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, […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Gateway To A New Life David could not afford to drive to work. He lost his last job for a lack of gas money. Like so many others in Douglas County, just getting that job was hard to do. Then it was […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Gateway To A New Life Michelle’s childhood was one of being spoiled and lacking discipline. Her father died when she was six-yearsold. Her mother sank into a deep depression because of it and never recovered. Michelle was too young and immature to […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. Not A Matter Of Choice We do not choose our historical setting, culture, genetic features, talents or deficiencies. Stephanie did not choose to have bipolar disorder, a condition characterized by alternating periods of mania (highs) and mental depression (lows). It usually starts […]
Download a PDF to read the full newsletter. Or read our featured article below. A Stepping Stone Byron referred to the Mission as “a stepping stone”, that is a solid footing to cross over a turbulent time in life. The storm began to brew much earlier than his present 39 years of age. His mother died […]
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