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Discipleship: Helping Others Become Rooted in their Identity
The roots of a person's struggles are often deep, intertwined and complex. No one singular "program" can address all of a person's challenges. Many of the people that CLDI serve have come from...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 19
Hello Friends of CLDI! Great progress this week as the first floor has been framed out and decked! Monday will be an exciting day as the crane will be on site to set the second story walls that have...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 18
Friends of CLDI, We are grateful for all the work that has taken place this last week. By the end of next week, the first floor will be entirely framed and sheeted. Then, on the week of April 17,...
Dignity & Opportunities Through Rail//Line Coffee
Part #2 of Promise’s Story of Healing. Read Part #1 “Healing Her Broken Belief” here. When Promise first moved into the Hannah House, it felt like she had nothing to offer.She had little job...
No. 4 Timeless Treasures
Dear CLDI Family and Friends, Since I was a kid, I have had an infatuation with timeless items. I loved my dad's old records and record player, the infamous buck knife my parents got me as a young...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 17
Friends of CLDI, How amazing was the nice weather this week on the heels of a wintery weekend? For those of us in Billings, the sunshine was exceptional! Here is the latest update on Tapestry. As...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 16
Hello friends! While you didn't hear from me last week (I was enjoying a little time away with my lovely wife), the work kept on going for Tapestry! We have some great news to share. 100% of the...
CLDI Member Story: Fruitful Growth
Mentorship is an essential component of the fourth principle of Christian Community Development: Leadership Development. Through our holistic, gospel-centered approach to mentorship, we encourage...
Healing Her Broken Belief
“Promises are made to be broken... that’s why I am so broken.” My name is Promise. A few years ago, my life—if you could even call it that—used to be rock bottom hell. I was pregnant, addicted to...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 14
Hello Friends of CLDI! Happy Friday! This week we were able to pour the concrete bases for the piers; this is in preparation for the concrete slabs once the underground plumbing is done. Our offsite...