are made right God calls all this reconciliation God s mission is to reconcile all things individuals and communities hunger of o the stomach and hunger of the soul all things physical and spiritual to Him

Grace is a self professing atheist who has experienced trauma and lives with depression These are her words Trauma Depression Anger Pain and Mental Destruction are eating my generation alive and we have nowhere to hide Unlike the Western world here in Africa we are presumed crazy or acting out when we go through these things In our community you can try and try to make them see your perspective but judgement and criticism will follow you everywhere you go But among Christian community Grace has begun to see a different reception and she has become curious She is nding a Jesus who sits with those presumed crazy outcasted and traumatized A Jesus who listens Who offers food and water to the physical body and eternal bread for the soul After writing the rst draft of this story Grace suddenly lost her father Courtney our missionary was able to sit with her in her pain Grace s belief in God is still small but it is growing She is experiencing God s reconciliation even as an unbeliever Please continue praying for Grace and her generation in Tanzania tanzania Monterey has supported Landon Courtney Shuman in Dar es Salaam Tanzania since 2014 Their work includes Partnering with coffee shops for vocational training and discipleship Disciple Making Movements DMM Discovery Bible Studies

Grace is a self professing atheist who has experienced trauma and lives with depression These are her words Trauma Depression Anger Pain and Mental Destruction are eating my generation alive and we have nowhere to hide Unlike the Western world here in Africa we are presumed crazy or acting out when we go through these things In our community you can try and try to make them see your perspective but judgement and criticism will follow you everywhere you go But among Christian community Grace has begun to see a different reception and she has become curious She is nding a Jesus who sits with those presumed crazy outcasted and traumatized A Jesus who listens Who offers food and water to the physical body and eternal bread for the soul After writing the rst draft of this story Grace suddenly lost her father Courtney our missionary was able to sit with her in her pain Grace s belief in God is still small but it is growing She is experiencing God s reconciliation even as an unbeliever Please continue praying for Grace and her generation in Tanzania tanzania Monterey has supported Landon Courtney Shuman in Dar es Salaam Tanzania since 2014 Their work includes Partnering with coffee shops for vocational training and discipleship Disciple Making Movements DMM Discovery Bible Studies

For Salim reconciliation of all things isn t just about the soul but about the whole For Salim and his family reconciliation touched every part of life including family home and land Violence from tribal clashes forced a mom and her ten children to leave their home Not nding shelter among distant relatives the oldest son Salim 17 was sent to Stephen Thethe one of our missionaries for work Stephen enrolled the eight school aged children in the church s Mahenzo school and arranged for the family s shelter The violence eventually settled and Salim s mother returned to their land to farm However she found her eld had been reallocated While fending there alone with her two youngest she became ill to the point that she was not able to walk Salim and Stephen brought this news to the church at Mahenzo and the members generously pitched in to bring them back Once her health improved the church helped put up a two room house on a piece of Stechu phen s land which they farmed for sustenance During all this Salim assumed responsibility for the family while nishing secondary school He had come to know God through his time at Mahenzo and made sure his mom also came to know Him His passion for God also led him to lead the youth group there Recognizing his faithfulness to God and family concerned friends worked to help him nd a plot of land to call his own There they were able to build a small home and to plant vegetables for their food food kenya Monterey supports Jim Phyllis Beck Stephen Thethe and Daniel Chengo in Malindi Kenya Their work includes Mahenzo Mission Educational Centre Uzima Church and Training Center 9 Rural Health Clinics 40 50 000 served yearly Food Water Security HIV Mothers Support Groups

For Salim reconciliation of all things isn t just about the soul but about the whole For Salim and his family reconciliation touched every part of life including family home and land Violence from tribal clashes forced a mom and her ten children to leave their home Not nding shelter among distant relatives the oldest son Salim 17 was sent to Stephen Thethe one of our missionaries for work Stephen enrolled the eight school aged children in the church s Mahenzo school and arranged for the family s shelter The violence eventually settled and Salim s mother returned to their land to farm However she found her eld had been reallocated While fending there alone with her two youngest she became ill to the point that she was not able to walk Salim and Stephen brought this news to the church at Mahenzo and the members generously pitched in to bring them back Once her health improved the church helped put up a two room house on a piece of Stechu phen s land which they farmed for sustenance During all this Salim assumed responsibility for the family while nishing secondary school He had come to know God through his time at Mahenzo and made sure his mom also came to know Him His passion for God also led him to lead the youth group there Recognizing his faithfulness to God and family concerned friends worked to help him nd a plot of land to call his own There they were able to build a small home and to plant vegetables for their food food kenya Monterey supports Jim Phyllis Beck Stephen Thethe and Daniel Chengo in Malindi Kenya Their work includes Mahenzo Mission Educational Centre Uzima Church and Training Center 9 Rural Health Clinics 40 50 000 served yearly Food Water Security HIV Mothers Support Groups

Open Door s Survivor Housing has recently walked with several women who share a too common story mothers who in their own victimizations and survival lost or gave up custody of their children in order to keep them safe Ge Getting to see these mothers reunite with their children is such a privilege They have climbed mountains of adversity to gain back their own health or for some nd it for the very rst time in order to have their children back again At Survivor Housing one gets to witness cycles of familial traf cking and poverty broken as survivors put everything on the line to nd physical emotional and spiritual healing We serve a God who is greater than any dark space we could ever imagine and who challenges us to walk in these places with the hope of his light He is a God who longs to restore our hurting relationships and bring them into harmony We get to partner with God in creating spaces for things to be made right again It is an opportunity not just for the survivor but for all of us God is reconciling traf cking survivors and us to Him Monterey supports Jaime Wheeler in her work at Open Door s Survivor Housing Open Door s work includes Survivor Housing traf cking victims Permanent Supportive Housing Medical Clinic Community Center Open Door Church

Open Door s Survivor Housing has recently walked with several women who share a too common story mothers who in their own victimizations and survival lost or gave up custody of their children in order to keep them safe Ge Getting to see these mothers reunite with their children is such a privilege They have climbed mountains of adversity to gain back their own health or for some nd it for the very rst time in order to have their children back again At Survivor Housing one gets to witness cycles of familial traf cking and poverty broken as survivors put everything on the line to nd physical emotional and spiritual healing We serve a God who is greater than any dark space we could ever imagine and who challenges us to walk in these places with the hope of his light He is a God who longs to restore our hurting relationships and bring them into harmony We get to partner with God in creating spaces for things to be made right again It is an opportunity not just for the survivor but for all of us God is reconciling traf cking survivors and us to Him Monterey supports Jaime Wheeler in her work at Open Door s Survivor Housing Open Door s work includes Survivor Housing traf cking victims Permanent Supportive Housing Medical Clinic Community Center Open Door Church

Several years ago Juan Carlos became the minister of the Church of Christ in La Chacastera Usulutan one of the many rural churches overseen by our missionaries in El Salvador Juan had felt called into ministry and attended the School of Preaching there established by the Azucena and Ortega families el salvador La Chacastera is a place of extreme poverty Being a seaside area most families make a living through artisanal shing and related seasonal day labor Their people experience hard times often and hope has many forms For Juan s church COVID 19 drove them to a more complete dependence on God but they lacked an adequate building to gather their community While the pandemic further disrupted many people s work and livelihoods the church used their time and energy to build a new meeting space in a matter of days The men built the women provided meals and they now have a beautiful new place to worship grow and be encouraged in Christ God is reconciling struggling families in El Salvador to him Monterey s involvement in El Salvador began in 1965 We have supported Herbert and Gloria Ortega and Manuel and Marina Azucena since the 1970s and 80s This work includes Creating a School of Preaching Planting supporting dozens of rural churches Coordinating regional workshops conferences seminars

Several years ago Juan Carlos became the minister of the Church of Christ in La Chacastera Usulutan one of the many rural churches overseen by our missionaries in El Salvador Juan had felt called into ministry and attended the School of Preaching there established by the Azucena and Ortega families el salvador La Chacastera is a place of extreme poverty Being a seaside area most families make a living through artisanal shing and related seasonal day labor Their people experience hard times often and hope has many forms For Juan s church COVID 19 drove them to a more complete dependence on God but they lacked an adequate building to gather their community While the pandemic further disrupted many people s work and livelihoods the church used their time and energy to build a new meeting space in a matter of days The men built the women provided meals and they now have a beautiful new place to worship grow and be encouraged in Christ God is reconciling struggling families in El Salvador to him Monterey s involvement in El Salvador began in 1965 We have supported Herbert and Gloria Ortega and Manuel and Marina Azucena since the 1970s and 80s This work includes Creating a School of Preaching Planting supporting dozens of rural churches Coordinating regional workshops conferences seminars

2020 brought challenges to every corner of the world and for our Olive Branch partners in Ventanilla Peru it was no different This area already struggles to have enough resources but COVID brought more challenges When Peru went into lockdown Olive Branch began sending money each month for food to be purchased for church members and neighbors Those who were able came to the building to pick up their bag of food Bags of groceries were delivered to those unable to come to the building This is still going on Alejandro and Nohely Julio help lead the church there They felt blessed to be able to take church online when the lockdown hit Nohely now teaches the women s evening Bible class over Zoom But these adaptations have not prevented forming new relationships as well Adela was one of these One night after studying scripture with the Julios she insisted on being baptized It was high tide and the waters were rough She was scared but as soon as they stepped in the ocean the waters became calm and she gave her life to God God is reconciling all things to Him through it all olive branch Monterey has supported Olive Branch Ministries in Peru Nicaragua since 2012 Their work includes Education Bible Teaching Ventanilla Peru Medical and Non Medical Camps for Basic Health Care Dentistry Physical Therapy Maternal Infant Mortality Casa Materna Nicaragua Nica

2020 brought challenges to every corner of the world and for our Olive Branch partners in Ventanilla Peru it was no different This area already struggles to have enough resources but COVID brought more challenges When Peru went into lockdown Olive Branch began sending money each month for food to be purchased for church members and neighbors Those who were able came to the building to pick up their bag of food Bags of groceries were delivered to those unable to come to the building This is still going on Alejandro and Nohely Julio help lead the church there They felt blessed to be able to take church online when the lockdown hit Nohely now teaches the women s evening Bible class over Zoom But these adaptations have not prevented forming new relationships as well Adela was one of these One night after studying scripture with the Julios she insisted on being baptized It was high tide and the waters were rough She was scared but as soon as they stepped in the ocean the waters became calm and she gave her life to God God is reconciling all things to Him through it all olive branch Monterey has supported Olive Branch Ministries in Peru Nicaragua since 2012 Their work includes Education Bible Teaching Ventanilla Peru Medical and Non Medical Camps for Basic Health Care Dentistry Physical Therapy Maternal Infant Mortality Casa Materna Nicaragua Nica

Shingiro was taken off the street eight years ago and brought into ATN s Peace House Peace House is a one year program that brings street boys immersive education and life skills then reintegrates them back into their families with a case worker who tends to the family as a whole Shingiro s reintegration was not as easy as the other boys because of family brokenness and the irresponsibility of his parents Shingiro likes studying and has always worked hard in school Because of this and the con dence and hope brought to him by Peace House Shingiro just received a full scholarship from the government to continue his university studies in Physics and biology with education He will be the rst boy in ATN s family reintegration program to go to college He has reached his dreams something a boy with his background backg thought impossible No doubt Shingiro will continue to serve God and his people as a devoted disciple and a disciplined young man God is reconciling street boys in Rwanda to Him rwanda Monterey supports Caleb Jenny Beck currently in transition to Mediterranean Rim and Africa Transformation Network ATN Work includes Discovery Bible Studies Peace House for Girls escaping traf cking Peace House for Boys escaping street life Vocational Welding School Farming God s Way

Shingiro was taken off the street eight years ago and brought into ATN s Peace House Peace House is a one year program that brings street boys immersive education and life skills then reintegrates them back into their families with a case worker who tends to the family as a whole Shingiro s reintegration was not as easy as the other boys because of family brokenness and the irresponsibility of his parents Shingiro likes studying and has always worked hard in school Because of this and the con dence and hope brought to him by Peace House Shingiro just received a full scholarship from the government to continue his university studies in Physics and biology with education He will be the rst boy in ATN s family reintegration program to go to college He has reached his dreams something a boy with his background backg thought impossible No doubt Shingiro will continue to serve God and his people as a devoted disciple and a disciplined young man God is reconciling street boys in Rwanda to Him rwanda Monterey supports Caleb Jenny Beck currently in transition to Mediterranean Rim and Africa Transformation Network ATN Work includes Discovery Bible Studies Peace House for Girls escaping traf cking Peace House for Boys escaping street life Vocational Welding School Farming God s Way

Kate grew up in a severely abusive home from age 5 The abuse abruptly stopped at age 13 when her father suddenly died but the trauma threatens to de ne her life Kate was taken into foster care and eventually found a stable family but was never adopted In the meantime she wrestled with depression struggled to nd healthy relationships and could not see her own value She hated going to church because it reminded her of her father Kate aged out of foster care when she turned 18 with little preparedness for adulthood But before she aged out she made a new friend Jaclyn a young mom here at Monterey For two years now Kate has found a safe place and wise counsel in this mentor Precisely because Jaclyn knows Kate so well she has been able to provide assistance at appropriate times a new bicycle when she was walking an hour to and from work a bedroom suit and mattress when she was sleeping on the oor Jaclyn connected her with a family who was giving one away and most importantly a converation any time Kate s story is far from over but she sees a lighthouse in Jaclyn For Kate God s reconciliation is taking the form of an older friend who has decided to journey with her community ministries We are all agents of God s reconciliation individually but unique doors can open when we come together Monterey s coordinated Community Ministries began in 2009 with a desire to more strategically draw near others in our city Work includes Home Helpers widows single mothers Family Promise Special Needs Ministries St Benedict s Chapel Foster Adoption Ministries Post Abortion Recovery Addiction Support montereychurch com to see full list

Kate grew up in a severely abusive home from age 5 The abuse abruptly stopped at age 13 when her father suddenly died but the trauma threatens to de ne her life Kate was taken into foster care and eventually found a stable family but was never adopted In the meantime she wrestled with depression struggled to nd healthy relationships and could not see her own value She hated going to church because it reminded her of her father Kate aged out of foster care when she turned 18 with little preparedness for adulthood But before she aged out she made a new friend Jaclyn a young mom here at Monterey For two years now Kate has found a safe place and wise counsel in this mentor Precisely because Jaclyn knows Kate so well she has been able to provide assistance at appropriate times a new bicycle when she was walking an hour to and from work a bedroom suit and mattress when she was sleeping on the oor Jaclyn connected her with a family who was giving one away and most importantly a converation any time Kate s story is far from over but she sees a lighthouse in Jaclyn For Kate God s reconciliation is taking the form of an older friend who has decided to journey with her community ministries We are all agents of God s reconciliation individually but unique doors can open when we come together Monterey s coordinated Community Ministries began in 2009 with a desire to more strategically draw near others in our city Work includes Home Helpers widows single mothers Family Promise Special Needs Ministries St Benedict s Chapel Foster Adoption Ministries Post Abortion Recovery Addiction Support montereychurch com to see full list

reconciling all things

reconciling all things

reconciling all things