Thanks to all who helped!

The work party at Joy's to move and prepare for rental went great! Thanks to all who helped paint, organize, garden, and so much more!
These wonderful ladies helped clean the huge new home for the transitional housing!

Cece hard at work too with a new friend...

Letter from Aimee

Dear friends of Joy,

Last night as I was over at my mom's house helping set up a garage sale, Joy received news that a dear friend was killed in a motorcycle accident. Our prayers go out to Ann Marie and those who were dear to Richard.

In support of Joy getting her house ready for rental, and moving into Morning Meadows transitional house, we are in need of more help. If you're available to help Saturday with various work projects (painting, yard work, putting on the moving sale), please come by or give Joy a call.

Blessings for all of your support,
Aimee

Transitional Housing for Jubilee REACH Center now open!

Jubilee REACH Center has yet another opportunity to fulfill its mission statement “Bring Jesus Healing, Build Community and Transform Lives”.

Thanks to the Treat family for their generosity, we have a home for transitional housing of single-moms and their children. Located on a horse acre lot in Redmond, the six-bedroom home is the perfect setting to transform lives.

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
We will walk along side these families and dance in the rain with them and introduce them to the best partner of all - Jesus. We will offer them a hand up, not a hand out. Through case management, education, gaining or improving employment, Jubilee REACH Center programs, collaboration with many partners and the love and support of staff and volunteers, the families will have the opportunity to transform their lives.

We are in need of many volunteers for this program. I would love the opportunity to come speak with you, your neighbors, your church, your small group, your bible study, your office, or any group looking for a way to join with us to serve in this amazing opportunity to work in the lives of single moms and their children.

Please call me or email me to see how you can serve.

Opportunity for Transitional Housing

Happy summer to everyone! For those of you who don’t live in the Seattle area, maybe you have been experiencing summer. For those of us who live in this area, we were wearing coats until just recently and we are excited about this thing called summer! The weather has not stopped God’s work though. He continues to amaze me as His promises are fulfilled by His amazing faithfulness.

JRC is in the final stages of opening a new transitional housing facility for single moms and their young children. I am busy designing the program. Starting on August 1, I will be taking on a new role as the resident manager of "Morning Meadows".


As a single parent, I have a heart for this precious population. I’m excited to share Jubilee REACH Center’s mission to “Bring Jesus Healing, Create Community,and Transform Lives” to single moms needing a “hand up” to stabilize their lives. At Morning Meadows, we will offer a safe place to call home where they are accepted,loved and encouraged to be all God designed them to be and focuses on three main areas:
1 . Transform lives from dependency to self sufficiency
2 . Education
3 . Employment

They will tuck their children into a bed and there will be food to eat. These are luxuries many of us take for granted. Morning Meadows offers them a fresh start to become stable, functioning families again.

I urge each of you to search your available time, talents, resources and financial support for ways you can make a high impact in the lives of many by taking a risk to serve a mom or child in need. There is lots of opportunity to serve these families in many ways. Please email or call me to plug into the excitement! May you have a wonderful summer. I look forward to hearing from you and serving beside you in this new venture.

Thankful for His promises and faithfulness,
Joy

What do you actually do?

A friend recently asked me “So, I know you do ‘community care’ at Jubilee REACH Center, but what does that really mean. What do you actually do?” The answer to that is different from day to day.

Last week it was meeting with a young woman and with a toddler fleeing from a verbally abusive domestic relationship desperately looking for a job and a place to live. She is now homeless and ‘couch surfing’ from friend to friend. After numerous phone calls to agencies providing transitional housing, while she sat in my office, I saw the look of discouragement on her face as no one answered their phone and we were prompted to leave a message to get a call back. Bottom line is that there is no transitional housing available for them right now. The waitlists are enormous and long - 18 months to 5 years, depending on the agency and the family size. I am constantly in prayer for an opportunity for transitional housing and working weekly with Allen, a Windermere agent, who also has a passion for this need.

I spent time with Danielle and her son, Shane, at their apartment (pictured). Her disability income doesn’t go far. It’s difficult to clean house from a wheelchair and she could really use some housekeeping help. Your contributions could allow me to locate resources and arrange this for her.

It was meeting with a couple who I met 7 years ago while they were at my Alpha table in a class seeking questions about Christianity. I ran into them at Costco and they are now living at Tent City. They have shown up at Westminster Chapel’s 11:30 service for the last two Sundays. This week she found a job and I’m counseling them on “next steps”. Housing is a key element for them.

Managing the dental clinic we offer to the Lake Hills residents and participants at JRC is an ongoing area where I serve. Many patients require us to have a translator to coordinate an appointment time. BUT, my Spanish is improving! The majority tend to be immigrants isolated by their lack of English, cultural barriers, and no health or dental insurance and frequently no income or very limited income. They are frequently in physical and emotional pain. The dental clinic is a huge resource and we offer them hope and walk along side them in many ways through the 30+ programs we offer. We are building relationships and through relationships come trust to speak into their lives to offer them hope.

By simply 'loving our neighbor,' building relationships, earning trust and hearing deeper needs of kids & families in our community, 30+ amazing programs fill their specific needs. We were able to walk alongside 109 families so far and spared 47 from homelessness.

I get to be part of this every day in new and exciting ways. Please partner with me by prayer and financial support to allow me to continue on your behalf.

Alpha interns that did the Alpha class for the guys during CFH at Westminster in April

Congregations for the Homeless – April at Westminster Chapel

Community Care took me out of Jubilee REACH Center in the evenings and extended to coordinating the CFH men’s shelter at Westminster for the month of April. With over 300 volunteers, the month provided many opportunities to be of service. For some it was a stretch financially to provide food and for others a stretch to find the time to prepare and serve. Without a doubt, the sacrifice was much appreciated by the men in the shelter and such a blessing for those who were touched by the investment in the men’s lives.

There were some nights that the volunteers outnumbered the shelter residents. The families who served together and brought their children created a light-hearted, fun atmosphere that the men really seemed to enjoy. A child’s laughter does great things for the soul.

A condensed Alpha course was offered by the Vintage interns this year for the first time. Four or five of the men in the shelter committed to meeting on a weekly basis to continue their study and sharing. It’s really exciting to see how the program has impacted lives.

It was such an honor to serve these men. More than previous years, this group of men was so eager to help in any way they could, were so respectful, easy to please, and so easy to love. My prayer is that care givers and care receivers alike were blessed and will continue to have God disclose how He was at work through His people. My heart felt thanks for your sacrifices.