“I wanted to be a part of a community with friends,” she shared. “What we got was friends and a net under our family. We have people who are willing to listen to us when it feels like ‘surely you want to be done listening to us.’ Their love is deep enough that we can’t wear it out, just like God’s love is deep enough that we can’t wear it out.”

Dave credits Sue and Don for the tugs that got him invested in All Souls as a part of his life, but there is more to his story. When he lived in Kentucky, Dave was part of a men's group that taught him how to share and talk with other men in a trusting, vulnerable, and transparent way. A connection to that type of group had been missing for more than 9 years from his life.

“Please do not let Kim call me," they would say. There is a plumbing company in town that to this day, will not do work on Kim’s home because of how she treated them. It got to the point that Kim tried to kill herself with pills and alcohol. To her surprise, she woke up the next day.

Marie reads her bible daily and prays. She continues to serve by taking prayer requests from others. “I can pray in the moment,” she said. “When someone says something to me, I can pray immediately. I don’t need to go to a corner. I can pause, block everything out, and pray, wherever it is needed.”