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Angelina’s Story Part 1 (by TheRealHomelessOCRM)
Hot and Spicy! Down in San Clemente for our first night of homeless outreach!
We are blessed to expand our mobile Chili Van outreach to the City of San Clemente!
This marks the second time this year that we’ve been able to add a night of outreach to those left on the streets.
We expect to serve between 25-50 homeless men and women this evening!
We’ll be right here at 4:30 p.m.
Most of these pictures are almost 20 years old. They were taken by someone at the Orange County Rescue Mission and have been sitting in our photo archives ever since. This is what homelessness looks like in one of America’s richest counties.
Angelina Trailer-YouTube sharing.mov (by TheRealHomelessOCRM)
Angelina: The story of one life, the story of one family, turned around.
This video of Jimmy is a preview of his story that we will be sharing in May. As you’ll learn, Jimmy is a student resident at the Village of Hope. Before he joined our program, he was in a bad way!
Today he loves talking about his new life. Those of us who know him can attest to his joyful spirit and his energy (he runs EVERYWHERE he goes).
His story is a blessing and a reminder for everyone that those who are left on the streets can still find hope and a new life.
Easter Sunday Baptisms (by TheRealHomelessOCRM)
Our Production Associate also films video for a local church. This Easter, he was filming Easter services and recognized a family who lives with us at the Village of Hope. Here’s a short clip of their baptism.
Our staff rejoices in these special moments! Our hope is for NEW LIFE for those we serve and it’s beautiful to watch the spirit work in our student residents.
Psalm 5:11…a great Psalm for those in fear, like many of our friends living on the streets.
Do It Yourself hygiene kits for the homeless: 1 gallon ziplock bag; deodorant; toothpaste, toothbrush; bar of soap; washcloth; razor…
We hand these out nearly every week!
Dana Point/Capistrano Beach outreach tonight: Word got out that we were bringing sleeping bags to hand out. We had 120 brand new sleeping bags donated and the timing couldn’t be better…cold, rainy weather is coming.
Meet Robert, one of our homeless brothers on the streets of Santa Ana.
Karen’s Story Part 2 (by TheRealHomelessOCRM)
We met Karen last week (and in the April edition of the LIGHTHOUSE newsletter).
30 years of addiction had taken their toll. She ended up homeless and then in prison.
Today she’s recovering, she has a job and a future.
Trinity Law Interview with Daniel Castro (by TheRealHomelessOCRM)
When homeless men, women, and children join our program, they have access to a multitude a resources to help them heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
We want our ”students” to be able to leave our program and progress into greater and greater levels of self-sufficiency, which means that we must work to remove other barriers that might be slowing them down.
As Danny explains, he was facing a multi-year prison sentence when he arrived at the Village of Hope. Our partnership with Trinity Law School means that our students have access to free legal resources, including attorneys. The partnership has grown over the years and, as of this year, includes a mobile legal clinic that goes out into homeless communities and offers legal resources directly on the streets.
Daniel Castro (by TheRealHomelessOCRM)
Meet Danny. He struggled with drugs for 16 years and was in and out of prison.
He ended up at the Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope.
We’ll have more on his story this week, including the assistance he received from Trinity Law School, one of our partners out on the streets.
Karen is featured in our newsletter this month. She slept alone on the streets for a year, behind buildings and in the back of an abandoned diesel trailer.
She suffered from addiction for 30 years, ending up in prison. When she was released, she found the Orange County Rescue Mission, where she lives today.
This is part one of her story.
About The Real Homeless
Orange County, California is the third largest county in the state, with a population of 3,166,461.
If Orange County were a country, its gross metro product in 2008 would rank 45th in the world.
Orange County is the 15th top producing economy in the nation.
Yet, with all of these riches, our neighbors are hurting.
The Real Homeless will tell their stories and shatter the myths, perceptions, and prejudices surrounding homelessness.
Thank you for joining us in this conversation. The Orange County Rescue Mission
