{"id":130,"date":"2021-10-19T06:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T06:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifetreeministries.org\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2021-10-21T02:52:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T02:52:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifetreeministries.org\/index.php\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"130\" class=\"elementor elementor-130\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-235970e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"235970e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06512ae\" data-id=\"06512ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c36c83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c36c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifetreeministries.org\/index.php\/home\/\">About Us<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73d7927 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73d7927\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d62c01\" data-id=\"3d62c01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-909f872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"909f872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LifeTreeMinistriesHouston\/videos\/922536824528188\/\" autoplay=\"\" controls=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-687b153e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"687b153e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76a87c10\" data-id=\"76a87c10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7507270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7507270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>LifeTree Ministries (LTM) is an apartment ministry for refugees where Christians work together to fulfill Christ\u2019s mandate. AS a Christ-centered ministry, we seek to share the love of God and build relationships among refugee communities in the apartments in the Houston area.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>LTM started with one people group, Bhutanese at the Los Arcos Apartment in July 2014. Since then many different refugee groups arrived in Houston that reshaped our community. We now serve in two apartments with many different people groups such as Bhutan, Myanmar, Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda, Iraq. God is sending the world to us so that we can join Him in a global mission right here in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We have two different locations.<br>Los Arco and Sun Blossom Mt. Apartment. Two locations have services of:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Afterschool Program<\/strong><br>The challenge of finishing the homework is helped by volunteers tutoring as they work together after school<\/li>\n<li><strong>One-on-One <\/strong><br>TutorialIndividual academic tutorials are provided for specific needs of the students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VBS<\/strong> <br>Vacation Bible School is conducted at the Los Arcos each summer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Youth Discipleship<\/strong><br>Refugees&nbsp;youths&nbsp;have a critical need for Biblical principles in their lives. Through this program our volunteers teach how to avoid unhealthy temptations and guide them to learn social skills which will help them grow to become wholesome, responsible individuals in American society.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ESL Class<\/strong><br>The refugees desperately need to learn English to find employment and adjust to a new culture. Adults ESL classes incorporate Bible stories in English lessons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship Class<\/strong><br>The refugees receive Permanent Residency Card upon arrival but do not have passports until they become citizens. 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