This week God brought us... a pair of robed Buddhist monastics with a carload of donations. The community at Sravasti Abbey in Pend Oreille County has been to see us before, and they graced us again with their care and attention for our neighbors living on the margins. This week, they arrived with donations of clothing, towels and cleaning supplies. We are deeply grateful for all of the different faith communities that make common cause with us in service to all of God’s peop

This week God brought us…”Eddie”, who came in the door with a list of needs and a sheaf of papers. Eddie was recently honorably discharged from the military (he carefully showed us his DD214) and has what most of us would consider a decent income. By his own admission, he had made poor choices with his money and now found himself struggling to cover rent, his truck payment and his vehicle insurance. He said he was on his way to an appointment with Veterans’ Services after tal

This week God brought us…”Molly”, who first came to the attention of one of our offices outside of Spokane County. Molly lives on the East Coast and came to Eastern Washington with a neighbor who was driving out to take care of a family member. Maybe it was just an adventure to see something new. They arrived to find that the family member was now in a nursing home and no longer needed the help and also that the car they drove had broken down. Now stranded and with only a sma