August 1, 2014 – Lydia's House

As a house, we are currently reading Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Greg Boyle. It is a heartbreaking, warm, and inspiring book filled with the stories of a priest who has spent his life building community among former gang members of East LA through a non-profit called Homeboy Industries. Although Boyle’s work is very different than our own, we have found great comfort in his words of hope but also in his words of struggle. As he says, all bets are off when you choose to cast your lot with those on the margins. With the challenges of this week at

August e-Newsletter 2014

Have you been by Lydia’s House recently? If not, the next time you drive by, you might have to do a double take! The construction crews have been making lots of progress the past several weeks putting up walls and connecting the two buildings, getting us just that much closer to having a completed project to provide better quality care, resources, and experiences to our guests. If you take a closer look at our backyard picture above, you may notice that our walnut tree is gone! A few weeks ago, a logging crew came in

Day: August 1, 2014

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