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I want to stand
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>> I've shown that when I'm
jaded plan and we welcome you
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to create BN today live. We
have such an exciting update
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tonight. This ministry we first
introduced to you in 2011 and
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this it began in 2011. I think
the first time he was 2016.
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But we always scan it so much
response we do and up, Kate,
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because these people are the
south to the Earth. You know,
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Jesus said in Matthew Chapter
5 in verse 13, you are south of
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there.
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Salt is used to heal
wounds. Salt is used to preserve
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flavor. Sold is so
important. It chases said hate
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if you might disciple year the
salt of the earth. But if so it
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loses. Its flavor has to be
season. Well, the whole point
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is we never want to lose
half labor and we're so excited
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tonight. I mean reduced
our special cans. We have Eric
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coming Rio. He is the president
and founder of Salt which is an
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acronym for service and love
together. Yeah, right. That's
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what is so do.
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>> This that many for so we
serve the people experiencing
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homelessness and holistically.
They are not just basic needs
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but the emotional mental.
I'm Darren Juul. Most of all.
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Yeah. So
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that's what we do will
go more in depth on that.
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>> All right. All right.
We're so excited. They chief
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returned. And I believe this is
I believe we know Camarillo and
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you are a board member for
salt. You actually a volunteer.
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That's how the 2 of you
met. But we're going to get into
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that story in just a moment.
We're so thankful you're here.
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Thank you. Thank you for
all that you do for the glory of
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God. Before we begin, though,
we know how much you love music
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and we know how much you love.
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>> The one who's going to sing
this next, Heidi Identities.
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Yes, we're going to be blessed
by Stephanie Dawn and Stephanie
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not has a beautiful voice
and she's going to be saying and
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the love of God and man.
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>> Is going to fall this.
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too.
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>> The is still
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we used to
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>> well as to
not gave. He is to be
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>> I use of
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>> He is.
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>> Seeing Santa e G long.
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>> We should.
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>> These these.
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>> Which means moving.
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>> Andriese
long. And who knew him?
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>> us mom meeting.
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>> Would drain the
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>> So long.
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>> Host drenched
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when you.
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>> Foods and Stu.
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>> was seeing said.
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>> Wow. Wow. Wow. I don't think
there's a more beautiful song
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that's ever been to
a love of true grit.
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>> Well, if you're joining
us just a little late tonight,
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we have an exciting update on
Salt service and love together
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who are
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ministry to homeless people
in such a unique and broad way.
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It is such a beautiful ministry
and we know how you love to see
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the update. But there is not
another ministry out there that
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is meeting not just the
physical but the spiritual
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mental, the all of the aspects
that they take a holistic
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approach. You're going to
see what I mean if you've never
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seen him before. Eric's been
here, probably 15 to 20 times
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that 3ABN because people love
to hear the updates from this
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ministry. So, Eric, we just
want you to an enemy introduce
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again. We have Eric Camarillo
who is the president and
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founder of Salt and in his
beautiful wife, I believe Bueno
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Committee and we're going to
call you mail, Yahoo. So tell
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us
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the wind got Persky
few the fusion for this.
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I know you spent an all-night
prayer meeting with your France
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toast to pass it.
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>> Yeah, yeah. So we know
we were we we got inspired the
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idea that the vision for
ministry like this and I was
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maybe a year after
coming to Christ. And,
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you know, we we mean to friends
of ours that we just got into
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his room and we literally spent
all night praying line we we we
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knew salt was what we
wanted to call the ministry saw
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exemplifies what we wanted
this ministry to represent.
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And but we want we want we knew
that an acronym would make it
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extra special that the
secret recipe, you know, of the
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the name. So we prayed
all night. We had different
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acronyms that got inspired.
And and ultimately we we texted
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almost like a poll Tata
Group of people he knew were
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connected to God. We said, you
know, can you vote on on this
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where prayerfully considering
an acronym for this for SALT
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and service love together
got the overwhelming majority of
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people that wanted to, you know
that that where voting and we
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want with it service love
together. It's it's it means so
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much and so simple, but
it means so much. You know,
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we're not just serving. There's
so many people that serve but
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are missing that loving green
and right. And you know that
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true relational, yes, shun.
Yes, exactly. And then there's
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so many people that might
say like, oh, yeah, we love our
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community, but they're
not serving. You don't see the
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action, right? So seen those
2 things together is really how
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we believe Christ with the
ministry, you know, and that's
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kind of
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>> him and how it went. Yeah,
we're going to come back to get
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a little bit more of Eric's
testimony. But first, I just
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melt. We want to hear your
story. County 2 grew up in a
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Christian home.
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>> So, yes, I did grow up in a
Christian home. My father was a
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Cuban man and my mother is
Puerto Rican and both of their
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families come from a long
generation of UM's as the A's.
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So yeah, it is Chris. Yes,
haha. So, yeah. So I didn't
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grow up in this church and as
time went on, you know, they're
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there did come a
point where I kind of
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battled on, you know, is
this the truth? And I believe in
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this because of my parents
are, is this is this that you,
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you know, once I did start
kind of searching out just on
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exploring through different
religions, got wonderful church
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is now. Yeah. And one day
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I was I was reading something
that was from a different
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denomination and it was like
I could hear God's voice saying
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why are you searching for
something else when you have
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the truth right now? And I just
stopped right there. And I put
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away would have had and I just
started crying and praying and
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saying, OK, lord, you know,
and from then on, you know, it's
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just continue to be just
this journey and I'm growing and
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Christ's love. And I started
volunteering with salt. When I
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moved to Orlando, I'm somewhat
Orlando and mid 2015 and I was
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searching for a minute shows
praying and I was saying Lord
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Guide me into a menace. She way
can serve you and where you can
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meet godly people
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because I knew once you move to
somewhere new, you want to make
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sure you have good influence.
And so I prayed. And and a
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friend of mine ended up telling
me, hey, there's this ministry
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called Salt in Orlando
when I check them out. And so I
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started volunteering in 2016
and that's when Eric and I'm
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and we became friends
continued, you know, working in
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the minute she together
and eventually got married and
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Twenty-twenty good base to give
us the Reader's Digest version
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of your marriage. They got
married in the middle of COVID
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just everything when you're
planning to speak waiting and
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everything is shut down.
Yes. So we were in the middle
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of planning everything. And
we found out, you know, that the
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pandemic was happening. And
so the pastor who was going to
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marry us, he calls me and he
says, do you guys want to get
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married tomorrow? And we're
both like, yes, the you know,
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good. It would do it, you know.
And so I'm thankful for his
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help and some friends, we
all got together and within 24
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hours planned any wedding.
And and it just came out
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beautiful. You know, I was a
drive-in wedding where some of
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our family members just pulled
an and, you know, we have some
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friends. They're just driving
in. And it was beautiful.
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You know, we were really
thankful that God worked it out
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that way.
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>> He brought he brought so
much together in a short time.
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Yeah, yeah. I remember you
got the arch from like somebody
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would. Yeah for an arch for
like Box or something. And then
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the runway and
the catering came.
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>> I don't know where. Yeah,
I like this is a Fatah. He did
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their cars or what so is
actually it's an added Venice
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run a restaurant. And so the
pastor kind of connected with
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them to get to make us a
wedding cake and catering.
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It was so sweet. I mean, just
the way everyone come together.
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So those beautiful,
what we want to do right now.
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>> To introduce salt to those
of you who are not familiar
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with the story. We've got a
short video that will give you
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a little of the flavor of
soapy flight and not the act.
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>> Homelessness is
central. Florida is just
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getting so much worse.
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>> Shelters are at capacity.
Rant is at all-time highs.
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Every $100 increase in median
rent equals a 9% increase in
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homelessness. And there's been
a $550 increase in median rent
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in past years.
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That means a 50% increase in
homelessness or starting to see
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that now, especially
among youth and young adults and
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seniors, you know, people,
55 plus, art are becoming
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homeless. And, you know, I
think a lot of the time to look
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at the people that are on the
street and they think they've
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been there forever. But over
the past 4 years about 75% of
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people experiencing
homelessness have been
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experiencing for the first time.
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The story assault is a story.
God using average people that
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have leaned on their face and
wanted to make a difference in
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the community among people
experiencing homelessness.
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Before I became a Christian,
I had experience homelessness
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myself. I was 20 years old
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and not having access to things
like a place to wash clothes,
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not having access to a case
manager to help me understand
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was services were available
to me and what I qualify for and
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to help me navigate the system.
And it was really difficult.
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And I think as I became a
Christian and started to think
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about how can I take this
energy that was putting into
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the world before
into something that
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God can use.
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>> So we're doing
practice and will serve about
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8 to 16 at the time
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started growing.
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>> Together we got with some
friends. We came up with some
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names, took a poll and salt.
I was the name that came out
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from Matthew 5.13, that we
have the salt of the earth. So,
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you know, like this was pretty
much the OG group doesn't hold
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1013.
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So I mean, it was positive for
ministries and outreach is that
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Eric and a few others
kind of brought together.
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>> So it went from
16 to 20 to 15, 200.
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>> We didn't we didn't
have enough benches to fit about
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people coming.
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>> I didn't realize how I felt.
I felt by something so simple.
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We were cooking out
restaurants. We would have
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hotel, send us food.
Have people bring food, have
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churches, other organizations
donate food. I kind of joke
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that making a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich kind of changed
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my life
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sorts. And we were, sir, I
think close to 200 on Saturday
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mornings.
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>> And as we continue to share
food, we didn't want to just
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stop and food.
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And so we we start to provide
clothing, hygiene products,
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which ended up leading to
its fundraising for clothing
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trailer. We called
our Change. Trailer
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started growing.
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We didn't know at the time,
but that trailer helped inspire
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kind of our model moving
forward and how we deliver our
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services.
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I really just meeting
people where they are.
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[MUSIC]
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>> And then the next big
milestone was a shower trailer.
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>> We found out that over
half of the people we were we're
00:17:27.34\00:17:30.48
serving. We're actively looking
for work. But those same people
00:17:30.48\00:17:33.28
hadn't showered in 3 to 7 days.
On average. There were some
00:17:33.28\00:17:36.22
people going on job interviews.
The hadn't showered in 3
00:17:36.22\00:17:38.92
months. So we're like,
OK, there isn't enough shower
00:17:38.92\00:17:42.02
capacity in this community.
There needs to be something to
00:17:42.02\00:17:44.79
provide showers. And that's
we fundraise about $40,000 for a
00:17:44.79\00:17:48.60
shower trailer.
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And now we're providing
food. We start to bring in help
00:17:49.96\00:17:52.60
barbers, hair cuts were doing
showers and we do in clothing
00:17:52.60\00:17:57.04
and hygiene products.
00:17:57.04\00:17:58.51
>> We have a Colin trailer
which is given how close,
00:17:58.51\00:18:00.68
given how close
given our clothes
00:18:00.68\00:18:02.71
out of sight. This is
this is kind of wasteful.
00:18:02.71\00:18:05.55
Well, let's find a solution
for that. And that's where the
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launch trailer came in.
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[MUSIC]
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>> And we start to add other
services like mail services.
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We had limited storage services,
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charging stations
for the unsheltered,
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[MUSIC]
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but there needed to be a
comprehensive drop-in center in
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downtown Orlando. Then there
needs to be a a a front door
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for people experiencing
homelessness, a place where
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someone can calm and say, I
want my homelessness to an end
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and a case manager can guide
them through that process from
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beginning to end.
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>> Well, it's really start
00:18:40.62\00:18:42.72
attacking the roots of of of
the homeless issue. And let's
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really try to help a
lot on another level.
00:18:46.62\00:18:49.96
>> Now that case management
program went on that year to
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help one out of 5 people,
transition, shelter, housing
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and 3 out of 4 take the
next step toward ending their
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homelessness.
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And since then, they're on
track to helping directly and
00:19:01.04\00:19:03.87
homelessness for either
one family or person a week and
00:19:03.87\00:19:07.58
divert people away from
the system because there are
00:19:07.58\00:19:10.51
systems already for teens,
00:19:10.51\00:19:13.05
the path. But I
have seen the future
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and you can make
00:19:16.58\00:19:18.22
[MUSIC]
00:19:18.22\00:19:23.73
homelessness in central Florida
is just getting so much worse.
00:19:23.73\00:19:30.17
We are trying to do. We can to
meet the need to keep up with a
00:19:30.17\00:19:34.27
need. But it's just it's it's
becoming overwhelming. It's a
00:19:34.27\00:19:37.04
lot of our community is
just not not able to handle the
00:19:37.04\00:19:43.41
influx that
we're seeing right now.
00:19:43.41\00:19:46.18
It's not people that are there
just all the time, you know,
00:19:46.18\00:19:48.75
and we're seeing a lot more
first timers and so has got a
00:19:48.75\00:19:54.76
chance to write the story where
we're hoping that more people
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come together. And I want to
be a part of the story with us
00:19:58.49\00:20:02.13
together. We're so thankful
that in January of 2024,
00:20:02.13\00:20:06.77
we were awarded a grant to work
with homeless youth. That's for
00:20:06.77\00:20:10.37
unaccompanied minors from age
6 to 17 and young adults from 18
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to 24.
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>> We just got both of our
trailers delivered yesterday.
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This big trailer here is
going to be dedicated to youth.
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.12
Young adults
experiencing homelessness.
00:20:22.12\00:20:23.92
>> We're going to be providing
the case management support.
00:20:23.92\00:20:26.29
Day services supports showers
and laundry all that stuff.
00:20:26.29\00:20:29.26
>> And it has both laundry
and showers inside the same
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trailer. We're really excited.
We think it's going make a big
00:20:32.86\00:20:35.70
difference here. And that's
going to be 5 days a week.
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So it's basically doubling the
current 5 days a week here in
00:20:38.30\00:20:41.97
downtown Orlando to now an
additional 5 days a week across
00:20:41.97\00:20:45.97
the central Florida area.
00:20:45.97\00:20:47.94
>> Yeah, all the time I see
myself working core price of
00:20:47.94\00:20:51.41
this, I support of the office
building until my wife died
00:20:51.41\00:20:54.05
until July. And all I got
in the car. It's a so I had a
00:20:54.05\00:20:57.25
stroke.
00:20:57.25\00:20:58.89
>> It's it's just it's crazy
because as we see this increase
00:20:58.89\00:21:01.92
in homelessness, the increase
in evictions, you know, the
00:21:01.92\00:21:04.39
increase in rent prices were
not seen an increase in wages,
00:21:04.39\00:21:07.96
the wages, he's pretty much
been the same. It's no longer
00:21:07.96\00:21:11.10
just the homelessness crisis
and it's an emergency and this
00:21:11.10\00:21:14.50
is nothing new. We're not doing
anything new here. This is this
00:21:14.50\00:21:18.67
is what God has asked people
to do. And we're just following
00:21:18.67\00:21:23.58
that calling and and where
we're excited because so many
00:21:23.58\00:21:27.92
people have joined
this, calling it with us
00:21:27.92\00:21:31.35
every day is a new page when
the story that got his writing
00:21:31.35\00:21:35.52
through solved,
00:21:35.52\00:21:36.66
we all are just working
together to help provide the
00:21:36.66\00:21:41.06
most vulnerable. Not only
with their basic needs, the most
00:21:41.06\00:21:44.23
basic human needs, but also to
help and their homelessness to
00:21:44.23\00:21:48.57
to revive that, hoping that
that one day they do have to be
00:21:48.57\00:21:53.17
in it living on the
street. They can be in a home.
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[MUSIC]
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You join us and becoming a part
of that story here in Central
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Florida.
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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>> That's a beautiful
introduction. But I just have
00:22:19.53\00:22:22.24
to tell you, it is not only in
central Florida. This ministry
00:22:22.24\00:22:27.71
motto is now expanding and
you're going to get to hear
00:22:27.71\00:22:32.11
this, how it is available to
happen in any city. So if you
00:22:32.11\00:22:38.19
have a heart, a passion for
the homeless, you really want to
00:22:38.19\00:22:44.16
listen to this entire
interview. Now, I have to ask a
00:22:44.16\00:22:47.86
quick question because we
we failed to mention you are a
00:22:47.86\00:22:51.87
councillor for an
academy, right? Yes. So will you
00:22:51.87\00:22:55.74
instrumental in putting
together that counseling part
00:22:55.74\00:22:59.34
of this?
00:22:59.34\00:23:00.54
>> So he consulted a lot
with me when they were beginning
00:23:00.54\00:23:04.31
that counseling wing women's
solved. But I think that's kind
00:23:04.31\00:23:10.35
of yeah, he he.
00:23:10.35\00:23:11.85
>> We should. She was. You
could say she was an advisor.
00:23:11.85\00:23:15.42
Starr said it to the starting
of that and we had our we have
00:23:15.42\00:23:18.63
a also another person doing
the mental services and less
00:23:18.63\00:23:23.70
clinical social worker on our
team that she's also now since
00:23:23.70\00:23:26.80
when.
00:23:26.80\00:23:28.00
>> That that really kind of put
all the parts together for the
00:23:28.00\00:23:31.27
one thing that was catching
my attention as you've done an
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.88
excellent job tracking. And
yeah, and that really tells the
00:23:33.88\00:23:38.48
story right there
00:23:38.48\00:23:40.48
rather than yes, we saw a
bunch of people today. We made a
00:23:40.48\00:23:44.12
difference in people's lives.
But if you're in for the long
00:23:44.12\00:23:47.06
haul,
00:23:47.06\00:23:48.32
when you're going getting
grants and 7, etcetera, this is
00:23:48.32\00:23:51.93
what's really happening.
00:23:51.93\00:23:53.36
>> Yeah. What you did that
was so unique in my estimation,
00:23:53.36\00:23:57.40
often people will feed the
hungry. But would you started
00:23:57.40\00:24:00.67
your feeding program? You were
doing data-gathering. Tell us.
00:24:00.67\00:24:04.94
>> How all of this to skip
expanded? Yeah. So we're very
00:24:04.94\00:24:09.71
big on data. We have we
actually have a data analyst on
00:24:09.71\00:24:13.35
our staff. We have reporting
analysts, we have a data and
00:24:13.35\00:24:16.62
grants department in our
organization. I mean, it's very
00:24:16.62\00:24:19.89
important to us because data is
what drives impact that should
00:24:19.89\00:24:22.99
drive our direction, that
that's what tells us for doing
00:24:22.99\00:24:25.36
good more for it. We need
to improve somewhere. So it but
00:24:25.36\00:24:29.66
yeah, it started really early
on with the food because we
00:24:29.66\00:24:33.03
started to surveys were
gathering that data and like,
00:24:33.03\00:24:35.90
okay, what is it that you
actually need? I think it's
00:24:35.90\00:24:38.77
very easy for us when
you're dealing with someone
00:24:38.77\00:24:40.61
experiencing homelessness, the
need to compete and less right.
00:24:40.61\00:24:43.78
And so you just kind of, you
know, people just kind of get
00:24:43.78\00:24:46.72
together. They they they
kind of assume and assess what
00:24:46.72\00:24:49.98
people need. And they're
probably a lot of time. They're
00:24:49.98\00:24:52.12
not wrong. They're they're
providing things that they
00:24:52.12\00:24:54.02
need. But when when you
actually talk to them and ask
00:24:54.02\00:24:57.29
them and collect that data
on what is is needed, it really
00:24:57.29\00:25:01.33
does help you
pinpoint your direction. And so
00:25:01.33\00:25:04.43
we did that with, you know,
while we're collecting food,
00:25:04.43\00:25:06.43
that's what drove that
the clothing trailer. We did
00:25:06.43\00:25:09.70
surveys that, you know, and as
you saw in the video, 3 months
00:25:09.70\00:25:13.41
without a shower and going on
job interviews, that's that's a
00:25:13.41\00:25:16.01
problem. We need that we use
that data to fundraise for the
00:25:16.01\00:25:19.28
shower trailer, actually 3 AB
env orphaned and almost half of
00:25:19.28\00:25:22.65
that trailer. We're presenting
that year. And and you know it
00:25:22.65\00:25:27.02
and we just continue to use
that data. I mean, there's so
00:25:27.02\00:25:29.72
much I have so much in my
head as far as the data goes.
00:25:29.72\00:25:32.63
But I might some of that might
pop out throughout the show.
00:25:32.63\00:25:36.60
But but, yeah, it's a
it's a big part of who we are.
00:25:36.60\00:25:39.77
>> Well, you know, there's
no use getting clean clothes if
00:25:39.77\00:25:42.60
you haven't had to shout last,
right. And then what I love is
00:25:42.60\00:25:46.24
that you said, OK, now that you
see you're giving out so many
00:25:46.24\00:25:50.35
close, it was like being
we need laundry. Yeah, but
00:25:50.35\00:25:56.58
I don't think he came out the
video and have sought to Scott
00:25:56.58\00:25:59.15
to say this. I thought one
of the most exciting things that
00:25:59.15\00:26:03.96
use and I mean, this is little,
but it shows have detail.
00:26:03.96\00:26:07.30
They are is that you actually
have a trailer. It just just
00:26:07.30\00:26:11.80
imagine it all that you own
in the world is in a basket or,
00:26:11.80\00:26:17.87
you know, ID cards from a
grocery baggers. Yeah. But if
00:26:17.87\00:26:22.51
you have to go for an
interview, who's going to watch
00:26:22.51\00:26:25.88
your stuff?
00:26:25.88\00:26:27.32
And so you have a trailer that
they can lock threw thing to
00:26:27.32\00:26:31.82
see and and go for the new for,
you know, itself safe. And now
00:26:31.82\00:26:35.76
you've got the male trailer
cause. Most of them could get
00:26:35.76\00:26:38.63
mail. It's just precious.
So tell us some of the other
00:26:38.63\00:26:42.66
services. So you've got
it. We we saw there. But let's
00:26:42.66\00:26:45.77
talk. Yeah, that's meeting
their physical needs now.
00:26:45.77\00:26:50.24
Tell us about the
mental spiritual, etcetera.
00:26:50.24\00:26:53.71
>> Yeah. So so all of those
services like like we're Thomas
00:26:53.71\00:26:56.88
showers, male storage laundry.
All of that is essentially a
00:26:56.88\00:27:02.48
gateway. You know, we meet
those basic needs. We develop
00:27:02.48\00:27:05.09
trust and relationship to
the services. And and then after
00:27:05.09\00:27:09.26
that, the goal is to link them
with our case management team,
00:27:09.26\00:27:12.63
because our case management
team can then go. And and what
00:27:12.63\00:27:16.70
they do is they do a full
assessment to figure all the
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.57
needs of the person than
they help them prioritize. Those
00:27:19.57\00:27:22.57
needs by turning them into
next steps. So okay, John Smith,
00:27:22.57\00:27:25.97
your next step is to get an
idea. Let's katyn organization
00:27:25.97\00:27:29.11
to get your I D we set up a
follow-up appointment to hold
00:27:29.11\00:27:32.05
them accountable to that
referral. They come back and
00:27:32.05\00:27:34.95
you get your ID great. Let's go
on to the next step, OK to this
00:27:34.95\00:27:37.65
organization.
00:27:37.65\00:27:39.09
However, if there's an
organization that cannot help
00:27:39.09\00:27:41.56
them or can't meet that need,
we step in to fill the gap.
00:27:41.56\00:27:44.66
So we're always there helping
them to take these next steps.
00:27:44.66\00:27:47.50
Then that's our case management
team. It's almost like a guy
00:27:47.50\00:27:50.90
like a like a life coach, like,
like out councillor in a sense,
00:27:50.90\00:27:54.77
you know. And then we have
our mental health counselor,
00:27:54.77\00:27:57.61
the helps meet the the
mental health needs of our gas.
00:27:57.61\00:28:02.54
You know, guess that struggle,
maybe with addiction or there's
00:28:02.54\00:28:06.45
so much trauma someone goes
through before they experience
00:28:06.45\00:28:09.78
homelessness. And after
that experience, homelessness is
00:28:09.78\00:28:12.72
even more trauma. And so being
able to process through that
00:28:12.72\00:28:16.06
trauma is really going to help
people continue to take those
00:28:16.06\00:28:19.66
steps. Writes, our
mental health counselor kind of
00:28:19.66\00:28:22.33
supports our case management
team in that way. And then you
00:28:22.33\00:28:25.30
have are spiritual care team,
right? Our spiritual care team.
00:28:25.30\00:28:28.60
They do group 5 studies 4
days a week, one-on-one studies,
00:28:28.60\00:28:31.37
church services for gas.
You'll see them just outside
00:28:31.37\00:28:34.94
talking to people getting
to hear their story. They they
00:28:34.94\00:28:38.41
knowing their first name
knowing their first names,
00:28:38.41\00:28:41.38
you know, going out to
lunch, going out to dinner with
00:28:41.38\00:28:43.32
people, inviting people
to their home, even I mean,
00:28:43.32\00:28:45.89
they even go last year. They
did to weddings for guests that
00:28:45.89\00:28:49.26
we're experiencing
homelessness, but more than the
00:28:49.26\00:28:50.89
housing they called them
up like, Hey, can you do our
00:28:50.89\00:28:53.43
wedding? And they did to
weddings. Last year. I wonder
00:28:53.43\00:28:55.96
Fayed memorial services for
gets the pass away and help our
00:28:55.96\00:28:59.03
other guest kind of process
that they do house blessings
00:28:59.03\00:29:02.94
for guests to move into
housing. And whenever guests go
00:29:02.94\00:29:05.64
to prison or to the hospital,
though, going actually go visit
00:29:05.64\00:29:08.38
them and check up on them,
see how they're doing. They
00:29:08.38\00:29:11.11
literally are, you know, our
our paid staff to be that the
00:29:11.11\00:29:16.72
physical example of what I
believe. I mean, we know Christ
00:29:16.72\00:29:20.79
would be doing if he was
here right now on this earth,
00:29:20.79\00:29:23.66
along with our other team,
you know, working together. But
00:29:23.66\00:29:26.49
it's it's been it's been really
cool. And they they also focus
00:29:26.49\00:29:30.47
on housing retention. So
they'll visit our guest that
00:29:30.47\00:29:33.34
moving the housing. They'll
continue to visit them to see
00:29:33.34\00:29:35.47
if they have any other needs so
that we can make sure that can
00:29:35.47\00:29:38.57
rates retain that
housing that they got. So.
00:29:38.57\00:29:42.44
>> So it's truly holistic.
Yes, and the bottom line is for
00:29:42.44\00:29:46.65
us, which is probably fairly
unusual because most people,
00:29:46.65\00:29:50.62
they
00:29:50.62\00:29:51.75
the hit a wall someplace in
there and do that. They don't
00:29:51.75\00:29:55.16
take care of business and find
out what we can do beyond that.
00:29:55.16\00:29:59.59
>> I cannot imagine why I
releasing a documentary where
00:29:59.59\00:30:04.20
out
00:30:04.20\00:30:06.33
journalist went out on the
streets to to ride a little
00:30:06.33\00:30:10.21
article about it and he
spent 48 hours of the street and
00:30:10.21\00:30:15.34
watching what he went through
in the shock. You know, we have
00:30:15.34\00:30:18.95
no idea and we're seeing more
seniors, but we're also seeing
00:30:18.95\00:30:22.88
more youth and we'll get to
it and second, but tell us about
00:30:22.88\00:30:26.59
your new trade group that
launched in January of 20 for?
00:30:26.59\00:30:29.92
Yeah, yeah. So and one thing
I failed to mention earlier was
00:30:29.92\00:30:34.93
one of the one of the key
things that are our pastors to
00:30:34.93\00:30:38.03
as a developing these
relationships with people.
00:30:38.03\00:30:40.60
>> They do an appeal for
baptism once a year. So last
00:30:40.60\00:30:44.24
year they were able to baptize
10 people, 10 for a board,
00:30:44.24\00:30:47.28
you know, give their life
to Christ in baptism. And they
00:30:47.28\00:30:50.25
and, you know, the result
to end their homelessness just
00:30:50.25\00:30:52.55
gets so much higher. You
know, they increase their case
00:30:52.55\00:30:54.95
management appointments.
They want to access more
00:30:54.95\00:30:57.25
services. I mean, you
could really see God, you know,
00:30:57.25\00:31:00.76
working through them. And
00:31:00.76\00:31:03.16
but I I want to
make sure I mention that.
00:31:03.16\00:31:06.19
But yes, so when it comes
to the trailer January 2024,
00:31:06.19\00:31:11.00
we actually have a picture
of that ribbon cutting. We did.
00:31:11.00\00:31:13.23
It was a small ribbon cutting
on. But we had a real estate
00:31:13.23\00:31:16.37
company that said, you know
what, we want to contribute to
00:31:16.37\00:31:19.37
this mission. We want to be a
part of it. They they actually
00:31:19.37\00:31:21.94
purchase that trailer behind
them right there. Wow. It's a 3
00:31:21.94\00:31:25.61
bathroom trailer. And one
thing we added to this trailer,
00:31:25.61\00:31:28.28
2 things actually that
were really key. We have an 80 a
00:31:28.28\00:31:31.29
bathroom. So now those
mobility challenges, there's a
00:31:31.29\00:31:35.16
wheelchair lift. If people are
in wheelchairs, about a 3rd of
00:31:35.16\00:31:38.73
the people are case managers
see have mobility challenges.
00:31:38.73\00:31:41.40
So having a 88 a bathroom
is really key. And then in the
00:31:41.40\00:31:45.97
back, there's actually a
compartment that flips open.
00:31:45.97\00:31:50.27
We have 3 sinks that are
accessible from the back.
00:31:50.27\00:31:53.17
So we think, you know, as
people shave brush their teeth,
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.58
they don't you take up a
bathroom, we can that can come
00:31:55.58\00:31:58.01
out free up that bout. We
get some way to a quick, clever.
00:31:58.01\00:32:02.12
And so that was that was in
jail 2024. And then we and that
00:32:02.12\00:32:08.29
the interesting thing
about it and how God works is,
00:32:08.29\00:32:12.13
you know, as you increase your
capacity, right, God just has
00:32:12.13\00:32:15.93
more room to to fill with with
things he has you to do and and
00:32:15.93\00:32:21.44
blessings and all that. But
in this case, right after that
00:32:21.44\00:32:25.17
ribbon, cutting those a shelter
that reached out to us, they
00:32:25.17\00:32:27.44
said, hey, our bathrooms are
down. We need a wee while the
00:32:27.44\00:32:31.98
women and children to not have
access to a bathroom or showers
00:32:31.98\00:32:34.78
right now. Do you have a
trailer that's available?
00:32:34.78\00:32:37.32
Literally after that ribbon
cutting, we took that trailer
00:32:37.32\00:32:40.16
to go serve the women and
children at that shot or snow
00:32:40.16\00:32:42.86
showers and bathrooms. And then
we had the other ribbon cutting
00:32:42.86\00:32:47.40
that happened in February 2024.
To and that's why they tell us
00:32:47.40\00:32:52.43
about the youth because this
is something you said ages 16 to
00:32:52.43\00:32:56.04
24. You're seeing a high
increase. Yes, ages 16 to
00:32:56.04\00:33:00.41
actually youth and
young adult homelessness.
00:33:00.41\00:33:03.75
The highest concentration of
youth and adult homelessness is
00:33:03.75\00:33:07.68
central. Florida's noted as
one of those places with the
00:33:07.68\00:33:10.65
highest concentration and so
the agents of 16 to 2016 to 24.
00:33:10.65\00:33:15.46
Yeah. What what is behind it?
What is so, you know, trick or
00:33:15.46\00:33:21.46
a lot of it. We see a lot of
people that were in foster care
00:33:21.46\00:33:25.37
when they turn 18. They don't
have anywhere to go bomb people
00:33:25.37\00:33:30.04
that identify as LGBTQ+ the and
up they family no longer wants
00:33:30.04\00:33:36.71
to care for them. They end up
on the street. Even we have 16,
00:33:36.71\00:33:40.62
17 year-olds that are on the
street looking first resources
00:33:40.62\00:33:43.59
by themselves. Sometimes
it's it's really crazy.
00:33:43.59\00:33:47.69
So and then you have people
were just the stuff. Family
00:33:47.69\00:33:50.39
just doesn't
00:33:50.39\00:33:51.79
doesn't really care about them
too much. You know, and there's
00:33:51.79\00:33:54.83
cases where, you know, people
might run away and stuff like
00:33:54.83\00:33:57.83
that. But a lot of the time it
has to do with just not having
00:33:57.83\00:34:01.74
anyone in their life
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.71
that really cares and
loves them and can support them,
00:34:03.71\00:34:07.51
you know, through challenges
they might go through.
00:34:07.51\00:34:10.91
So that's yeah, it's sad.
You know, we see a lot of that.
00:34:10.91\00:34:13.62
>> And a lot of them probably
don't have any background,
00:34:13.62\00:34:17.02
spiritually
background. Yeah, by 4.
00:34:17.02\00:34:20.19
>> The beloved dropped out
of school and it just goes now.
00:34:20.19\00:34:23.96
Yeah. And no one thing that
you haven't mentioned yet, which
00:34:23.96\00:34:27.36
which is part of it. How do you
transport this? You've got to
00:34:27.36\00:34:30.50
have some type of a one-time
pick, a person. Yeah, that we
00:34:30.50\00:34:34.20
get that question a lot.
00:34:34.20\00:34:36.30
>> So if we have to 50,
you know, heavy duty Dooley.
00:34:36.30\00:34:41.18
Yeah, I'm you know, a duly
truck that that will pull all
00:34:41.18\00:34:44.11
the trailers that we have.
We we don't have to go into
00:34:44.11\00:34:46.75
solely to the 3.50 but to 50
with a duly. That's that's that
00:34:46.75\00:34:51.72
pretty much works out for us.
Yeah, things. But they do get
00:34:51.72\00:34:54.79
heavy. They have to have
the that the actually the youth
00:34:54.79\00:34:57.93
young adults trailer that
we lost a February 2024. Is I
00:34:57.93\00:35:01.16
think a couple pictures of
that. Yeah. Well, actually,
00:35:01.16\00:35:03.87
there's there's a video to
week introducing the trailer a
00:35:03.87\00:35:07.00
little bit and the program,
so will maybe go ahead and play
00:35:07.00\00:35:10.64
that and go to escape.
00:35:10.64\00:35:13.88
>> Well, a nonprofit called
Salt Outreach is rolling out
00:35:13.88\00:35:17.25
new mobile showers for
homeless. You sit is a part of
00:35:17.25\00:35:20.92
an 8.4 million dollar effort
run by the Homeless Services
00:35:20.92\00:35:24.55
network of Central Florida.
Simply Healthcare plans donated
00:35:24.55\00:35:28.89
$150,000 to cover the costs of
the trailer and truck. We spoke
00:35:28.89\00:35:33.33
to a mental health expert who
will be part of the efforts to
00:35:33.33\00:35:36.40
help young adults
experiencing homelessness.
00:35:36.40\00:35:40.50
>> Early in my life, I
felt like an outcast have done
00:35:40.50\00:35:42.77
prison ministry in the past
00:35:42.77\00:35:44.74
and I love helping people that
society tends look the other
00:35:44.74\00:35:48.68
way.
00:35:48.68\00:35:49.98
>> Spectrum News Thirteen's
Maria Serrano is joining us now
00:35:49.98\00:35:52.68
live in Sanford. Maria,
it's the first time they were
00:35:52.68\00:35:55.58
actually able to get a
closer look at these new mobile
00:35:55.58\00:35:58.19
showers. This will be in
addition to the fleet that Salt
00:35:58.19\00:36:01.36
outreach already has.
00:36:01.36\00:36:04.69
>> That's right. And this
trailer right here, it has 3
00:36:04.69\00:36:08.23
bathrooms with showers, a dryer
and a washer in all. This is
00:36:08.23\00:36:12.27
specifically targeted
to help youth experiencing
00:36:12.27\00:36:15.04
homelessness.
00:36:15.04\00:36:17.77
>> Being able to
00:36:17.77\00:36:20.41
I'm live on the streets.
00:36:20.41\00:36:22.54
He's been a very
00:36:22.54\00:36:25.38
influential
experience in my life.
00:36:25.38\00:36:28.15
>> 24 year-old Charles de
Guzman has been without a home
00:36:28.15\00:36:31.92
on and off for 4 years. Salt.
00:36:31.92\00:36:34.49
>> Provide some very
much needed stability.
00:36:34.49\00:36:37.73
>> What he grew up in Seminole
County but was born in the
00:36:37.73\00:36:40.36
Philippines. He's
working to find a job now.
00:36:40.36\00:36:43.23
>> A few of us
want to stand this.
00:36:43.23\00:36:45.67
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00:36:45.67\00:36:47.77
The trap of homelessness.
00:36:47.77\00:36:51.57
>> This new mobile shower
trailer will target youth and
00:36:51.57\00:36:54.21
young adults like Charles
washing their clothes and help
00:36:54.21\00:36:57.61
tend to their 9 to
10. It's Dennis Ortiz.
00:36:57.61\00:37:00.92
>> In charge of driving this
trailer, he pulls salt trailers
00:37:00.92\00:37:04.12
like this 2 outposts in
Orlando, Sanford, Tampa and
00:37:04.12\00:37:08.29
Daytona.
00:37:08.29\00:37:09.79
>> This is rewarding to be able
to help somebody with whether
00:37:09.79\00:37:12.53
it's that shower or
given them a pair of shoes.
00:37:12.53\00:37:15.70
>> He remembers telling a
shower trailer to Tampa helping
00:37:15.70\00:37:18.67
individual who had
showered for a year and a half.
00:37:18.67\00:37:22.50
>> That's a real reality
check how we just take a drop of
00:37:22.50\00:37:25.91
water for granted.
00:37:25.91\00:37:29.11
>> Eric Comrie spent 6 months
of his life living out of his
00:37:29.11\00:37:32.58
car, though he has been clear
memories of having to go to gas
00:37:32.58\00:37:36.65
stations to clean up getting
others access to what once was
00:37:36.65\00:37:40.86
a need for him.
00:37:40.86\00:37:41.96
>> It has been fulfilling.
I experience homelessness when
00:37:41.96\00:37:44.36
I was 20 years old as a young
that all. So I know how it how
00:37:44.36\00:37:48.03
intimidating the to be
in the space where there's.
00:37:48.03\00:37:51.27
>> So many other different
people and demographics.
00:37:51.27\00:37:54.44
He says this trailer is
dedicated to young adult
00:37:54.44\00:37:57.17
experiencing
homelessness like Charles.
00:37:57.17\00:38:00.04
>> So right now in downtown
Orlando are serving over 100
00:38:00.04\00:38:02.78
people a day, 5 days a
week with our current equipment.
00:38:02.78\00:38:05.61
We have a dedicated longer
trailer there. This 55 loads of
00:38:05.61\00:38:08.82
laundry. We have a dedicated
shower trailer. They're doing,
00:38:08.82\00:38:11.92
you know, upwards
of 80 showers a day.
00:38:11.92\00:38:14.36
>> Having a dedicated space
for them will be key for them to
00:38:14.36\00:38:17.96
come out of fight or flight
mode and and youth and adult
00:38:17.96\00:38:21.50
homelessness. I cannot do
00:38:21.50\00:38:25.63
the things that I do.
00:38:25.63\00:38:27.54
[MUSIC]
00:38:27.54\00:38:31.57
Those sorts of
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.68
accommodations.
00:38:33.68\00:38:35.01
[MUSIC]
00:38:35.01\00:38:37.48
>> The shower trailer will
be available 5 days a week at a
00:38:37.48\00:38:40.28
designated drop-in center,
specifically again, targeting
00:38:40.28\00:38:43.72
youth experiencing
homelessness. I am live tonight
00:38:43.72\00:38:46.62
in Sanford, Maria
Serrano Spectrum News.
00:38:46.62\00:38:51.03
>> So let me ask this. So
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.90
the way this is present is that
it goes to different locations.
00:38:53.90\00:38:57.63
So it may be at the corner
of central and 3rd one week and
00:38:57.63\00:39:02.00
then the next week, it
may be a different location.
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.71
>> Yes, all right. Is that?
Yeah, our operation is totally
00:39:04.71\00:39:08.58
mobile. We can set up. I mean,
that meant South housing saw
00:39:08.58\00:39:11.38
the beginning of that
video. We have a mental health
00:39:11.38\00:39:13.21
counseling trailer that's
actually getting built right
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.25
now. Some mobile mental health
counseling off. That's for the
00:39:15.25\00:39:18.02
youth for the youth and the
dog. Yeah, wonder from it's a
00:39:18.02\00:39:20.76
huge need, especially the
youth today. I know, you know,
00:39:20.76\00:39:23.29
my wife's a mental health
counselor and she she deals
00:39:23.29\00:39:25.99
with youth a lot.
00:39:25.99\00:39:28.00
And, you know, I think this
generation, I mean, just having
00:39:28.00\00:39:31.77
more and more challenges when
it comes to mental health and
00:39:31.77\00:39:35.00
anxiety depression, you know,
things like that. It seems like
00:39:35.00\00:39:38.37
COVID triggered
a lot of that now.
00:39:38.37\00:39:40.78
>> Yes, it definitely
seems like after the pandemic,
00:39:40.78\00:39:43.65
there's just been an increase
and a lot of these mental
00:39:43.65\00:39:47.02
health challenges that the
at children, youth, young adults
00:39:47.02\00:39:50.55
are experiencing. And, you
know, you can see it in the
00:39:50.55\00:39:53.49
statistics is just escalated
tremendously. So teen suicide
00:39:53.49\00:39:59.63
is just amazing. Yes, yes, so
it's wonderful that saw is able
00:39:59.63\00:40:03.90
to provide, you know, this huge
need to be able to kind of me
00:40:03.90\00:40:07.70
also that those
mental health needs it.
00:40:07.70\00:40:10.31
>> And I just want to say this
before for kit is that what's
00:40:10.31\00:40:14.88
always amazes me about your
program is the amount of local
00:40:14.88\00:40:19.41
news coverage because people
are saying this and just go on.
00:40:19.41\00:40:24.62
>> This is unbelievable.
I've never seen anything like
00:40:24.62\00:40:27.39
this. So do they have a phone
number that they call to find
00:40:27.39\00:40:30.19
out for the first we're going
to be located? Yeah, that work
00:40:30.19\00:40:34.10
so.
00:40:34.10\00:40:35.40
>> So, yeah, there are
different locations that we
00:40:35.40\00:40:37.70
operate. And we kind of just
determine based on where maybe
00:40:37.70\00:40:42.77
youth and adults might
congregate morning leaving your
00:40:42.77\00:40:45.04
college or near certain
certain locations of other
00:40:45.04\00:40:48.88
organizations that serve
youth and adult homelessness. We
00:40:48.88\00:40:51.28
might set up there. And, yeah,
I mean, I think with the news
00:40:51.28\00:40:54.62
media there, there is, I mean,
at least 3 or 4 times a year,
00:40:54.62\00:40:59.02
the news will reach our
have the reporters. I just have
00:40:59.02\00:41:01.66
their number, though, just
I actually had a report coming
00:41:01.66\00:41:04.29
today. I'm asking if if he
could hit, you know, talk more
00:41:04.29\00:41:07.96
about the program, but what we
actually have some media out at
00:41:07.96\00:41:11.80
a ribbon cutting for this
trailer. We have some pictures,
00:41:11.80\00:41:15.00
actually, of that
of that ribbon cutting
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.97
that we have that that's a
that was at the ribbon cutting.
00:41:17.97\00:41:21.14
We do a ceremony where we break
in the trailers by being the
00:41:21.14\00:41:25.08
first people to shower in
the trailer. So will actually,
00:41:25.08\00:41:28.42
you know, have a whole
program will be one of the first
00:41:28.42\00:41:30.65
showers and we get some of
our partners to be some of the
00:41:30.65\00:41:34.12
first showers in the trailer.
And while that's why we're in
00:41:34.12\00:41:37.26
the trailer, showering will
do like some trivia soaps, all
00:41:37.26\00:41:40.13
trivia and do some activities.
We should have the community
00:41:40.13\00:41:43.53
out there and all that. But
but, you know, it's it's it was
00:41:43.53\00:41:47.50
an amazing timing out to to
to launch that trailer actually
00:41:47.50\00:41:51.17
right after we launched it. So
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.61
I mentioned that that shelter
that had the bathrooms down for
00:41:53.61\00:41:56.71
the women and children. So
right after this ribbon cut
00:41:56.71\00:42:00.95
him, there was so the day
before this ribbon cutting,
00:42:00.95\00:42:04.99
that was a fire at a shelter
nearby over 200 people, man at
00:42:04.99\00:42:10.46
the men shelter where we're
again experiencing homelessness
00:42:10.46\00:42:14.10
because of this fire.
Many a majority of them working
00:42:14.10\00:42:17.50
working. And they're not only
working jobs, but, you know,
00:42:17.50\00:42:20.14
working toward getting to
housing, you know. And so this
00:42:20.14\00:42:23.20
kind of put a whole ranch
in that for them. So what they
00:42:23.20\00:42:26.91
ended up doing was the city
found a church jam and got at
00:42:26.91\00:42:31.61
least 150 of the man in this
jam. But the only way that the
00:42:31.61\00:42:36.48
church would allow it is if
there were extra bathroom and
00:42:36.48\00:42:39.19
shower facilities because their
facility can have a list of the
00:42:39.19\00:42:42.22
city call us up
and they're like, hey,
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.39
we need you guys because,
you know, and it was at 01:00PM,
00:42:44.39\00:42:46.90
the units there by 03:00PM.
So so we we ended up just
00:42:46.90\00:42:51.43
taking our trailer right after
the ribbon cutting right over
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.74
to this church a lot. And it
may very well have God's always
00:42:53.74\00:42:57.14
one step. Yeah, right here.
You know, here already knew.
00:42:57.14\00:43:00.51
And they, you know, God just
kind of work that receive in
00:43:00.51\00:43:02.64
the days we lost these
trailers. You know, it's yeah,
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.65
it's the spirit lead there.
But but yeah, so so that we
00:43:05.65\00:43:10.02
actually have a video of what
that shelter look like. That
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.59
temporary shelter after the
fire and kuz shares a little
00:43:12.59\00:43:15.52
bit of that story. I
00:43:15.52\00:43:17.23
[MUSIC]
00:43:17.23\00:43:22.20
[MUSIC]
00:43:22.20\00:43:27.20
[MUSIC]
00:43:27.20\00:43:32.24
>> so you are a 501, C 3
ministry, which means they are
00:44:01.24\00:44:05.84
a nonprofit organization.
You are Sporting Ministry,
00:44:05.84\00:44:09.74
the Adventist Church. You have
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.62
pastors and counselors tell
us about the spiritual impact
00:44:13.62\00:44:19.15
they're having on
the homeless community.
00:44:19.15\00:44:21.72
>> Yes, so the man, the
pastors, you know, the reason
00:44:21.72\00:44:24.69
why we've been brought on
pastors to this ministry and
00:44:24.69\00:44:27.50
and you know it, we wanted
to make sure that the spiritual
00:44:27.50\00:44:30.90
after encompassed everything we
did. And so they they literally
00:44:30.90\00:44:37.11
are full-time, just creating
those relationships sharing
00:44:37.11\00:44:39.94
Christ with people. And,
you know, we we have noticed,
00:44:39.94\00:44:45.01
I mean, they're just things
ample of one pay. A lot of the
00:44:45.01\00:44:47.88
people we end up getting into
housing. They start with our
00:44:47.88\00:44:50.15
spiritual care team, our 2
pastors. And so just one story
00:44:50.15\00:44:53.89
of a of one of our gas. And
it was Richie. He came to us in
00:44:53.89\00:44:58.33
the middle of 2022, he was
experiencing homelessness for
00:44:58.33\00:45:01.43
about 2 years since about
like a little after the pandemic
00:45:01.43\00:45:04.10
started
00:45:04.10\00:45:05.27
and didn't have family
and really cared about. And,
00:45:05.27\00:45:07.57
you know, but he he ended up
hearing about Saudi came to our
00:45:07.57\00:45:10.91
property for services.
00:45:10.91\00:45:12.77
He got showers. You know,
we've got some laundry, Don. He
00:45:12.77\00:45:15.84
started to sign the for mail
service and handed up going to
00:45:15.84\00:45:18.85
our group. I will
study the afternoon
00:45:18.85\00:45:21.18
and kept coming. He just
kept coming and coming in. And
00:45:21.18\00:45:25.49
eventually he heat set,
you know, South won the pastors
00:45:25.49\00:45:28.62
after we have some more
questions, you know, and he's
00:45:28.62\00:45:31.39
like, actually, I remember
him asking this question. One of
00:45:31.39\00:45:34.20
our pastors feels like so, you
know, on the Sabbath, you know,
00:45:34.20\00:45:38.30
I just grabbed my Bible.
I just sat by a tree. And I
00:45:38.30\00:45:40.47
just read and I'm studying
there. Is that appropriate
00:45:40.47\00:45:43.10
thing to do on the side of her?
Like, yeah, for sure, you know.
00:45:43.10\00:45:46.84
But but man, I'm guy was really
late in his life and he ended
00:45:46.84\00:45:51.48
up starting to see a case
manager. They got on the job
00:45:51.48\00:45:54.12
young adult. You know, young
guy got a job started working
00:45:54.12\00:45:58.82
and he ended up moving into
his new place 6 months after we
00:45:58.82\00:46:01.42
first met and then about a
about a month and or so later.
00:46:01.42\00:46:07.30
Well, in between that time, our
pastors state what, you know,
00:46:07.30\00:46:10.83
the housing retention also a
big priority of them. They're
00:46:10.83\00:46:13.57
the visiting realize he
was at French. All has an air
00:46:13.57\00:46:16.27
mattress, right? So they go
and they appeal churches to get
00:46:16.27\00:46:19.51
donated furniture. They got
a whole truckload of furniture
00:46:19.51\00:46:23.21
for him and they drive it over.
And then, you know, probably
00:46:23.21\00:46:27.12
like about a month after his
and housing, he Texans like you
00:46:27.12\00:46:30.99
won't believe it got permanent.
My job, I got to be more of my
00:46:30.99\00:46:33.82
team. And then he now becomes a
volunteer. It used to meet with
00:46:33.82\00:46:38.13
our pastors. But it's it's
it's really like those kind of
00:46:38.13\00:46:41.36
moments, you know, are
spiritual care team, a lot of
00:46:41.36\00:46:44.33
our guests to have some type
of spiritual background. Many of
00:46:44.33\00:46:48.17
them, I would say over 3
fourths of our guests have to
00:46:48.17\00:46:50.97
have grown up with some kind of
spiritual background. And it's
00:46:50.97\00:46:54.21
very difficult to process what
they're going through through
00:46:54.21\00:46:57.18
spiritual lens. It's how do
how do I you get those questions
00:46:57.18\00:47:01.25
got y y in my experience in
that. And you know, why is this
00:47:01.25\00:47:04.85
happening to me? Why, you know,
and so being able to they once
00:47:04.85\00:47:08.86
had a guy and they're
just coming online right now.
00:47:08.86\00:47:11.43
But I remember one of our
pastors had cast a cop came to
00:47:11.43\00:47:15.50
us for the first
time super emotional.
00:47:15.50\00:47:19.10
I lost my brothers. I lost my
parents. I lost my girlfriend.
00:47:19.10\00:47:23.57
I mean, it was like
literally a job story.
00:47:23.57\00:47:27.44
And and our pastor, you know,
he didn't you can't really say
00:47:27.44\00:47:31.38
anything without, you know, he
just the crime literally cried
00:47:31.38\00:47:34.42
with them because he also just
lost the small. And they just,
00:47:34.42\00:47:37.65
you know, they
just cried together. But
00:47:37.65\00:47:39.69
you know that that
00:47:39.69\00:47:41.22
that's that's what's needed
in these ministries, you know,
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.76
relationship is so keen on
helping to end homelessness.
00:47:43.76\00:47:46.43
And so that's their emphasis,
you know, and I'm sure a lot of
00:47:46.43\00:47:50.30
them have.
00:47:50.30\00:47:51.37
>> Many levels of grief
that there have experience but
00:47:51.37\00:47:55.67
homelessness itself.
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.51
>> The screen on what I would
imagine that their self esteem
00:47:57.51\00:48:00.51
is gone south with probably
the loss or self esteem. Yeah,
00:48:00.51\00:48:03.71
I don't know. They have any
value. Yeah. Yeah. I mean from
00:48:03.71\00:48:07.15
a spiritual aspect. Yes, you
do? Yeah. I'm with God. Yeah.
00:48:07.15\00:48:10.89
>> Tell us. Tell us Johnny
Story because we've got the
00:48:10.89\00:48:14.56
youth but you've also got a
note to clients. Yeah. Yeah.
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.89
So Johnny, we have a picture
of him. Actually. He he gave us
00:48:17.89\00:48:21.00
permission, shows picture.
He was like. I want everyone to
00:48:21.00\00:48:23.87
know that if it wasn't for
saw, I wouldn't be walking, you
00:48:23.87\00:48:26.63
know, and hate the he had.
He actually asked us to take a
00:48:26.63\00:48:29.97
picture of him have is this is
this picture. You know, he came
00:48:29.97\00:48:34.31
to us, you know, single father,
his to 2 young boys and he was
00:48:34.31\00:48:40.15
experiencing homelessness.
You know, he he had just lost
00:48:40.15\00:48:43.08
his leg and a
00:48:43.08\00:48:44.92
he didn't know what to do.
You know, you can't it's hard
00:48:44.92\00:48:47.46
to find a job when you I mean,
you're trying to adjust to that
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.66
and not being able to
walk anymore. You're in a
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.49
wheelchair. And he didn't
have a perceived this right, you
00:48:52.49\00:48:56.46
know. And and so though
there was nothing there, no
00:48:56.46\00:48:59.13
prosthetic or anything
like that. And so are, you know,
00:48:59.13\00:49:02.84
he start to come to us for
for for services those basic
00:49:02.84\00:49:05.87
services. At first, we develop
that relationship with him,
00:49:05.87\00:49:09.14
our spiritual care team.
You know, his kids are his
00:49:09.14\00:49:11.91
children on the street
with yes, wow, they were. Yes.
00:49:11.91\00:49:15.68
And we see that unfortunately,
every week we see a new set of
00:49:15.68\00:49:18.79
kids on the street. It soon
release that. And we do when it
00:49:18.79\00:49:22.42
comes to parents and kids and
all that, we do everything we
00:49:22.42\00:49:25.29
can we go. I mean, there were
times with the with this with
00:49:25.29\00:49:29.23
John and me. We our team is
there to 8 o'clock 9 o'clock at
00:49:29.23\00:49:32.93
night, you know, trying to help
him and and do what we can to
00:49:32.93\00:49:35.80
help.
00:49:35.80\00:49:36.91
You know, the shelters
will will have spaces for single
00:49:36.91\00:49:40.44
moms with kids or I mean, moms
with kids and and, you know,
00:49:40.44\00:49:44.51
for single man. But there
aren't many spaces for single
00:49:44.51\00:49:48.22
fathers with kids. So you can.
They can even be in a shelter
00:49:48.22\00:49:52.92
together, a lot of that
high. So that was one of the
00:49:52.92\00:49:55.79
difficulties we face with ham.
00:49:55.79\00:49:58.06
And so, you know, we ended
up our case management team,
00:49:58.06\00:50:01.13
all of our teams, really, they
got together. They got him into
00:50:01.13\00:50:03.43
houses and housing. Now, you
know, got them the resources he
00:50:03.43\00:50:06.84
needs. And we continue to see
his kids will com, one of his
00:50:06.84\00:50:10.14
kids will calm like a every
week or so and volunteer and be
00:50:10.14\00:50:13.48
a part of a salt and stuff
and get back. But, you know,
00:50:13.48\00:50:17.88
we're continuing to just work
with them. And the only taking
00:50:17.88\00:50:20.75
the church, you know, on
the weekends and stuff like that
00:50:20.75\00:50:24.59
and his family. So so, yeah,
it's it's it's really you know
00:50:24.59\00:50:29.59
what my wife and I were talking
about. I'm just kind of the
00:50:29.59\00:50:33.26
miracles that what happened
in Jesus Day, right. And
00:50:33.26\00:50:37.33
and in those miracles in
with Ali would walk the right.
00:50:37.33\00:50:40.90
Those that were blind now had
site. You know, we have guests
00:50:40.90\00:50:43.91
that we need to get glasses
forks. They can't see a new
00:50:43.91\00:50:46.81
report it right. And then you
see them with these glass after
00:50:46.81\00:50:49.18
years of not being able to see
a RINO or whatever. You know,
00:50:49.18\00:50:54.78
there's just thought the
whole the hopeless do have hope,
00:50:54.78\00:50:57.42
you know. And so it's just just
an amazing thing to see kind of
00:50:57.42\00:51:03.99
comes to life today now.
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.89
>> You had mentioned that you
wanted to tell Paula story in
00:51:05.89\00:51:08.63
this hour. What's what's
special about Paula Story?
00:51:08.63\00:51:13.44
>> Paula, you know
what? She exemplifies
00:51:13.44\00:51:17.81
one of the biggest populations
were seen an increase of and
00:51:17.81\00:51:20.78
seniors, 60, 70, 80 year-old
people that are, you know,
00:51:20.78\00:51:26.85
experiencing homelessness
because our fixed income,
00:51:26.85\00:51:29.05
the rent goes up $300 600.
And they can't afford that.
00:51:29.05\00:51:33.46
That kind of increase, you
know, and so with rank going up
00:51:33.46\00:51:37.49
so much and are in central
Florida. I mean, we just we had
00:51:37.49\00:51:40.30
a I mean, just you know, before
the video with Paula and when
00:51:40.30\00:51:45.53
she could share a little bit of
her experience pup, we had a 71
00:51:45.53\00:51:49.00
year-old woman that came to
us experiencing homelessness for
00:51:49.00\00:51:51.27
the first time with her dog.
Didn't know what to do. I mean,
00:51:51.27\00:51:54.71
we you know, she was
overheating from the heat
00:51:54.71\00:51:56.85
outside. We
brought her inside and,
00:51:56.85\00:51:59.45
you know, and just tried to do
everything we could to get her
00:51:59.45\00:52:02.85
somewhere. But unfortunately,
we're seeing a lot of that.
00:52:02.85\00:52:05.79
And and
00:52:05.79\00:52:07.02
>> Paul is one of those people.
Let's roll that video so we can
00:52:07.02\00:52:09.99
keep that in the first hour.
00:52:09.99\00:52:11.89
>> Well, after Black Friday
and Cyber Monday, we now have
00:52:11.89\00:52:15.73
giving Tuesday and this is
a DOT day really designed to
00:52:15.73\00:52:18.80
focus on spending.
00:52:18.80\00:52:21.04
>> On donations to charitable
organizations. Last year,
00:52:21.04\00:52:24.34
though, Americans gave less
than a year before giving us a
00:52:24.34\00:52:27.74
report that giving dropped
10.5% last year. It was only
00:52:27.74\00:52:32.88
the 4th time in 40 years
of charitable giving didn't
00:52:32.88\00:52:36.25
increase year to year.
00:52:36.25\00:52:37.72
>> Spectrum News 13, Jeff
Allen. He is joining us live
00:52:37.72\00:52:40.56
tonight from downtown Orlando.
So Jeff, the head of a local
00:52:40.56\00:52:43.69
nonprofit he spoke with,
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.53
they say the drop in giving
is really coming at a pretty bad
00:52:45.53\00:52:49.56
time when they're
seeing more request for help.
00:52:49.56\00:52:53.03
[MUSIC]
00:52:53.03\00:52:55.27
>> The founder of service and
Love Together or Salt Outreach
00:52:55.27\00:52:58.71
says on one hand, they're
seeing those fewer donations.
00:52:58.71\00:53:02.51
And then they're also getting
a higher demand from people who
00:53:02.51\00:53:05.18
are really having trouble
keeping an affordable place to
00:53:05.18\00:53:08.18
live many of them homeless.
So he's hoping giving Tuesday
00:53:08.18\00:53:11.89
will give them the
financial boost they need.
00:53:11.89\00:53:14.69
Yeah. Just Paul and Johnson
says after her landlord evicted
00:53:14.69\00:53:17.99
her leaving her homeless,
she had no family to turn to.
00:53:17.99\00:53:21.46
She says are close is relative.
Her brother was killed in a car
00:53:21.46\00:53:24.97
crash.
00:53:24.97\00:53:26.53
>> I don't feel like I
would bet on the street if you
00:53:26.53\00:53:29.60
certain of it,
I would go inside.
00:53:29.60\00:53:32.01
>> To take my shower. Johnson
spent the last 5 months part of
00:53:32.01\00:53:35.68
that during the sweltering hot
summer living on the streets of
00:53:35.68\00:53:38.68
Orlando. She says she's never
liked asking for help that she
00:53:38.68\00:53:42.38
eventually sought help from
Salt outreach which gave her a
00:53:42.38\00:53:45.39
place to shower, do laundry and
just recently helped her find a
00:53:45.39\00:53:49.06
new home. I would word.
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.73
>> Think about my parents.
They would tell me, you know,
00:53:50.73\00:53:53.19
you have to answer. Yes.
00:53:53.19\00:53:55.30
Don't be ashamed
to ask for help there.
00:53:55.30\00:53:58.30
>> That's what I would do.
I mean, I would break down and
00:53:58.30\00:54:01.90
down
00:54:01.90\00:54:03.41
say, I need you guys and help a
neighbor right matters. I mean,
00:54:03.41\00:54:07.11
big-time write letters.
00:54:07.11\00:54:08.64
>> But salt is now in need
of some of its own help. Founder
00:54:08.64\00:54:11.88
Erik Amarillo says this past
year, they've seen an increase
00:54:11.88\00:54:15.52
in people seeking their
services to centre rise and
00:54:15.52\00:54:18.29
seniors are rising
young adults and youth.
00:54:18.29\00:54:20.96
>> We've seen a rise in single
moms. They just can't keep up
00:54:20.96\00:54:24.26
with the rising cost of
living the rising cost of rent.
00:54:24.26\00:54:26.76
>> The camera low says they're
not bringing in as much money
00:54:26.76\00:54:29.56
to meet the needs
of people have less.
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.10
>> Disposable income or
income that they are a lot into
00:54:32.10\00:54:35.64
giving. And and we're
seeing that. And and when with
00:54:35.64\00:54:39.61
increased demand
for our services,
00:54:39.61\00:54:42.08
you know, we it's
it's hard to keep up.
00:54:42.08\00:54:45.75
>> Camera low says due to the
financial crimes, they've had
00:54:45.75\00:54:48.42
to reduce their service time
by one hour each day, making it
00:54:48.42\00:54:51.95
harder to serve as many
people like Johnson. But they're
00:54:51.95\00:54:54.99
hoping the decrease in
donations won't last thanks to
00:54:54.99\00:54:58.59
solid outreach. Johnson says
for the first time in a long
00:54:58.59\00:55:01.60
time she's thankful to have
a place to call home. I pay you
00:55:01.60\00:55:05.40
what I looked up to the
Lord. I said Thank you, Lord.
00:55:05.40\00:55:09.40
[MUSIC]
00:55:09.40\00:55:12.97
>> And Salt founder tells me
that because he's a smaller non
00:55:12.97\00:55:16.48
profit. He really doesn't
have the budget to do a yearlong
00:55:16.48\00:55:19.01
fundraising campaign like maybe
like some bigger a nonprofit
00:55:19.01\00:55:22.15
organization. So he says that
makes tomorrow giving Tuesday.
00:55:22.15\00:55:25.75
All the more important is
hoping it will help him get
00:55:25.75\00:55:28.36
back on better financial
footing with hopefully more
00:55:28.36\00:55:31.33
donations is helping reporting
live in downtown Orlando.
00:55:31.33\00:55:34.30
Jeff Allen Spectrum News.
00:55:34.30\00:55:36.77
>> They may allow, you know,
this is something that we don't
00:55:36.77\00:55:39.70
often speak up, but it
seems that a lot of seniors, we
00:55:39.70\00:55:45.61
we're in that group, AARP
members, and we get the we get
00:55:45.61\00:55:50.85
that frequently. They're
sending out that seniors are
00:55:50.85\00:55:54.45
becoming the new poverty
stricken in population and
00:55:54.45\00:55:58.79
cause of rent increases.
But you had I had really taken
00:55:58.79\00:56:03.43
it to that point of thinking of
them is losing their homes from
00:56:03.43\00:56:07.23
being homeless in this. You
know what we've done this hour.
00:56:07.23\00:56:11.70
We let you see how salt has
expanded. They've always had a
00:56:11.70\00:56:18.01
vision from God.
00:56:18.01\00:56:19.84
And I'll tell you what, God
keeps expanding their vision.
00:56:19.84\00:56:24.71
But what was going to do in the
next hour and help if you know
00:56:24.71\00:56:29.75
anyone that has heart and we
should all have a heart to help
00:56:29.75\00:56:35.19
the homeless column now
and say, hey, you know, you're
00:56:35.19\00:56:38.83
Feeding Ministry, you can
connect with soap. You can
00:56:38.83\00:56:42.93
invite salt come out. And and
so its meetings will explain at
00:56:42.93\00:56:48.34
all in the second. Now you
can have them. They've got their
00:56:48.34\00:56:52.64
ministry model that can
be duplicated anywhere in the
00:56:52.64\00:56:57.18
United States, not just in the
United States. They're actually
00:56:57.18\00:57:00.35
getting phone calls and
contacts from people in other
00:57:00.35\00:57:04.12
countries because this is
something it's a service that
00:57:04.12\00:57:10.39
is modeling the way she's met,
the needs of the people and in
00:57:10.39\00:57:16.16
men or stewed to them
in a relation now. Way
00:57:16.16\00:57:21.80
one-on-one. It too beautiful
ministry. And we want you to
00:57:21.80\00:57:26.14
stay tuned because we've got
some exciting updates to talk
00:57:26.14\00:57:31.15
about on the other side of this
hour or so. Please stay tuned.
00:57:31.15\00:57:36.22
Join us.
00:57:36.22\00:57:37.39
>> And we're going to see more
of how God is leading salt to
00:57:37.39\00:57:42.59
be his hands to be on the air.
00:57:42.59\00:57:45.56
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00:57:45.56\00:57:50.53
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