August 2026 Newsletter

Charity’s story of restoration

Charity now serves as a Servant Leader at His Mansion, and the women in the Resident Recovery Program know her as someone who understands and listens. She first arrived in February 2025, as a resident entering the program for addiction recovery.

She grew up in a Christian home, the child of missionary parents in the Philippines, and remembers praying often as a child. Her family moved back to the United States when she was fourteen; three years later they returned to the Philippines and she stayed behind. That separation, alongside several painful relationships, left her isolated. She turned to alcohol to ease anxiety, and by her mid-twenties to opiates, which became the primary struggle of the next decade.

She describes searching for healing throughout those years, and finding that psychedelics and new age spirituality gave only fleeting answers. About a year before joining the program she came to know Christ in a way that began to change things, saying she came to know His love while still in addiction, and realized she did not have to be perfect to be loved.

The first months on The Hill were hard. She had lived privately and kept her addiction largely hidden, so the openness of the community was a challenge. She reflects that she became aware of how she had been cared for throughout her life, and that she had carried a great deal of self-pity while in fact being blessed. Isaiah 30:18 has become important to her.

Baptisms and the Summer Shindig

At the end of July the community gathered at the Deering Reservoir, where four Residents were baptized, making a public profession of faith. The newsletter is careful about what that means: baptism is described not as a declaration of guaranteed sobriety from here on, but as a profession of living for Jesus and accepting the new life He offers.

The evening continued with the annual talent show, the Summer Shindig. The point of the night, as the ministry describes it, is less the performances than what they represent: people who have lived in shame allowing themselves to be seen and delighted in.

Renewed hope for families

Sean and John both recently completed their time in the Resident Recovery Program. Both are fathers returning to their families, with the opportunity to break cycles of generational bondage and build homes where their children can grow up knowing God.

Run for Recovery 5K

• Saturday 8 August 2026, 8:30 am
• Hillsborough County 4-H Fairgrounds, New Boston, New Hampshire
• $35 per entry, registration by 7 August

Prayer requests

• Jeff, the new Facilities Technician, and the Stufflebeam family, arriving on The Hill this month. Pray for financial support and peace during the transition.
• The 5K on August 8th, that it would connect the ministry with people in the local community.
• Several open staff positions, that they would be filled in the Lord’s timing.
• Continued growth in the gardens and a plentiful harvest this season.