Unfortunately, like a lot of our folks, it starts with growing up in a family marred by very high levels of abuse and neglect and substance use. Carla is one of our team members here, and she recently shared her story in a setting with a group of our supporters, and so I have her permission to share that with you, Al. So the first person I thought of was Carla. So could you give us a real-life, real-time example of a person or a family, somebody that you’ve worked with, that enjoys the real hope because of the Mission? So, Mike, the Yakima Union Gospel Mission is dedicated to, as you say, bringing the unique hope of Christ to the struggling on the streets. And the West Coast has the lion’s share of it. Homelessness is not distributed evenly across the country. The state of California has half the homeless people in America. But what passes for average or normal on the West Coast when it comes to homelessness is probably not normal in other parts of the country.Īl: You’re saying it’s higher here on the West Coast, Mike? And, you know, and so statistically, our homeless problem is exactly average for Washington counties with a population of 100,000 or more. It’s a truly wonderful place to live, with a violent-crime problem that’s only concentrated in two neighborhoods. And so it’s just really, it’s a very bipolar community in a lot of ways. But then you’ve also got a ton of poor worker families. And so just amazing stuff, right? And that family has really prospered over time, and they’re very generous. His great-great-grandmother homesteaded in this area in 1888. One of the board members, when I came out here, hired me. And we’ve got some really wealthy farming families that have been here for four or five generations. We’ve got these stable, multigenerational families and then thousands of H-1A guest agricultural workers. And to understand the life here in Yakima, it really is a tale of two cities. And to give folks a better sense of the populace, we’re a city of about 125,000 and a county of about a quarter million. So for people unfamiliar with Yakima, Mike, give us a picture of your city and those who call it home. I mean, it’s the capital of Washington apple growers, and a little less known fact, also known for growing lots of hops, which I think we understand what those are for. The warm climate, the natural beauty, the luscious surrounding farmlands, I mean, all good reasons. It’s a real joy to be here with you.Īl: Mike, as you know, people in the Pacific Northwest are very familiar with Yakima and for lots of good reasons. Mike, welcome to the Flourishing Culture Podcast. I’m so grateful to have with me Mike Johnson, the CEO of the Yakima Union Gospel Mission in Yakima, Washington. Thank you.Īnd now, let’s meet today’s special guest. If you can share this podcast with others, and rate it, it would mean a lot to me.
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