Hello friends! We are excited to announce that Mosaic Senior Cottages are 99% complete! With our certificate of occupancy, tenants will be moving in next week! After the snow flies next week (đ„) we will lay the sod and finish up the landscaping. A HUGE praise to God...
Relocation
A Series on the Principles of Christian Community Development by Eric C. Basye What the Gospel Says about being a Neighbor Coach Wayne Gordon, a seasoned Christian community developer in the South Side of Chicago, beautifully communicates the essence of the first of...
Mosaic Senior Cottage Update – Week 21
Hey there friends of CLDI! Just a quick update. We are so thankful for the warmer weather. The construction site is coming along! With the forms prepped and ready to go, the ground thawing out, we hope to pour concrete next week! Meanwhile, trim is going up inside the...
Mosaic Senior Cottage Update – Week 17
First off, it is official, I have given in to Lisa's influential spirit - we will be referring to this project as the Mosaic Senior Cottages going forward! A great name and picture of the community we pray this will be for our senior friends! Good job Lisa!...
A KINGDOM VISION: A COMMUNITY CHURCH, PART 12
In this final installment of our âKingdom Visionâ blog series, it is our hope that you have been challenged to further orient your lives according to His ways. I had personally been praying for a healthy church to plant in our new CLDI building since 2016. Dinner...
MOSAIC SENIOR HOUSING â FRIDAY UPDATE WEEK 10
What a great week! I could not be more encouraged and impressed with the progress Langlas construction makes every day. We are thankful that the weather has allowed us to nearly dry the apartments in. Hopefully, in the next week or two, the windows will arrive...
MOSAIC SENIOR HOUSING â FRIDAY UPDATE WEEK 7
Wow! What a difference a week can make. Concrete gets poured in the South building this week. Next week they will start to frame the South building. Gravel will also be going into the North building, and then we will be pouring concrete and prepping the...
MOSAIC SENIOR HOUSING â FRIDAY UPDATE WEEK 6
Foundation walls; check.Site prepThe challenges next door; hopeful the city will enforce a demolition.The worksiteGetting the walls formed for Building #2Building #1 plumbed and ready for the concrete slab pour!Future intern house at 2016 4th Avenue SouthOur neighbors...
RELOCATED: Making a Home South Side of the Tracks
About a year ago, my husband and I bought a home on the South Side of Billings. We knowâitâs that neighborhood. The South Sideâs reputation precedes itâdrugs, criminal activity, and certainly not the best bet if youâre looking for a return on your investment of...
Seeing God at Work in the Lives of South Side Youth
*The following is a reflection from our Youth Works staff to give testimony of the ways the Lord was at work in the lives of our students last summer. As we lean into a fast-approaching summer, perhaps this will lead you in how to pray for our Youth Works staff and...
Through the Eyes of an Intern
Moving to the South Side has not been what I expected. To be honest, Iâm not quite sure what I expected! It must have been something along the lines of becoming best friends with all our neighbors and having deep conversations with them all the time. So far weâve only...
CLDI Internship Reflections
So, it's never been more obvious that I can do nothing apart from Christ. I can't get out of bed well without His abiding presence. I can't even do a good job speaking with someone, unless Christ indwells my everything. This time as an intern has simultaneously...
Through New Eyes by Ashley Hatmaker
Iâve lived in Billings my entire life, and Iâm embarrassed to say that Iâve grown up with, and maintained, a pretty negative view of the South Side. âDonât go there.â âDonât hang out there.â âDonât hang out with people who hang out there.â âAnd, by all means, donât...
Family
During the Christmas holidays, my intern Rachel and I took the residents of the Hannah House to look at lights at the zoo. We ventured out in the party wagon, over snow piled roads, all singing enthusiastically to the Christmas carols playing. At one point, we were...
KATAPHEUGĂ – A Project to Restore, Reclaim, and Promote Community Renewal
On a regular basis, CLDI evaluates the needs that remain in our community that are within the scope of our mission to make Jesus known as we seek the welfare of our friends and neighbors of the South Side. A few of the needs we have identified are: more housing and...
Gospel Intentionality
For those of us in Christian circles, when you think of the word ministry, what comes to mind? If you had to describe what ministry was, or who was responsible for such activity, what would you say? According to Merriam-Websterâs dictionary, ministry is defined as...
Meet Jim and Patty
In seeking to encourage transformation of the South Side and its residents, the works of CLDI are targeted toward community revitalization, outreach, and discipleship. In regard to community revitalization, CLDI is committed to seek the shalom of our city, and in...
