As I sit here typing my first blog entry from one of the rooms in the new youth center, this is what surrounds me: A complete state of chaos and mess! I can hear the workers in the next room speaking Russian to each other, mixed in with the sounds of hammers, scrapers, painting, and [...]
I had a “where am I?” moment yesterday at Food Distribution. One of our regulars came in with another lady, so I greeted them as usual, and bent down to get a couple bags. It took me a moment for my brain to realize what it had just saw, and for that split second, I [...]
I have to be completely honest…. I’m frustrated! I’ve been spending time looking at places for the youth center, but to be quite honest its been torture. I haven’t found one single place that I would even consider, yet alone want to live in as well. Today I even went inside a place with no floors… NO [...]
One of the biggest issues the refugees I work with face is not being able to find jobs. With the economy as it is (and I know this is a problem many people face today) not being permitted to work (no work visa) makes it even more difficult for them to support themselves and their [...]
Yesterday was the big day! It went really well; we had lots of help and gave away clothes, toys, food, and of course pictures! We didn’t have as many people come as I had hoped, but the ones we had turned out wonderful! It wasn’t about numbers, but what we did with the ones we [...]
I am super excited about an excursion I am putting together for this Friday, 11.12.09. It’s actually a world-wide outreach happening on 12.12, but since 12.12 is Shabbat here, I need to do it one day early. Help-Portrait is a way to give back to the community via photo’s. To make a long explanation short, [...]
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