The Montana Rescue Mission

Mt. Republic Chapel of Peace supports five ministries that serve people in Montana, the U.S. and the world. This week a group of servants took a trip over the Beartooths to Billings, to the Montana Rescue Mission, a ministry that serves the needs of men, women, and children in Billings without homes and hot meals. MRM is a wonderful organization, run by faithful stewards of few resources, driven by loving hearts and a faith in a God who can change lives. They know because several of the full-time staff members were themselves once residents in the building.

After a grand tour of the building facilities, we were served a wonderful (and unexpected!) lunch before heading upstairs to the two rooms were had traveled three hours to paint! It was a joy to serve the ministry in even a small way such as that, but also to think of those who would occupy those two rooms for a time and call them "home." It's often in the small things, such as clean, painted walls, that give a person a sense of dignity and self-respect, making that person without a home, still feel like a person. Even small acts of service can truly be a blessing to the world and to individuals. We were glad to be a part of the Mission that day.