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“We All Need Love and Forgiveness”

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In addition to morning prayers and activities outside the Mission, Charles and his fellow students are studying The Commands of Christ, a series of four books that focus on the 49 commands Christ gave his followers, which can be summarized by the two greatest commandments: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength” and “love your neighbor as yourself.”

They’re also learning how to resolve anger issues, which Charles says offers “a great opportunity to turn your face toward God.”

Charles is expanding his new-found faith by visiting local churches, getting a feel for their worship styles and how the people in the congregations “come together.”

When they’re not in class, members of our TFM program work around the Mission. Charles is helping out in the kitchen and has nothing but praise for the food they receive, saying that the Mission “does a really wonderful job with meals.”

Charles and his fellow students also learn to do community service by helping with wood splitting at Sunshine Cove to get ready for the winter and cleaning the grandstands at the Elkhart County 4H Fair.

While Charles acknowledges that he and the others all come “from different backgrounds,” their strength is helping each other out… to “encourage one another to try and live by the Scriptures and apply the Bible to how we live, not just to set it down and forget about it.”

And even though he hopes to soon be graduating from our TFM program, Charles will carry with him the teaching he has learned about Christ and His message: “At some point in all of our lives, we all need love and forgiveness. The ministry of Christ does have the ability to change a life that is maybe not going anywhere to a life that’s purposeful and has direction.”