How the Light Comes

End of Summer Celebration for our families at Joshua Station! Lots of fun thanks to Michelle Oh and volunteers from Redeemer Christian Church.        

This summer we’re celebrating Crystal Ortega and her family moving from Joshua Station into long-term stable housing. What mixed emotions this always brings! It’s hard to let go of this era—for them and us. Crystal blessed us by doing a brave thing at her graduation ceremony and celebration. Decked out in cap and tassle, sharing […]

“I’m having a really bad day,” says a young boy at Joshua Station. “It’s because of the Spanish people.” The Spanish people? “They don’t understand what I say.” His eyes glisten with tears. “I say it again and again, and they don’t know what I’m saying.” Somewhere else in the building, a Spanish-speaking child is […]

“The people that come are really nice,” says Joshua Station resident Farah (age 7), of our many summer volunteers. “They say I’m doing a great job. That makes me feel good. I like learning to do new things.” Farah, and dozens of her fellow youth residents, have enjoyed a jam-packed summer of enriching day camp […]

It’s a Joshua Station “tradition unlike any other.” Down the stairway they come, mom and kids, beaming. Their own individually-chosen theme music is cranked to high volume in order to be heard over raucous cheers and tasseled party blowers. Up the center aisle they stride and then turn to face the crowd. Mom adjusts her […]

Dear Friends, We can never forget that homelessness is not simply “an issue” or a “social problem” or “statistics.” Each person experiencing homelessness, as author Donald Burnes reminds us, is “Someone’s Somebody”—a precious son, sibling, parent, neighbor, or friend. And let us never forget, each one is beloved of God. Along with that essential focus, […]