Arms Raised Up

I have recently started manning the front desk of CLDI in the mornings. In the office bathroom hangs a little plaque that quotes 2 Thessalonians 3:13: “As for you brothers, never tire of doing what is right.” Reading this scripture day after day, I have been...

A Vision for Change

 For the past several years, CLDI has targeted our efforts in a part of the South Side we refer to as the 300 Block (shown below). This distinct part of our community is mostly known for the 79 townhomes that were built in the late 1970’s as an affordable housing...

A Letter of Reflection

*A letter written by a fellow sister, Amanda, at the end of her Fellowship House internship with CLDI. Dear Amanda of August 2012,  As you drive out to Billings for the first time, I know that you are both confident that the Lord has led to you this city,...

Willing in Weakness

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and...