Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Let Go Of The Past To those of us who are outside of the drug culture, it is a mystery as to why anyone would put a foreign, harmful substance into their bodies. What catalyst could incite someone to start such a […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. To Start My Life Over Again Larry is a native of south county. After graduating from high school, he did a full stint of military service, first with the National Guard then active duty in the Army. When he returned home, he […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. New Samaritan Inn Purchase Complete Remodeling Begins Escrow, to purchase the old Umpqua Medical Center, was closed on December 30, 2014. The Roseburg Rescue Mission now owns this property. Its being remodeled into our New Samaritan Inn for homeless women and […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Not Just A Blue-Collar Problem Scott sits in a crowd of homeless men with a rather unsuspecting circumstance. At first glance, he seems to blend with other clients. He sports a fast food smock, not an unusual sight at the Mission. But […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Two Life Changing Events “He was charming at first, nice, caring, sincere, dinner, flowers, candy, movies once or twice a week, helped family. We went through my father dying, then his father dying. We both stuck around leaning on each other for […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Breaking Point In high school and into Christina’s early adulthood, life seemed like a conflict between family and church on one side, and friends and school on the other. She was living between two incompatible cultures. Home life was good; her social […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. The New Samaritan Inn In last month’s newsletter, we introduced this project for the new Samaritan Inn for homeless women and children. An explanation was given of our current insufficient conditions, 29 year history of meeting the increasing need, marketing research […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Samaritan Inn To Move To Old Umpqua Medical Center Homeless women and children have been turned away from Samaritan Inn for a lack of room to accommodate them. Some have slept on our couches or mats on the floor. Others have […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. A Veteran Rescued There are no jobs for gunners on tanks in civilian life. After nine years in the Army and a tour of duty in Iraq, this sergeant became a private citizen again. David was not physically injured, but there are […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Triumph Over Trauma Kristie chose the title to her story, “Triumph Over Trauma”, to describe her present condition as superior to her past. At 24-years-old, she has been through a long, tragic ordeal, going back to her childhood. Home life was mundane, […]
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