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For almost 20 years I have been a missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico, with Foundation For His Ministry, an organization whose mission is to rescue, reach and restore. It started out over 60 years ago as a home for needy children who lived in situations of abuse, neglect and abandonment. Children were rescued from these situations and provided with relationships, opportunities and resources that have changed the course of their lives.

Children were in these situations because of parents and other adults in their lives who were lost spiritually. FFHM expanded its ministry to reach lost people with the hope of the gospel. People who have a relationship with Jesus encounter power that is able to change their lives, giving them the hope of eternity as well as flourishing lives on earth.

As FFHM grew it realized that it could come alongside broken people and help restore them. We desire to bring healing, hope and wholeness to vulnerable people who struggle with addictions or who are in prison. They have experienced challenges, difficulties and trauma in their lives and we are able to help restore them to be productive members of society and to thrive in the Kingdom of God.

I love being a part of this ministry for many reasons. One of those reasons is Rescuing, Reaching, and Restoring. I can take those things with me! I wrote in my last post about things we can take with us to the grave. About storing up treasures in heaven. Rescuing children, reaching the lost and restoring broken people is like money in the bank of heaven; like gold, silver and jewels in the celestial treasure chest.

Of course you don’t need to be a missionary in a foreign country to be involved in rescuing, reaching and restoring. In your local community there are children in the foster care system that need to be rescued. There are the spiritually dead that need to be reached with the life giving message of the Gospel. There are people broken by addictions and bad decisions who need to be restored. God wants all of us, wherever we live, to be his hands and feet in the divine process of rescuing children, reaching the lost and restoring the broken. The lives we touch with the message of hope will be filled with peace and joy and we will be making an investment in the kingdom of God that will last for eternity.

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God uses broken people like you and me to rescue broken people like you and me.