Patience is hard for humans. Yet God is so good, so patient, with us. He teaches us, again and again, to yield our plans to His will, His timing. Then He reliably exceeds our expectations with His abundance. This is the recent story of True Freedom’s Women’s Ministry. We’ve been waiting on the Lord with a longing to expand our programming to incarcerated women. Now, in 2024, God is opening the floodgates! Amazingly, in keeping with our hearts’ desire, Jesus has given us…

Stark Regional Community Correction Center (SRCCC) houses inmates incarcerated for chemical, alcohol, and abuse charges from Stark, Summit, and Tuscarawas Counties. TFM is new to this institution, and we have strategically chosen programming to best serve its population. We praise God that our work here is gaining momentum. Currently, we are facilitating two Character Development classes. We also offer two sections of Celebrate Recovery, for which three of our staff members received in-depth training. One female client shared, “We just love that you take time out of your week for us and how the programming is so different. It makes us feel…

Cleveland is the poorest big city in the United States. In 2023, TFM’s Homeless Ministry was privileged to distribute many things our neighbors need to face the cold, like 497 winter hats, 523 pairs of gloves, and 1,432 pairs of socks. We also gave away 944 toothbrushes, 424 toothbrush cases, 1,307 tubes of toothpaste, and 374 dental floss kits. Additional items supplied to men’s and women’s homeless shelters included 314 pairs of men’s underpants, 320 hand and foot warmers, 2,179 bars of soap, 412 bottles of shampoo, 1,124 razors, 120 cans of shaving cream, 485 bottles of body lotion, 341 bottles of hair conditioner, 435 containers of deodorant, 1,189 baby diapers, 224 wash cloths, and 102 towels. We praise God for letting us be the hands and feet of Jesus. Please pray that those blessed by these items would come to know the Savior…