Now Hiring: Weekend Residence Manager →

It takes a special person to be the residence manager at Grace House. As with all of our staff,  the residence manager of our long-term housing program must handle many responsibilities of monitoring the survivor residents’ daily tasks while remaining an empathetic, understanding and firm support system for them. It involves leading by example; showing new survivors what a loving, caring relationship looks like when so often they’ve seen the opposite. Does this sound like you?

Our team at Alabaster Jar Project is currently hiring for a part-time residence manager for Grace House. The position requires eligible female role models to coordinate and direct activities in our long-term residential program and act as a guide to the residents in their handling of their issues, be it emotional, family-related, or spiritual, and if their needs are outside the manager’s expertise, they must direct residents to the necessary services. Part of being that guide also includes relying on their observations to keep everyone in the house safe and on-track with their goals. The residence manager treats the survivor residents with respect and empathy, collaborating with them and our staff to ensure that we are fulfilling our mission to restore, rehabilitate, and empower their lives.

Many survivors come into our program after years of being abused and coerced into a dangerous lifestyle. They often don’t understand what real love looks like, as they have so severely been used, deceived, and manipulated by those they loved. It is so important that we find someone who can be a leader ingrained in emotional and spiritual guidance, showing them what it truly means to care for someone and want the best for them. We are actively seeking someone who can do this, not only by providing them with direction, but who can also embody the kind of strong, empowered women that they strive to be.

We are looking to fill the weekend shift which covers Friday morning through Mondaymorning. Along with overnight room and board (and wifi!), the position offers a decent stipend and the chance to make a difference in the lives of survivors of exploitation. It’s not an easy job, but it can be very rewarding when you watch the women who come into the house broken leave with their past behind them, ready to experience a new, fulfilling life.

If you are a great fit to this role, please apply online: 

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=27127153908b71f1&advn=9765018205008049&from=serp&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww 

Good luck!

- Amanda Moon Ellevis, author

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Gaining Independence Through Employment

Our team at Alabaster Jar Project recognizes that employment is an absolutely necessary step towards a survivor’s independence. Not only will good jobs provide them with with financial independence; it will also inspire confidence and instill a purpose in our women. We do our part with our residents at Grace House by encouraging them to enroll in job readiness courses.

A class offered by the local community college offers three sessions of training that encompasses all they need to rejoin the work force. They are taught how to prepare a resume and cover letter as well as interview techniques and simulations among other necessary tools for job searching. One of our current residents has completed this program with success and had a positive experience, so now three more residents are currently enrolled.

Even with obtaining all the necessary job skills from this class, some survivors are still left with no useable work history or professional references, no recent job experience, and nothing to put on a resume for a future employer. For this reason, we also encourage our residents at Grace House to engage in volunteer work. This provides them with work experience, job skills, and work history that will help them fill out their resume.

Three of our residents are active volunteers at local organizations, including the community garden and a local medical clinic, and are gaining invaluable experience that will help them towards future employment, and therefore, true independence.
Sabrina* is a graduate of Grace House, and while she was participating in our residential program, she volunteered at a local church as an administrative assistant for several months, picking up skills that she could use towards future employment. Soon, she was sending out her resume with professional references from the church and found a job that she still works today, over a year later. “Having a full time job has allowed me to be completely independent,” Sabrina states. “I am able to afford all my living expenses and I have a sense of who I am now, outside of exploitation. I have a purpose and a new identity. I finally have the chance to see my full potential.”

Our team is dedicated to empowering all of our survivor sisters so they can truly stand on their own two feet once they leave our program. This involves facilitating our drop-in community resource center and long-term residential program and using those outlets to encourage and inspire our survivors to gain independence. Our survivors are all working hard towards their goals of education and employment. We simply provide the stepping stones to turn their survival into revival

Survivor Support Group

One of the biggest emotional challenges that new survivors face is a sense of isolation. After years of abuse under the control of their trafficker and after being seen so often by most laypeople as a perpetrator of a crime instead of a victim, a survivor may feel like they are the only one who’s going through trauma from exploitation. Our team at Alabaster Jar Project believes that uniting survivor sisters and giving them a safe space to share their story and support others is a necessary and invaluable element in their healing, so once a week, we offer a survivor-led support group that welcomes all women who are coming out of a life of any form of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation in the San Diego area.

Our weekly survivor support group is led by Jaimee Johnson and Marjorie Saylor, who are both survivors of exploitation employed by AJP. “It’s a place for healing,” Jaimee Johnson shares, explaining that the purpose of support group is “to give women a place to feel safe, create sisterhood, support each other, know they aren’t alone, find answers, seek wisdom, be open and honest and find their way through their journeys.” With an emphasis on community building, new survivors and survivor mentors alike can work on their restoration.

The group facilitators choose curriculums to study with group participants through an extensive process of researching what has been effective by other survivor leaders across the country. “We try to use trauma-informed curriculums created by the survivor for the survivor,” Marjorie Saylor explains. “Peer support through a support group’s own environment is scientifically proven to be helpful and we also get it in the materials we use.” 

Not only are the support group curriculum topics essential in healing our community; we also offer dinner at every group, often donated by our organization’s volunteers, and participants are welcome to “shop” at our second hand clothing boutique and gather other free essential items. This group effort to prepare for the class and dinner is another way to bring our survivor sisters together and create a purpose for them in the group. “When a support group grows in size it is better to have more helping hands,” Marjorie states, “but as the group grows you will find that the attendees, as they find a home in the group, will fill in with helping in the areas needed, such as set up before group, clean-up afterwards, (and) set up of organizational structure.”

How have the support group facilitators seen the weekly meeting impact the group participants? “Completely,” says Jaimee. “I have seen the light in some women’s eyes sparkle as they realize solutions to things they have been struggling with. I have seen people open up and offer great support and love. I have seen it impact and help the facilitators. I have seen sisterhood and life long bonds be created. I have seen healing happen right before my eyes.” 

“The group provides a sense of purpose after trauma,” Marjorie shares. “It provides shelter from a world that  does not understand what they have been through, and friendship with the bond of survivor sisterhood that encourages true growth. I have seen weakness turn to strength, fear turn to courage, and lack of trust turn to eagerness to love and give again. I see so much triumph over trauma with movement from victim to survivor to thriver, as survival turns to revival in the lives of the women who commit to keep coming to the group.”

If you are a survivor of exploitation and would like to join our support group, please send a private message to our facebook page at facebook.com/alabasterjarprojector email us at info@alabasterjarproject.org

Hope for San Diego & Our Resource Center

At the center of our program to help restore, rehabilitate, and empower survivors of human trafficking is our drop-in resource center. It is a place where survivors and mentors alike can convene and share hope in each other’s recovery and where survivors can then become mentors themselves. With our center, we are cultivating a community of thrivers that is more important to the larger community of San Diego with every passing day.Alabaster Jar Project is fortunate enough to have received a grant from Hope For San Diego that will allow us to operate our resource center for the next year.

Hope For San Diego is an organization that recognizes that San Diego is a Californian paradise where the struggles of our community, such as human trafficking, homelessness, and cases of abuse, are often overlooked and swept under the rug. Because their mission is to engage the SD community to care for and invest in its underserved neighbors, we felt that it was natural to reach out to them to help us in our own mission to empower the lives of survivors of exploitation.

This achievement means that we will have a whole year to reach out to our community of the San Diegans who are left in the shadows, once victimized by exploitation and modern slavery, and inspire to them to live a life they may have never thought possible. By surrounding new survivors with survivor sisters who are already working towards their goal of true independence, providing resources for social services, and making necessary items like food, clothing, and toiletries readily available, we can have a lasting impact on our community.

We believe that this is a great step towards our overall mission and are striving to gain more support with every passing year. Our Drop-in Resource Center is undeniably important to our community and our organization as a whole, and we cannot operate it without the help of our donors and supporters.

If you feel compelled to give to our community of survivor sisters and goal to empower those affected by exploitation and human trafficking in San Diego, please visit our donate page at alabasterjarproject.org/donate

 https://alabasterjarprojectblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/hope-for-san-diego-and-our-resource-center/

Meet the Staff: Jaimee Johnson

Alabaster Jar Project believes that part of empowering survivors is including them in our staff, so not only are we providing them with employment opportunities, but we can also have expert advice and input from those who have lived through what our clients are working through. This week, we would like to introduce you to Jaimee Johnson, our social media specialist, support group facilitator, and a survivor of exploitation. Jaimee has been working to empower other survivors in many ways, including working as a peer support specialist for a local social service provider and has her own outreach project called “Sisters of the Streets.”

We are honored to have her on our team. Years ago, Jaimee enrolled in a residential rehabilitation program for survivors. The women who facilitated the program left an impression on her that would inspire her to reach out to them once she started Sisters of the Streets, only to find out that a different organization had taken their place. That organization was Alabaster Jar Project, and she was a perfect fit for our survivor sisters. Jaimee acts as a mentor to the women who are getting back on their feet after years of being exploited and has an earnest and thoughtful way of approaching new survivors.

“The understanding and ability for growth to learn the extreme dynamics of trafficking through others’ stories has humbled me greatly,” Jaimee states. “I have a keen sense on where to engage with women due to the fact I have been there and done that. I know what to say and what not to say. I know from my overcoming the power that resides in myself so it’s authentic and easy for me to see it in another.”

Jaimee is one of our support group facilitators and she is currently running a survivor-created curriculum for group called “Ending the Game.” It focuses on the coercion aspect of human trafficking and Jaimee has seen what an impact it can have on group participants. “I have seen it open up a lot of the women’s eyes and minds to different discoveries about their stories as well as create understanding of others’ stories,” Jaimee states.  By learning from her own experience, Jaimee has a unique way of presenting the material and an honest, supportive way of reaching out to the group. 

Jaimee has a large social media presence with her own outreach and Sisters of the Streets blog, so she is a natural fit to take charge of Alabaster Jar Project’s social media. “Social media is an amazing platform for education, empowerment and reaching the population we are trying to reach,” she explains. Jaimee is very creative with her posts by including bible verses, motivational quotes, and always highlighting those who have reached out to us. You can find us on Facebook here:(https://www.facebook.com/AlabasterJarProject/.)

On top of facilitating support group, managing AJP social media accounts, and working as a peer specialist, Jaimee is the proud mother of three beautiful children and holds being a mother as one of her most prized accomplishments. Like all of our staff, she is dedicated to restoring, rehabilitating, and empowering the lives of survivors and uses her experience to provide expert input to the women who are seeking help. She encourages those who are reaching out to survivors to listen to them, respect them, and treat them as people, not untouchable victims. Jaimee is certainly an inspiration to us and is someone we are proud to help lead our community

A Unique Trauma Therapy

One of the benefits of our program at Alabaster Jar Project is that we provide many forms of therapy to aid in our clients' rehabilitation. Psychotherapy is offered through case management outsourced to a partnering social services provider. We also have a support group that meets once a week where North SD County survivors discuss rehabilitation techniques and tools and can enjoy a community of sister survivors and thrivers. 

But for someone who is fresh out of the life of sexual exploitation, an extra step may be required. Survivors often suffer from nightmares, panic attacks, flashbacks, and other trauma symptoms that are debilitating to completing their daily tasks. Imagine being trapped in a life where you have no guaranteed safe space to rest your head, no independence, and are subjected to violence and the constant threat of danger for years at a time. Then, throw yourself back into the world and workforce, where you are expected to complete daily tasks as if this has been the norm for the last several years. Sound like a challenge? It’s definitely not easy.

One form of trauma therapy that’s worth exploration is EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This trauma therapy offers a solution to survivors suffering from severe trauma and disturbing memories that have negative effects on their daily life and abilities to function. With a certified clinical therapist, patients are guided through disturbing internal memories while simultaneously focusing on an external source. The source may be a visual stimulant (a moving object) or a physical stimulant (vibrations moving from the left palm to the right palm) that engages both the left and right side of the brain at different times, as if rewiring the memories as they’re being recalled by the patient. Because of the external stimulant, the memories recalled are ideally not internalized and are less painful to remember. EMDR has a high success rate for those suffering from PTSD and usually takes about twelve one-hour sessions to complete.

“EMDR changed my life,” Sabrina*, a graduate of Alabaster Jar Project, states. “When (my therapist) guided me through my memories, it was like I was reading my past as if it was a storybook. I didn’t feel like I was reliving my trauma, which I used to feel like.” EMDR may not make traumatic memories disappear altogether, but can help deintensify the nature of the memories so that the survivor can cope with trauma and function with more ease in daily tasks, without being interrupted by disturbing flashbacks.

In addition to providing a residential housing program and emergency services,  Alabaster Jar Project believes that long term success in survivors lives is achieved by making an array of support services available to all clients. This involves incorporating alternative therapies into their healing and partnering with social service providers to ensure that their emotional and mental needs are met. This way we can fulfill our mission to restore, rehabilitate, and empower all of our survivor sisters.

 https://alabasterjarprojectblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/a-unique-trauma-therapy/

Seen

The AJP team is dedicated to providing opportunities for our survivors and nurturing their own unique gifts. One of our upcoming educational opportunities is offered by San Diego partners that is designed to change the narrative that’s often associated with survivors of human trafficking. It will give the story back to those who lived it through photography and creative writing. This project, called SEEN, is presented by Cynthia Luvlee of The Shen Way.

Those who have not been affected by human trafficking often don’t understand the social issue, and images commonly used to depict exploitation (women and children in cages, women in handcuffs, etc.) can mislead potential supporters. SEEN is a collaborative project between survivors and professionals in the arts and media industry that will give an honest depiction of what human trafficking looks like and how it affects the women who have lived through it. It is important that this story is told through the eyes of survivors and this project will enable our supporters to relate to them and reach out if they feel compelled to do so.

SEEN is offered to nine eligible survivors and will take place over the course of three weeks where participants will be guided to craft their own unique story. When completed, the group will decide how to showcase their work to the public, whether they choose to do so through social media, a gallery showcase, or book prints. The participants will be given valuable tools and insights from their leaders on honing their craft, event planning, sponsorship, marketing, public speaking, and other necessary tools for promotion of their final product.

The photography portion of the class will be taught by Michele Zousmer, a humanitarian photographer who has worked with incarcerated women to help create a photographic narrative of their story. Photography can be an excellent tool for recovery as it will allow our survivors to honestly express themselves in a constructive way and create something meaningful out of their trauma.

The creative writing portion of the class will be taught by Bethany Kelly, a survivor and publisher. Kelly will use an adapted curriculum designed to bring healing through writing one’s own story. This will give participants the opportunity to use their words to express themselves in a way that provides themselves with insights into their own life and look at their trauma in a way that is restorative rather than debilitating.

The business portion will be taught by Cynthia Luvlee, a social advocate and start-up specialist. “This is a movement I believe must be survivor lead,” she states. Cynthia has a unique vision to shift the narrative often associated with survivors from broken to remarkable.

Not only is this an invaluable opportunity for survivors; our hope is that our supporters will also gain some insights from the participants that helps them understand the journey they take from survivor to thriver. We look forward to seeing the fruits of their labor and will update you soon on SEEN’s progress.

 https://alabasterjarprojectblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/seen/

We Are In This Together

From providing a safe house residential program for six eligible survivors to operating a drop in resource center for human trafficking survivors in North County San Diego that gives our survivor sisters necessary items, food, and a safe place to gain support from their peers and mentors, the Alabaster Jar Project team is hard at work helping women restore and rebuild their lives. We do all we can to have a positive impact on the rehabilitation of all of our women and your donations make this possible.

We have been fortunate to receive contributions from many local organizations. Here are some of the more recent endeavors:

The Women’s Club of Vista has made a donation that will provide bus passes for six survivors for four months. As the Grace House residents gain independence by starting school and looking for work, not to mention going to therapy and other appointments that are necessary to their healing, transportation is vital to their budding independence.

The Soroptimists of Vista have made a donation that will go towards a weekly stipend for survivors at the Grace House residential program for the next ten months. It is a small stipend, but will allow the survivors some freedom as they go about rebuilding their lives. Many women come out of the life of exploitation with little more than the clothes on their backs, let alone any personal necessities, so to have this small weekly stipend can make a big difference in their daily lives.

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Learn more about how you can impact lives by visiting our Donate page (alabasterjarproject.org/donate) where we have listed several monthly donations that can impact survivors on an ongoing basis. Monthly recurring donations help us to budget and provide consistent services. No amount is too small. Here are some of the ways your donation helps us:

$50 provides one survivor with therapy for a month

$100 provides one survivor with groceries for a month

$500 covers a month’s housing expenses for one survivor

$2,000 provides complete sponsorship for one survivor for a month.

We believe that the community of survivor sisters that we nurture is invaluable to the greater community of San Diego. We encourage our supporters to make a monthly donation because we cannot do all we do without your gifts. Alabaster Jar project thanks all of its donors that have kept us going since we started so that we can keep making a difference in the lives of the women we serve as as we strive to restore, rehabilitate, and empower them.

 https://alabasterjarprojectblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/we-are-in-this-together/

The Resource Center →

Though the Grace House residential program is necessary to Alabaster Jar Project’s Community involvement, having a safe house is only part of our mission. We strive to restore, rehabilitate, and empower survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, and one of the ways we fulfill that mission is that we own and operate a drop-in resource center for all survivors in the North County San Diego area, whether or not housing is an immediate need of theirs. Our goal is to create a community of sister survivors so that their rehabilitation and success can stretch far beyond graduation from our program and any initial treatment. The resource center provides a way for all survivors in the North County San Diego area to share in community, obtain some necessary items, and feel safe knowing that there are people there to help them and peers present who are also working on their own individual rehabilitation.

This week, we celebrate Staci Rene’s graduation from her recovery treatment program and her transition into sober living housing. Staci has been receiving services from Alabaster Jar Project through our resource center, and although she was already participating in a different residential program when she came to us, Staci required an extra step in her treatment as some of her trauma can be traced back to human trafficking, a battle that took twenty years for her to escape. Like many survivors, Staci was subjected to abuse, coercion, manipulation, and homelessness, and trauma so severe doesn’t go away on its own. We believe that by providing Staci and other survivors with a safe place to go and share in fellowship, we can have a long-lasting impact on their healing.

Through a local partner social services provider, Staci was referred to our weekly support group at the resource center where survivors discuss rehabilitation techniques and tools in a warm environment of survivor sisters who all share the common bond that they are thriving beyond their past of sexual exploitation. “It’s a place I can go to bond with other people,” she states. “We all have something in common. The hope is we can all learn from each other.” Staci also arrives early to group in order to help set up and offers her support and insights to others who participate. She is an asset to our community and has become a friendly face that we look forward to seeing every week.

When she drops in, Staci is also able to “shop” at our boutique, where we provide second hand clothing, toiletries, non perishable food, and other necessary items. “I love the fact that the boutique gave me the opportunity to change the way I dress and present myself,” says Staci. “It truly gave me the chance to change everything.”

We believe that by creating a safe haven in a warm environment filled with survivors who are dedicated to rebuilding their lives, our impact on the community will sustain far longer than the initial graduation from any treatment program. Our relationship with Staci and all our survivor sisters is ongoing, and as long as they need our help and support, we will continue to restore, rehabilitate, and empower each and every one of them

 https://alabasterjarprojectblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/the-resource-center/

Now What? →

It takes insurmountable courage to escape human trafficking and sexual exploitation. After facing years of coercion, manipulation, threats, and abuse, simply walking away from a life of terror into a completely new life with no work history, no resources, and seemingly no place to call home is not an easy decision. Alabaster Jar Project provides a way out of the life and a safe segway into the world, and as if that step wasn’t hard enough, survivors are now left with an almost impossible question: Now what?

At the beginning of the process, Alabaster Jar Project insures that basic needs are met for all clients. In our safe house and in our resource center, we provide a pantry of both fresh and non perishable foods. Some survivors come to us with little more than the clothes on their backs, and with help from donors, we have supplied a “boutique” of second hand clothing, toiletries like soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, and toothpaste, as well as other necessary items. Upon arrival into the program, clients are issued case management through North County Lifeline, an organization that offers counseling, housing needs, a legal clinic, and other resources.

Now, it’s time to build the path for the future. How can new survivors gain independence and be able to sustain their lives going forward? Alabaster Jar Project provides educational and vocational opportunities to all eligible clients. Work opportunities are available and employment is encouraged through both case management services and through our program. Moral support is also provided through therapy and support groups, and mentors are prevalent in our community.

Some survivors are not eligible for the safe house, because Grace House does not have the capability to house their children, and some survivors require a more intensive rehabilitation from substance abuse, etc. However, we still provide services to these survivors. Our drop-in resource center is available to all survivors where, as said, we provide necessary items and can refer them to case managers who will help them in their journey towards independence. We offer a weekly support group for survivors where we discuss rehabilitation techniques and tools in a warm community of sister survivors and thrivers.

But graduation from our program doesn’t mean survivors are completely on their own. Sabrina*, a graduate of Alabaster Jar Project and Grace House, still receives services through our program. “I have been living on my own for six months,” she states, “but I still struggle sometimes. I go to support group when I can. I love being around other survivors who are making it in the world. If I need help or just need someone to talk to, I can call them. If I need food or new interview clothes, all I have to do is ask.” Leaving is only the first step in the journey. Alabaster Jar Project provides opportunities for the next step, and the next and the next, until our survivors become thrivers.
*Names have been changed to protect anonymity

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*https://alabasterjarprojectblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/now-what/**

Welcome to Grace House

Grace House

A safe place to lay your head at night is something that many have grown up comfortably with, but to a survivor of human trafficking, it is an invaluable privilege that has not always been granted. Alabaster Jar Project’s Grace House offers a solution to this problem. It is a safe house provided for up to six survivor clients of Alabaster jar where residents have their basic needs met, are protected at an undisclosed private location, and are free to safely start their new lives.

Once residents’ basic needs are met, the healing and rebuilding process can begin. Because Grace House is funded by donations, vocational and educational opportunities are now ready, available and encouraged. Residents are encouraged to find work or jump-start their education with a two-year plan in mind. If finding work is a priority, they are guided in the job searching process, and once employment is obtained, residents have the ability to save money for up to two years. Vocational opportunities through Alabaster Jar Project are also provided with a plan in the works for a survivor vocational network to be in place under the AJP umbrella. If education is a priority, residents are guided through the scholarship application process and have help signing up for financial aid at the local adult schools and community college. They are set up for success all while maintaining a safe and comfortable home.

But the house is much more than a safe house; it is a community. New survivors in the house are surrounded by mentors and survivor leaders who can provide their guidance and support to them as they work to rebuild their lives. Grace House offers weekly bible studies and other group activities, and dinners are routinely shared and often prepared together by the house residents. GH residents are encouraged to support each other in order to build a community of survivor sisters.
Many survivors suffer from trauma symptoms including nightmares, anxiety attacks, and hypervigilence, and symptoms can be at their worst when they first decide to leave the life. Grace House is a safe haven to residents where they can deal with trauma without having to worry about meeting their basic needs and can focus on healing. There are pantries stocked with food, warm beds in fully furnished rooms, a house manager staff member on duty at all times, and there are night lights in all halls of the home. Something as simple as a night light can make a restless night full of nightmares into something a traumatized person can cope with and overcome.
Grace house is available to eligible survivors for up to two years and is designed to usher them into their new life. It’s not the final goal in the revolution, but it’s an important step towards independence and true freedom. Our house is more than a symbol of rehabilitation. It’s a home. If you would like to make a donation to help Alabaster Jar’s Grace House, please visit the donation page on our website: alabasterjarproject.org/donate

By Amanda Moon Ellevis, San Diego Journalist

Love Forgave

The best definition of love is how the Bible defines it, especially when someone has been coerced or abused under the pretenses that someone “loved” them. 

This week while driving our Grace House guests to an appointment they shared with me about a song they had heard at church and asked me to play it. The song was “What a Beautiful Name” by Hillsong 

The lyrics resonated with them: “You didn't want heaven without us

So Jesus, You brought heaven down
My sin was great, Your love was greater
What could separate us now

What a wonderful Name it is

What a wonderful Name it is
The Name of Jesus Christ my King”

 It is such a blessing to not only recognize God’s Love in our lives but also to see His love being embraced by others. 

I hope that you would if you have not already experience that overwhelming love that God freely gives.  

Happy Resurrection Day

Love Saves - Grace Gives

Welcome!  Our intention with this blog is to keep you informed and to share insights and perspectives.  We have four new guests currently at Grace House.  Each guest is battling depression, battling anxiety, battling substance abuse and battling habits of impulsivity.  Grace House is a place where they find rest, access to grace, and access to peace.  Isn’t this what God does? Matthew 11:28 says that when we come to Him, He gives us rest.  What an amazing promise! Your support of Grace House is an extension of His grace and love, providing rest and peace.  

In gratitude

Susan